LarryMcCrary.com

Last week I was a part of a group that went to Central Asia. We visited Istanbul but also went on a tour of the seven churches of Asia Minor. You can read about those churches in the early chapters of the book of Revelation. It was really an incredible opportunity for us at The [...]

This week I am at the Velocity 2011 conference put on by ChurchPlanters.com.  We have been at this event the last four years. Here is why! I If had one  “do over” in my church planting ministry career it would be for the new churches that I have been a part of to become globally [...]

Recently we had Skybridge Community retreat.  Skybridge is a network for people who work regular jobs here in Europe but live out their lives with intentionality in the marketplace and city.  At the end of the retreat we took some time to talk about our churches back home. I proposed the idea that we each [...]

A couple of months ago I sent out a quick survey to some mission leaders in churches. I asked them basically what are some things that are important to them in regards to establishing partnerships on the field? We did a modified content analysis of this research and found some obvious common themes. I share [...]

From time to time I have some thoughts about leadership in a mission context. Most organizations these days have people organized around teams on the mission field. Many of the churches that we talk with and coach at www.theupstreamcollective.org are sending out church based teams to the mission field. The team leader plays a vital [...]

I mentioned several weeks back that we are part of a church planting project in a nearby village. There are two aspects of our strategy so far that I really think are valuable that I wanted to share.  I mentioned the first in my previous post where I  wrote about iPOC. I pray I observe [...]

Several weeks ago I started collecting some research about what churches look for when they wish to partner with an overseas worker or team. I received a wide range of responses. I decided I would put this in several blog posts. I hope you find this to be helpful whether you are a church looking [...]