A 95% increase since 2006. That is the growth of the foreign-born population in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is a medium-sized U. S. city. Gone are the days when migrants landed and remained in the largest cities. And since 2003, 10,000 refugees alone have relocated to this city. The majority […]
Church Planting
I remember when it was. Don’t you? I am not certain when Black Friday became a week. Just a few years ago, Black Friday began late Thursday night (maybe we switched to a lunar calendar). Then it moved to sometime after everyone ate Turkey, had a nap, and needed to […]
I Thought Black Friday was a Day
As I mentioned before, I really like Marv Newell’s book, Expect Great Things. He encourages sharing these great quotes with others. Here are a few from the sections on “Character” and “Church and Mission”: “The greatest hindrance to the advancement of the gospel worldwide is the failure of the lives […]
Quotes on Character, Church, and Mission
I am scheduled to speak to a group of pastors tomorrow in St. Louis. These brothers are in the process of leading their churches in church planting. Since this meeting is obviously on my heart at the moment, I want to direct you to a post I wrote earlier this […]
A Word to Pastors
Here is one for you electronic book aficionados–or if you are somewhere in the world where receiving parcels has its challenges. Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers was released earlier today for Kindle. I hope you will get a copy or let someone know about it. As […]
Apostolic Church Planting Now on Kindle
A few years ago, I wrote about the potential of Kingdom citizens putting their culinary skills to use for global disciple making and church planting. We can go to the world through the stomach. NPR recently reminded me of this potential when they did a story on an Omani cookbook […]