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 [...]

I love Tony Campolo.  Always have.  I know that there are some Christians who don’t share my love for him, but I love him because he not only preaches the true, radical gospel of Christ.  He lives it.  So, when he speaks, I listen.  Recently, I came across this article he wrote for the Huffington [...]

My day job sometimes gets in the way of blogging, but it also provides some good blogging fodder from time to time.  Take for instance what happened to me and Michelle the other night. God has called me to pastor the church I love.  One of our precious members suffered a stroke a couple days [...]

A while back, I had the opportunity to talk “missional living” with Brian McLaren who is a prominent author, speaker, pastor, and networker among Christian leaders.  He told me that there’s a lot we can learn about living missionally from the Celts of old.  Here’s a portion of our conversation… You talk a lot about [...]

Susan Jacoby, the author of The Age of American Unreason and a writer for the Washington Post, is celebrating the top developments in American secularism in 2009.  They are as follows: #1: In April, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reported that those with no religious affiliation—the unchurched–were the fastest-growing group in the [...]

Rick Warren draws our attention to some interesting – and profound – facts about modern Christianity.  Here’s what he says… The last 50 years has seen the greatest redistribution of a religion ever in the history of the world. For instance, in 1900, 71% of all, ‘Christians’ lived in Europe; by 2000, it had declined [...]

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 [...]