A couple of weeks ago Becky from Asia wrote an excellent post about the church and how to remember those whom it sent. One thing that I hear too often are marketplace workers from North America who live and work abroad but their home church does not see this as an mission endeavor. They believe [...]
May 15, 2012
Missions, Sending Church, Skybridge
From time to time we are able to chat with Skybridge members and other missionaries throughout the world and hear about their stories. This post is from a worker in Asia. I think this member has some good insights into the importance of the sending church and a topic I like to call “remember care”. [...]
May 3, 2012
long term workers, member care, Missions, remember care, Sending Church
This post is a continuation of a series I’m doing on young churches that have built missions into the DNA of their church. Paul Davidson of Revo Church heads up his churches missional focus and I’m thankful he took the time to tell me more about what their church is doing to engage the nations [...]
April 23, 2012
church plants, Missions, Sending Church
Recently we moved from one apartment to another in our city. One of the teachers at my wife’s school brought by dinner one evening. It was a great treat and really helped out a lot in a time of need. Her and her husband brought over homemade stew that was cooked in a pressure cooker. [...]
March 8, 2011
cross cultural stress, feature, Sending Church
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 [...]
February 15, 2011
communication, Sending Church
Last week I was in Brussels, Belgium. In my last post I wrote about some of my favorites there and some really cool things going on there spiritually. I was able to spend quite a bit of time with Kyle Goen. You should check out his blog here. Kyle and his family are from LifePoint [...]
January 20, 2011
Missions, Sending Church
This past week I was in Brussels. It was my first time in this city. Several things that I remember. They have a famous statue of a boy using the bathroom (see here) They have incredible chocolate. I personally like Leonidas. Good coffee shops. Believe it or not not many Starbucks in this town but [...]
January 17, 2011
Missions, Sending Church