How can churches financially support their missionaries?
Once when I joined a missionary family for their commissioning day at a rural church, a middle-aged gentleman stood up and said, “Why must we share in supporting this family with other local churches? We can fully support them. We have b...
Read MoreA jar of oil and a handful of flour
Today in Africa there are many churches, even small ones, that are sending or taking steps towards sending missionaries. A giving church is obeying God s commandment to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. But what if your church is not yet g...
Read MoreCalled to step out
In Matthew 14 Jesus appears to His disciples, walking on the sea as a storm rages. As the terrified disciples cry out in fear, Jesus reassures them, “Take courage. It is I; do not fear.” Peter responds, “Lord,...
Read MoreThe Kairos course: responding to God’s heart for the nations
The Kairos course, a missions mobilization tool, is generating zeal for participation in God’s redemptive purpose. It is designed to inspire, educate and challenge Christians, and motivate the Church to respond to God’s heart for the nations. ...
Read MoreLiberia: radio programmes inspire vision for mission
With his background in news reporting, ELWA (Eternal Love Winning Africa) radio broadcaster Steve Debleh always has his ear to the ground. As he personally monitors the experiences of Christians and the Church around the world, he wants to make Li...
Read MorePeople Groups: Ebola survivors
In March 2014 the news of an outbreak of Ebola virus in northern Guinea surprised the world, because Ebola had never been identified in the region before. The number of people who contracted the disease quickly mounted, as it spread into n...
Read MoreThe Pastor’s role in developing a missions-minded church
Working among an unreached people group is so important in developing a passion for mission in pastors and church leaders. Someone has said that we will not have a burden for the lost until we experience a “holy discontent”. And that only happ...
Read MoreHow our small church grew a big heart for mission
As pastors we can, to a large extent, help to shape the direction of our churches. It is a major part of our responsibility to exert Godly influence on the life and direction of the people under our care. That’s why we are called leaders...
Read MorePastors: The key to a church’s missionary vision
God has chosen pastors to direct his church. It is the pastor’s vision and example that will steer the church and its participation in mission. If you lead a church, your role is to help your congregation understand and accept its respon...
Read MoreAntioch revisited: are the shepherds listening?
Acts 13 describes a church far away in Syria that became the first to officially commission cross-cultural foreign missionaries in the New Testament Church.
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there...
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