Many aspiring (or existing) church planters tend to be anxious about how they’ll support themselves or raise enough money to get their church off the ground. As they prepare…
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Prayer is a major part of the ministry of the Word. The Apostles established the diaconate so they could devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word…
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The corporate prayer life of a church must be grounded in the healthy, regular, personal prayer of its pastor and its people. In Matthew 6:5-13, Jesus instructs…
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At age 14, One Mokgatle lost his father—the rock of his family—to heart failure. Young One wasn’t a Christian, and his father’s death drew him even further away…
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For the last several years, I’ve led a lot of groups of different sorts—students, pastors, and congregations, both in the U.S. and abroad—through the same…
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My new book, Renovated: How God Makes Us Christlike, explores how God is working in our lives every day. Even though it can be difficult to see the presence of God in the complexities of life…
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I spend a fair bit of time with young adults in the Inner West of Sydney. Our church in Newtown exists on the urban edge of the city. Newtown is widely known…
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I wanted to write this book because I can’t help but notice the absence of the church in most church-planting resources. I’ve…
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There is a lot of discussion—sometimes even heated debate—concerning the core definition of the gospel of Christ. In most cases…
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When my wife and I planted our first church in Fukuoka in 1995, I was 40 years old and we had three children (a third grader, a kindergartener, and a one-year-old child). When we planted our second…
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Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6) and “Blessed are those who…
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One of the most common reasons for pastoral leadership mistakes is blindness to the significance of church size. Size has an enormous impact on how a church…
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I still remember the day I thought I had become a heretic. I was in my second year of seminary learning…
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Life is an unpredictable journey filled with unexpected twists and turns. In the face of life's surprises, stories are a tool to help us make sense of our experiences. As leaders…
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Despite a long history of ministry, it took me over a decade to realize something I had missed all along…
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By all accounts, humility ranks as one of the most important virtues of the Christian life. In his classic book Humility: The Beauty of Holiness, Andrew Murray famously…
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I remember when I heard the news that my teacher passed away.
I took Japanese dancing lessons from this teacher for several years in the past. It was an original style that she came up with and called “praise dancing.” She was…
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When we look at the many problems faced by modern cities, the natural but troubling question arises—is there any hope for cities? Will they manage? What will happen to our city? Maybe you have heard the saying…
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