Just a few years ago, we could find very little that had been written about multicultural mission teams. The subject has been of great interest in our mission organization, since our membership is becoming increasingly international, and many, if not the majority of our teams, already include members from countries other than the USA or …
Category: Leadership
Articulating Gods’ smile of approval on the work
The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them. Ex 39:42-43 The context of this passage is the construction of the first tabernacle in the first year after …
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How can Christian coaching enhance my church planting ministry?
This blog post is contributed by Ted Szymczak. Ted is a SEND missionary who has served in Poland for several terms, and now champions training for church planters within SEND. Everybody seems to be talking about coaching lately, but what is it and more importantly how useful could it be in my ministry? Keith Webb …
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Empowering new leaders
In my personal Bible reading and journalling over the last few weeks, I have been working my way through the books of Acts. In God's providence, I am also reading a fascinating book about church planting movements in South East Asia --T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution: The Story Behind the World's Fastest Growing Church Planting …
Do not make me a leader!
A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say, “You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!” But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the …
Not trying to share the stage with God
In the leadership course I recently taught in Khabarovsk at the Far East Russia Bible College, one of my assignments required my students to read through the first 6 chapters of Nehemiah. They were to describe five leadership characteristics or actions of Nehemiah that explain why he was able to motivate and organize the people …
