What does a Missionary Do?

What comes to mind when you think of a missionary?  Maybe it’s:  Someone who starts a church in another country Someone who is translating the Bible into a new language Someone who shares the gospel across cultural borders Someone who is caring for sick...

What is Church Planting?

As followers of Jesus, we are called to carry out the Great Commission and to take the good news of Jesus to all the ends of the earth. And there are lots of ways to do that.  If you are a Christian with an interest in church or missions work, the words “church...

Echoes Of God’s Kingdom: The Multi-Ethnic Advantage

I saw a headline recently that said “The Church is Too Generous to the Needy.” At first, it was hard for me to believe anyone could actually say there’s such a thing as “too much generosity,” particularly when in reference to God’s...

Humble Congregations

After almost eight years of leading a ”church laboratory”, trying to find new ways of how church has to be in order to survive the spiritual whirlwinds of change that are still drawing over Europe, I’m sometimes asked: ”So – what are your conclusions?! What does the...

Meeting Needs Unaware: The Gospel According To The iPhone

“Consumers don’t understand what they want until they see it.” This quote from Steve Jobs (former founder and CEO of Apple) reveals much of his innovative business genius. Jobs didn’t give a lot of time to market research. He was...