Posts tagged local church

Cross-cultural church planters know that they must use the New Testament as their guide for local church life and ministry. But a strong Christian cultural …

Everyone who seeks to make disciples in obedience to Jesus Christ faces the difficulty of trying to discern whether a person who professes Christ genuinely …

When missionaries return to their passport country and attend that first worship service, they often find their eyes welling up with tears. Why? For many …

My first and companion article to this one is Following Christ Together: Solitary Christianity is Not Genuine Christianity. I envisioned two groups of people that …

As a pastor in Australia, there are two questions I must constantly answer in conversation: “What is the gospel?” and “What is a church?” I …

Any church that understands the Great Commission actively supports missions efforts at home and abroad. Some folks reading this have the privilege of being part …

The book Pioneer Missions kind of just happened. Our family had relocated to Samraong, the small rural district capital of Oddar Meanchey Province. This province …

“This is my ministry.” At first blush, your words seem to ring with confidence in the Lord’s call (1 Timothy 1:12). You have a work …

Evangelize, disciple, and train leaders—these are the priorities of missionaries serving in foreign countries. Evangelize and disciple—these are the priorities of pastors serving in the …