SEND North America Conference
I am very excited about an upcoming meeting sponsored by the North American Mission Board for Southern Baptist Churches and leaders in the United States and Canada. Lord willing, on July 30-31, the SEND North America Conference will take place in Atlanta with the focus being on church planting. This is one of the most [...]
New Book: Rural Church Planting
A new and unique book has been published by the North American Mission Board. As of yesterday, I was told that it is not yet available to order–but that option is coming soon. I recently received my copy; so, check out the agency’s web site for updates as to when it will become available to [...]
Missions in Reverse?
I had told my students not to be surprised when it happened to them. Now while I had not personally experienced it, I had been waiting for the day when it would happen to me. Finally, it occurred–I got to meet my first, real-live foreign missionary! Not a big deal? Probably not. But this one [...]
Equpping the Church Planting Family
Several years ago, I conducted a survey of 190 church planters in the United States and Canada. I wanted to know what they believed were the five most critical issues facing North American church planters. (While I have written about these findings elsewhere, including a series on this blog, if you are interested, here is [...]
Native Peoples in North America
The United States recognizes November of each year as “American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.” And in light of this recognition, I thought it would be appropriate to remind you of these peoples while challenging you to consider serving them through your ministries. The North American Mission Board estimates that only 5% of the [...]
Apostolic Missiology: Part 3-Missiological Shift in Western Contexts
We now come to the next post in this series on Apostolic Missiology. In case you missed it, you can read the first and second posts HERE and HERE. This series is taken from a portion of a presentation I did at the Church Planting Missionary Forum for the North American Mission Board in February. Here is [...]
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Apostolic Missiology: Part 1-Some Questions to Get Us Started
I recently spoke to church planters at an event held in Atlanta by the North American Mission Board, addressing some of the material in my most recent book Discovering Church Planting. I have been told the audio will be made available very soon. When that happens, I’ll link it to the blog and post my Powerpoint [...]
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