The role of the pastor is critical in a church’s local and global apostolic work. At the turn of the 20th century, John R. Mott was correct when he wrote: The secret of enabling the home Church to press her advantage in the non-Christian world is one of leadership. The […]
Leadership
Black Friday week starts today–at least with the sales. Book sales are no exception. If these Payne books are not in your library, then I want to encourage you to add them. For this week, the following ebooks are on sale: Roland Allen’s The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of […]
Black Friday Week Payne Book Sale
If you were unable to attend the Reaching the Nations in North America Summit, then I want to share this post with you. The Divine Maestro orchestrates the movement of the nations (Acts 17:26-27). Will you and your church join Him in this amazing journey of global disciple making? If […]
Videos from Reaching the Nations in North America Summit
The Church at Brook Hills, by God’s grace, sends about 40 short-term teams to 10 countries every year. In this episode, my guest is Fox, Director of Short-Term Missions with our church. Some of the questions we address include: What is The Church at Brook Hills doing when it comes […]
Developing a Long-Term Approach for Short-Term Missions
In this post, I return to the series on how The Church at Brook Hills is sending and training church planting teams. If you have missed any of the posts in this series, check out the links below: Our Process for Sending Teams Pathway to the Field 19 Points to […]
Training Teams according to the Church Multiplication Cycle
Pastors, one of the ways we can better shepherd our people to the field is giving attention to their passions, interests, skills, vocations AND asking where such factors overlap with the desires of the world. Unfortunately, we often tell them to go, put them in connection with a mission agency, […]