106 Representatives of Unengaged-Unreached Peoples in the United States

One of the convictions we share as a pastoral staff team serving The Church at Brook Hills is the need to integrate the worlds of domestic and international.  Believing it to be biblical, we try to operate from a missiology that blurs the lines between home and abroad, domestic and foreign, while recognizing the need [...]

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Imagine the possibility of future short term teams where the destination and unreached people group served over there is determined by the unreached people group your church serves over here. “Pastor, where in the world do you think the Lord is leading our church to go this year?” “Possibly Morocco. He has been at work [...]

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The term “unengaged” is a recent label developed to assist with our Great Commission task.  According to Global Research, a people group is described as unengaged “when there is no church planting methodology consistent with Evangelical faith and practice under way. A people group is not engaged when it has been merely adopted, is the [...]

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Today’s edition of USA Today contains a story on the new count of international students studying in the United States.  You may find the story HERE and the original source of the findings HERE.  Last year, I wrote about the record number of students studying in this country.  We now have a new record.  Consider [...]

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I am excited and thankful to share that Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration, and Mission is now available! We live in the age of migration.  214 million people are presently living outside of their countries of birth.  That is 3% of the world’s population.  If this number represented a single country, then it would be [...]

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If you follow my posts, you know that I often share information on the Hispanic communities in North America.  I believe that they are–and will continue to be–a powerful group when it comes to global disciple making.  And for those who are not followers of Jesus, we have the wonderful opportunity to share Him with [...]

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I want to share with you some information on my next writing project.  Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church is scheduled to be released this spring (Lord willing) with Thomas Nelson. This book addresses twelve of the most critical global issues influencing the advancement of the gospel across the nations [...]

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We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together into a virtual and practical [...]

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This is likely to be my last post before my family and I move from Louisville to Birmingham, where I have the honor of serving as one of the pastors of The Church at Brook Hills (you may read about my transition HERE). The movers arrived today. We are scheduled to roll out of the [...]

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The U. S. Census Bureau recently released the numbers on the foreign-born population.  You will want to read the full pdf HERE. The Lord has brought the nations to this nation. How will the Church respond as a faithful and wise steward at this moment in history?  Do we: Recognize that there are at least [...]

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