https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Sun, 05 May 2024 06:11:42 +0000 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:46:10 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/organizational-framework-new-mission-agency Over the last 4 months, a team from Home Missions and World Missions worked closely with Calvin Social Resource (CSR) developing a presentation and a survey process to engage stakeholders. Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/organizational-framework-new-mission-agency Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:46:10 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/are-you-already-missionary As a kid, I thought of a cross-cultural missionary as a church planter or community developer sent by a denominational agency to some remote country of Latin America, Asia or Africa. Frankly, that definition left most of us comfortably outside of any of the possible lines of responsibility. Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/are-you-already-missionary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:29:14 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/did-you-notice-how-world-has-changed I grew in Sully, Iowa, in the 1960’s. Every year my parents would take us to Mission Fest at Market Square in Pella. I thought of missionaries as rather exotic creatures who travelled to far off lands. Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/did-you-notice-how-world-has-changed Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:37:57 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/do-we-christians-live-bubble Circles of friends with a shared vision are the birthing rooms for Kingdom collaboration. But sometimes circles of friends can become closed networks. Closed networks have an upside and a downside. Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/do-we-christians-live-bubble Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/can-we-be-friends After practicing law for fourteen years in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I moved to Nicaragua in 1996 to work as a leadership developer with Christian Reformed World Missions. Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/can-we-be-friends Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:10:23 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/whats-so-great-about-acts-2-church The book of Acts tells the compelling story about how the influence of the Good News of Jesus spread from a small, fear-filled Jewish remnant to a cross-cultural Gospel movement that would impact Rome itself. How did this happen? Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/whats-so-great-about-acts-2-church Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:18:37 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/has-pentecost-made-difference-your-neighborhood What results should you expect when the Gospel takes root? Or, in other words, how is your neighborhood, city or nation different because of Pentecost? This is the “Pentecost question.” Joel Huyser https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/global-mission/has-pentecost-made-difference-your-neighborhood Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:23:10 +0000