Leadership Network’s Eric Swanson has identified Eight Trends That Will Shape the Future of Global Missions. They are:
1. Mutuality—The future of missions will be shaped by mutuality between East and West, North and South, sending and receiving nations. Churches worldwide are learning to come together.
2. Partnering—Different than mutuality, partnering pertains to projects that require the [...]

Kurt Salierno is a man who has dedicated his life to living with and ministering to the poor and needy in his corner of the world. Since 1977, he has been involved in working with the poor and homeless across the country.  Kurt walks the streets of Atlanta developing relationships with the men and women [...]

I came across an article in the Washington Post that I want to share excerpts of with you.  If you’re concerned with how consumer-driven the church has become and how hard it is to make disciples of Christ out of church-going consumers, you’ll want to read this.
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST…
Concerned evangelicals gathered last week in [...]

Just wonder what the thousands of non-believers who drive by this sign each day think.  While it’s true that the Scriptures say that followers of Christ will reign forever with Him (Rev. 22:5), is this the one concept that we should emphasize to our unbelieving neighbors?  I don’t think so.
What should we emphasize first as [...]

The other night, I was invited by a friend to join him at a local cigar room to watch the NCAA tournament. I’d never been to one, but the prospect of smoking my pipe indoors was appealing to me. You see, I like to smoke a pipe every once-in-a-while, and because I don’t [...]

I witnessed a pretty incredible act of courage this week at the middle school that my two youngest children attend. My son, Taylor, wrote a paper on courage where he described what courage is and then gave a couple examples of it. Here’s what he wrote in his final paragraph:
The last example of [...]

Sometimes, I hate being known as a Christian. It’s not that I’m ashamed of Christ; I’m just ashamed of some of His followers. We do some pretty stupid things in the name of Christ, and the world is laughing (not with us but at us). Ranking up there as one of the dumber Christian activities [...]