Who should we partner with when we church plant? The man who discipled me when I was a young Christian gave me some sage advice…
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Both 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…
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When my family and I arrived in China years ago I never could have imagined the things that were in store for us…
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When God moved us to Istanbul, it came as both a surprise and a calling that made sense. Nonetheless, it was a process that took us five years…
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It was not my intention as a pastor to spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection of faith and work. However, what I fell into has now become a firm conviction about discipleship…
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What 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.
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I was the seventh child in a very big family. My parents were divorced, so we all grew up with my father. And from early on in my life, I felt like I needed to do something special to get his attention…
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One 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…
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You never know when God is going to use something as small as an email to change your life forever.
I grew up in Eastern Germany. I was seventeen when the Berlin Wall came down…
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As 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…
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“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…
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The western suburbs of Melbourne have always been my home. If you know Melbourne, it’s not exactly a brag; my municipality–the City of Wyndham–is mostly known for…
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Living in the city means living with the city—and the city is an inconsiderate neighbour. Challenges like this can make following Jesus in the city a continual challenge…
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For many American evangelicals, China’s reality is their biggest fear. Yet our Chinese brothers and sisters remind us that though marginalization is not something to seek, it cannot stop the advance of God’s kingdom…
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Loaded 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…
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We 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.
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I 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.
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In quite possibly the most painfully excruciating eight minutes of film ever recorded, Prince Charles was interviewed in 1981 alongside his newly announced fiancée, Diana Spencer…
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