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I was recently at a church that had a baby dedication. I must admit it was the first one that I had attended in several years. I remember doing these as a pastor. I always thought they were fun to do. Almost anything can happen when you bring a family up front with small children. [...]

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 [...]

From time to time I get an email or a call about someone who wants to use their business skills in a cross cultural situation.  They tell me that they would love to come and teach or lead a seminar or share their skills while they are doing business abroad.  I love the idea of [...]

One of the reasons we lead pastors and church leaders from North America on our Jet Set trips is to expose them to a variety of partnership options. We want to see churches find ways to engage cross culturally. So we talk about what do healthy partnerships look like and how do you go about [...]

Michael Frost this morning said at “The Church in a Broken World” in Budapest that “to whom you’ve been sent should shape your church, not where you meet”. I recall in my church planting days in the states that a big discussion amongst the launch team was finding that perfect meeting space. After all most [...]

I have been following online the jet set trip this week to Prague.  I have been super impressed with their conversations. I cannot wait to start hearing about Budapest where they are now. I pulled this one off of twitter. “Part of our problem is that we go into worlds in which we’re sent with [...]

I am following the jet set Prague and Budapest this week from South America. I read this tweet (#JS2011on twitter) this morning from the www.theupstreamcollective.org jet set trip to Prague. Michael Frost said – “You will not change a post-Christian world with more missionaries & ch leaders. It requires artists, teachers, doctors,etc…” We have lived [...]