Pioneering is tough. One can feel alone, overwhelmed, and under-resourced. Partnerships are sometimes a great solution to this sense of isolation. They may bring powerful solutions to the starkly felt gaps in the team or ministry. Or, they can cause even more problems. Some kinds of partnerships later become obstacles for those wanting to release …
I’m always on the lookout for simple, effective tools to share the good news of Jesus. On a recent trip to a South-east Asian country, I heard about an effective illustration that is being used to lead many to Christ, especially young people. It’s worth sharing so I thought I’d have someone illustrate it for …
This week I’m privileged to introduce you to a fellow trainer and coach. In this short video, he addresses the question of how DMMs grow, strictly from a New Testament perspective. In Disciple Making Movements, everything we do and train others to do needs to be built on the foundation of what we see in …
Yes, it is God who heals, but He does this healing work through people. He heals through me and you. We heal people by His power, not our own.
To multiply disciple-makers it is vital that we live as disciple-makers ourselves. We need to make disciples like Jesus did.
One of the things I appreciate about the T4T (Training for Trainers) approach is how every meeting begins in the first section with reporting on what you have done the past week to apply what you learned before. Likewise, every meeting ends with the setting of new goals. How are you going to obey and …
Long-term, pioneer, frontier missionaries can get a bit cynical. We’ve seen lots of problems. Many things have gone wrong over years of service. It is easy to start to see the negative, rather than the positive in both people and situations. When God sends young people your way on short-term mission teams, seeing them as …
Kids are easily distracted. When my children were young they’d start crying. Maybe they were angry about not getting a piece of candy they craved. I’d point out the window. “Look! See the birds?” Suddenly, their attention shifted. Now I do this with my grandkids. We can be like kids too – easily distracted from …
We moved around the room silently. One person was given a watch. Graciously receiving it, he silently prayed. Should he keep it or pass it on to someone else? Another person turned to his neighbor, he gave him a newly purchased jacket. The power of generosity was being released in the room as we did …
They stood in front of my gate, a group of angry men. Impatiently, they rang the gatebell again and again. They came with demands. Emotions ran strong. Who were they? Angry Hindu fundamentalists? No. Surprisingly (or not), they were a group of Christian pastors from our city. A sometimes unexpected obstacle we frequently face in …