I am a CRC Minister of the Word. My calling church is River Terrace CRC, in East Lansing, MI. I work for Resonate Global Mission in East Africa, training pastors.
Excellent article. I have the same thoughts. We of course need to share our faith with love and grace, but we also need to get over our fears and share the truth of the good news!
Good post. Mission trips can be done well. I have critiqued them a lot, and rightly so. But on the other hand, they were formative in my own life, and they can be formative for the communities as well if done well. I hope that the Western churches can plan half as many or less short mission trips, but then those that they do could be done with very good preparation, a good strategy, and done with real partnership of the community.
Great post. My thoughts exactly. When we do start fundraising to go to another country, my hope is to get a few churches that we can grow a deep relationship with.
Great post Than. Some really good thoughts there. A good challenge for all us to think about how God has used and is using challenges in our lives that we would rather not have to deal with.
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Excellent article. I have the same thoughts. We of course need to share our faith with love and grace, but we also need to get over our fears and share the truth of the good news!
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Excellent distinctions, thank you John. I found this helpful.
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Good post. Mission trips can be done well. I have critiqued them a lot, and rightly so. But on the other hand, they were formative in my own life, and they can be formative for the communities as well if done well. I hope that the Western churches can plan half as many or less short mission trips, but then those that they do could be done with very good preparation, a good strategy, and done with real partnership of the community.
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Great post. My thoughts exactly. When we do start fundraising to go to another country, my hope is to get a few churches that we can grow a deep relationship with.
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Great post Than. Some really good thoughts there. A good challenge for all us to think about how God has used and is using challenges in our lives that we would rather not have to deal with.