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The World Does Not Honor the Housewife, So We Must
The word “vocation” gets sort of abused by both the world and in Churchy-talk. In the Church we use it to refer only in the sense of the objective states in life of marriage and the priesthood or religious life. In the world, it usually refers just to a specific skill or job, usually one …
The World Feels Hopeless. I Talked To Christian Scholars About What To Do.
“We don’t have any special wisdom. We don’t have special answers.”
The Tease: How Do Mission Trips Get us to Listen to the Holy Spirit?
Mission Trips can often disturbs us. Since we remove ourselves from the comforts of our own homes and environments, we are challenged to listen to new voices...
How the gifts of the Magi represent pillars of the spiritual life
The gifts of the Magi are very symbolic and are often used to explain Jesus’ mission as priest, prophet and king. However, they can also be applied to our spiritual life and represent different part of it. This symbolism is explained in a 19th-century reflection by Angelo Cagnola. We should learn to recognize in the Read More…
How Individualism Corrupts the Church’s Mission
“Cultural blindness is harmful to the church’s witness in the world.”
What Makes a Church Missional?
Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition.
How to Teach Elementary School Students About the Trinity
How can we begin to explain the Trinity to young children? Jimmy Akin shows us how to make the mystery more accessible while avoiding subtle errors.
Why The Mission Still Matters
The church exists because God has a mission and He created and called the church to accomplish that mission.
How Can I Be Used In Missions
5 Ways to Grow Your Leadership Team’s Heart for Your Church’s Mission
Every leader needs a compass in their head. The mission answers “Question Zero”: “What are we ultimately supposed to be doing?” It makes the overall direction of the church unquestionable and points everyone in that
The easy, step-by-step process to design a family mission
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A few years ago, I felt kind of stuck. My husband and I had been married a few years, and the demands of daily life kept our hands so full that I wondered if in a decade or two I’d look back and say, “What just happened?” and notice that we had …
Changing the curtains doesn't make the Church missional
I was recently sent an article about the Mainline Church's need to make decisions with outsiders rather than insiders in mind. There was ...
BLESS Missional Practices as a Sideways Step into Evangelism
This simple acronym guides us in missional outreach
Want Missional Leaders? You Need This Coaching Guide
Hugh Halter offers a must-read list of questions to help you build true missional leaders in your ministry.
Take an annual church health checkup » UMC Leadership Tips
Like going to the doctor, the annual church health checkup can help prevent major problems and diagnose necessary changes to maintain a healthy church.
5 Signs Bad Governance Is Stifling Your Church’s Growth and Mission
"I’m convinced bad governance is a key contributing factor as to why many churches don’t grow."
When a Shoe Store Clerk Went From Hesitant to On-a-Mission for My Daughter
Do It First, Write It Later: A New Approach to Mission Statements
The only real hope that a church will follow through on their mission statement is if it’s based on what the church is already doing.
Holy Land: ‘the mission of the Church is to build small connections, bridges’
"There is a Christian way of living in this country. There is a Christian way of living with this conflict. This is not the time for big gestures. The Church has to try to establish small connections and build small bridges."
