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1. Creating an Ongoing Culture of Generosity to Missions in Your Church: You will not likely get more out of your members through a guilt trip. I doubt many of them respond to pulpit reprimands. Negative tactics only provoke negative responses. Guilt is a terrible motivator. ...; Created on 12 February 2021
2. 8 Warning Signs Your Church Is Drifting From God's Mission: God's mission is clear: He seeks and saves the lost. A church excited about the gospel is a church with a laser focus on making disciples. Churches with purpose pour collective energy into one direction. ...; Created on 04 November 2020
3. 10 Unusual Lessons You Can Learn From Missionaries: ... well unless we have noise in the background. We build big church buildings, have big shopping centers and eat big servings at restaurants. We overdo it, frankly. We're really family. To be an "aunt" or "uncle" ...; Created on 17 January 2020
4. 3 Tips on Selecting a Missions Partner: I average one about every other day. Someone wants our church to become a mission partner. The requests come through different means—email, in-person, lunch meetings, over coffee, phone calls and social ...; Created on 06 December 2019
5. 9 Things That Shock Missionaries When They Return to America: ... ing the financial commitment to buy things like a car and a home can be daunting. The vast number of choices we have. Consider the missionary whose breakfast has typically been two or three options at best ...; Created on 05 November 2019
6. Why the Church Should Embrace a Missionary Identity ...: As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary identity than we are by our national identity, our political identity, our environmental identity, our social identity or even ...; Created on 20 September 2019
7. 10 Reasons Why Your Church Must Develop a Relationship with Missionaries: ... esus. A pastor who doesn't know missionaries will produce a church with the same neglect. Missionaries remind us what really matters. When I spend time with young families starting their missionary ser ...; Created on 17 July 2019
8. This Unique Race Is Uniting Churches to Help Solve Major Water Crisis: World Vision estimates that 6 kilometers is the average distance people in the developing world walk for water—water often contaminated with life-threatening diseases. And because the only water source ...; Created on 07 January 2019
9. This Godly Woman's Legacy Grows Every Year: ... ld become legendary to missions-hearted Christians. After college, she became a schoolteacher in Georgia, but she longed to be a missionary. Her godly family was progressive for the time, raising daught ...; Created on 07 January 2019
10. US Missionary Shot to Death in Front of His Wife, Son ...: An American missionary was shot to death this week in Cameroon while riding in the car with his wife and son. Charles Wesco of Indiana was out to shop when two bullets struck him through the windshield, ...; Created on 31 October 2018
11. Why You May Want to Reconsider That Short-Term Mission Trip: ... congregation in Troy, Michigan, emphasizes missionary outreach. The church sent 107 members to Haiti this year. All arrived home safely days after their expected return. "They were nervous and uncertai ...; Created on 16 August 2018
12. 9 Things Pastors Can Learn From Missionaries: ... any of us pastors focus on equipping without evangelizing much. We need more of the missionary heart that wants everyone to hear the Good News. Don't worry about your own kingdom. It's tough to build yo ...; Created on 23 April 2018
13. Why the Era of American Missionaries Is Coming to an End: ... s with information and resources in communication and media, you can contribute to our Influence Lab initiative. But something else I learned is that for the most part, the age of the Western missiona ...; Created on 14 March 2018
14. This Pentecostal Pastor Identified 'the Classic Missionary Mistake.' Now He's Succeeding by Doing the Opposite ...: When A.J. Swoboda started his church in the heart of Portland, Oregon, he knew he didn't want to make the classic missionary mistake. He wanted to show love with action and let the community tell him thei ...; Created on 27 February 2018
15. Why Your Mission Desperately Needs Structure: ... deal, in part, with how structure can help culture. Steve Murrell, an American missionary who planted Victory in 1984 and has recently returned to the US, describes the model in the book WikiChurch: Making Di ...; Created on 24 October 2017
16. 3 Indispensable Keys to Being an Effective Missionary ...: Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a group of Every Nation North America Life Year missionaries who are being sent to Ukraine, Scotland, Spain and New Zealand. Here's what I told them to do in order ...; Created on 19 July 2017
17. 10 Things That Stress Out Returning Missionaries: ... cows don't seem as important to believers who've been serving in lonely places, and who've been longing for Christian companionship. 4. Our stores are big. I remember a returning missionary calling me from ...; Created on 29 August 2016
18. How to Think Beyond Local Ministry: ... ntial. While not everyone has the missionary gift, every Christian is called to be on mission to all four groups in some way. Set a goal to participate in a mission project to each of these four target ...; Created on 14 December 2015
19. Every Life Experience Can Be a Gateway to Joy: ... 1926 in Belgium to missionary parents. She attended Wheaton College and met a young man there whose passion for missions was commensurate with hers. They were married in Ecuador in 1953 and served God ...; Created on 19 June 2015