A breeze from the South China Sea tousled the curtains enveloping our meeting room in a wintery dampness. The group of Chinese women chosen for this specific training event was sitting in clusters enjoying a tea break with mounds of freshly sliced kiwi, lychee, and mangoes.
Read MoreCity to City Asia Pacific’s Abet Almanza shares his story of planting a church in the city of Makati in Manila, Philippines amid the pandemic.
Read MoreIn 1998, I was sent to Okinawa as a domestic missionary of the Evangelical Free Church. Back then, the Evangelical Free Church was one of the most developed denominations in Japan. Even if they…
Read MorePart of the challenge the church faces today is that a lot of our discourse about mission stays within the community of faith. Our engagement with culture can be on a highly-articulated, but theoretical level…
Read More"Conventional strategy isn't much help right now, as it presumes visibility that none of us have. Instead, it is a time to prototype everything.”
As I read this, it hit me. An overwhelming…
Read MoreAs many know, Tokyo is hard at work preparing to host the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in 2020. As the whole city gets ready to host this auspicious festival…
Read MoreClaire sat across the table from her friend, the leader of a church near the suburb that God had laid on her heart. After gathering her thoughts, Claire began to speak. She…
Read MoreWho should we partner with when we church plant? The man who discipled me when I was a young Christian gave me some sage advice…
Read MoreBoth secular and Christian bookstores are littered with “how-to” books written by people who experienced success and then told others how to experience the same. Whether it’s running a business or planting a church, the mistake is to focus on the experience and ignore the variables…
Read MoreWhen my family and I arrived in China years ago I never could have imagined the things that were in store for us…
Read MoreWhat I experienced at City to City’s first European Intensive in Hamburg was the opposite of what I had heard. One thing was clear—Christianity is not dead in Europe, and there is still hope for the church on this continent.
Read MoreOne of the common frustrations church planters often face is a kind of protectionist turf consciousness that they meet from established churches in their target areas…
Read MoreAs someone who planted a church in a new country without a core team to help, I was intrigued to see what a book called The Honest Guide to Church Planting had to say…
Read More“What do you mean I’m not preaching Christ?”
I had just preached a sermon and was feeling good. I applied the principles I learned…
Read MoreLoaded with eagerness and perhaps an American impetuousness, I began meeting with church leaders, wanting to hear the grand visions they had…but when I asked each of them about…
Read MoreWe have a deep conviction that the more willing we are to find ways to collaborate, the more effective we’ll be in reaching our city for Jesus.
Read MoreI sat in a conference room. Around the table were church planters and trainers who had years of experience. But in the back of my mind, I wondered if I belonged.
Read MoreMy wife and I had our first child the same year we planted our church. Over time, we watched as both matured together…
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