Archive | July, 2009

Total Dependence

July 30, 2009

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As a worker overseas I see us having several points of engagement with churches and believers throughout the world. I have talked about the Sending church lately. I want to move on to some other types of connecting. Prayer Advocates – People who pray specifically for us and the work. I think your prayer advocates [...]

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The Sending Church: Ways missionaries can minister to thier Church

July 27, 2009

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A couple of posts ago I talked about how the church can minister to the missionary. What about the other way. How can the missionary minister to the church? Here’s my short list. I will say in advance I may have left something off so feel free to post comments to help this list be [...]

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More on The Sending Church – Life on the field

July 23, 2009

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A few posts ago I wrote about the “Sending Church”. I have some more thoughts that I want to put out there. I believe the sending church can and should play a vital role in the spiritual and emotional life of the missionary by giving pastoral care and support even while on the field. The [...]

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Giving Care to Missionaries – Partnership Series

July 20, 2009

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Several years ago when I was putting together a paper at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School I heard one of the mission professors read this verse. 3 John 5 and 6Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you. They [...]

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Friday is for….

July 17, 2009

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I will be coming to the states during August and we are excited about these opportunities with The Upstream Collective. If you are in these cities I hope you can check them out if intereste So, I guess Friday is for talking about a few upcoming events that I am involved in. August 17, Springfield, [...]

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Who and Where?

July 16, 2009

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I have been in a meeting talking with a lot of people who work throughout Europe. But as I talked with these men and women who have left their homeland to come overseas to tell others about Christ I am reminded of how many of these same peoples we are trying to reach in Europe [...]

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mulit-site house church – video venue

July 12, 2009

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I was looking the other day for a new theme for my blog and ran across this ad for home entertainment centers. It reminded me of how I saw a really interesting house (someone lives in this) in Northern Italy. Then I thought about the inside design.Would this be what a multi – site house [...]

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