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Grace Pools Up in the Lowest Places
It’s the low places where the water flows and we meet God’s grace.
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July 7, 2020
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When Your Summer Mission Trip Is Cancelled
While you can’t replace the opportunity to serve, here are a few ideas to connect your youth with ministry in another city, culture, or country.
June 11, 2020
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Battling the Coronavirus, Strengthening Our Faith
John Wind, a long-time volunteer with Resonate Global Mission in Mexico, reflects on the love and support he received while recovering from the coronavirus.
May 8, 2020
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Missional Opportunities Along the Trail of COVID-19
Here are a few missional practices for churches as we plan to phase-in regathering for worship.
May 4, 2020
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Loving Your Neighbor in the COVID-19 Pandemic
This manual was designed to equip families and individuals to serve the most vulnerable and demonstrate love for neighbors in practical ways.
April 14, 2020
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Loving Your Neighbor in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Timothy Leadership Training Program has created a manual to help families and individuals show love to their neighbors in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
March 10, 2020
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Why Your Prayer Life Is Important
I’m learning that when I’m worried, I need to turn to the Lord in prayer. Out of everything I need to do as a church planter, my prayer life needs to be the most important thing.
February 26, 2020
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Devotional for Development Workers and Missionaries
A devotional about being generous and inspiring generosity in others, especially in our ministry as missionaries and development workers.
January 11, 2020
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“Unknown god altars,” “innocent natives,” and “anonymous Christians.”
In this article, I will examine how a few contemporary mission thinkers have appealed to the altar to the unknown God in Acts 17:23. We will attempt to answer the question “Does the apostle Paul actually affirm the religiosity of the Athenians via the altar, and by extension, can we affirm the religiosity of adherents of other religions or of the validity of aboriginal/indigenous religion?”
December 24, 2019
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3 Things I Learned Working With People From a Variety of Cultures and Faiths
Many times there are barriers to starting a conversation with someone from another culture. Here are three tips to guide you.
December 5, 2019
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10 Ways to Raise Awareness for Mission
Do you want to raise awareness for mission in your church? Here are 10 ways to spread the word and get everyone in your church involved!
November 30, 2019
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Reversion: Why Do ‘Christian Converts’ From Islam Return to Their Old Religion?
At times the glowing statistics of massive movements to Christ in the Muslim world hide another reality, namely the fact that reversions back to Islam are also happening.
November 19, 2019
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Where Discipleship Begins
I asked her to walk across the street and speak to an older man who appeared to be drunk. Her goal was to invite this man into our church. Sophia stopped dead in her tracks and said, “I can’t do what you do.”
November 7, 2019
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Connecting With Our Neighbors This Christmas Season
A study shows that 57% of Americans said they would likely attend church at Christmas if someone invited them. But how do we reach the people who said they wouldn't?
November 5, 2019
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The Struggle of “Reaching Out” to Your Community
Is your church struggling with what it means to share the gospel in your local community? Take heart. There's no silver bullet in mission, but here's some encouragement and advice.
October 31, 2019
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One Thing I Should Have Done Sooner
I am so grateful for the gift of a silent retreat and for all the folks that made it possible. I only wish I hadn’t waited so long to build this in.
October 22, 2019
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The Future of Nigeria’s Women in Ministry
The ministry of Christian education has opened up doors for women in Nigeria to flourish in ways that other ministries might stifle.
October 16, 2019
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Why Are Young People Leaving the Church?
As a millennial who works with millennials, I sometimes get asked why young people are leaving the church in North America and what churches can do about it.
October 9, 2019
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Women in Ministry: Being Who God Called Me to Be
Living overseas, far from all that is familiar, has not been the hardest thread in my story. The hardest thread was when I heard the Holy Spirit intently whispering, “Go to seminary.”
October 1, 2019
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Does Africa Need More Bible Colleges?
I'd like to suggest that, in many regions, starting more Bible colleges is not the most helpful approach, and in some cases it might actually hinder us from achieving our goal of educating more African pastors.
September 9, 2019
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Getting to Know the CRC's First International Missionary
It has been 100 years since the CRC’s first overseas missionary left for the field. Johanna Veenstra was a 25-year-old woman who left everything she knew back home in New Jersey and followed God’s call into the unknown.
September 5, 2019
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“Random” Strangers
What if we could see our outreach initiatives through the eyes of a child?
August 28, 2019
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10 Things Church Planters Want You to Know About Church Planting
What should we know about church plants so the CRC can work better together to spread the gospel and disciple believers in our communities? Church planters shared these 10 insights.
August 13, 2019
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Decoding Missionary Newsletters
Before moving overseas, I read newsletters of cross cultural workers and thought something along the lines of Well, that’s interesting. Now that I live overseas, I realize newsletters are filled with code words.
July 24, 2019
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90% Retention Rate or 90% Attrition Rate? Doctrine Matters
What kind of theology is behind the way you and I do outreach?