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Association of North American Missions
As we continue together in the realm of thinking missiologically about our world, from time to time I will be blogging about different groups that are laboring for Kingdom expansion throughout the...
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C5 Contextualization: Coming to a North American People Group Near You?
In this post, I do not wish to be an alarmist, nor do I want to create a work of fiction and claim it to be a reality. I do want to be proactive and begin a conversation. For sometime, I have been...
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Rural Missions in North America
While I have posted many times on urban issues, I want to turn our attention today to the rural regions of the United States and Canada. For it is here that we find over 65 million people, comprising...
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The Ecclesiological Conundrum
Several days ago I began a series on the reasons why I believe that much of the mission strategy behind North American church planting is not sufficient for reaching the 75% of the unbelievers in the...
View ArticleA Double Standard for the Unreached
Since Barrett and Johnson told us only 0.1% of Christian monies collected goes toward the unevangelized world, Evangelicals in the U. S. have rightly cried “inappropriate!” Their stat preaches well....
View ArticleOur Practical Oxymorons
I preach a simple gospel, but must make disciple making very complex. I support our missionaries, as long as they are pastors. I want to see more people on the field, but must restrict the flow so only...
View Article20 Year Priority
Twenty-two years ago I told Jesus I was willing to pastor His people. Twenty-two years ago. Much has happened over this period of time. Much has changed; much has remained the same. One matter that...
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Discovering and Engaging Unreached Peoples in North America
We have better information on unreached people groups living in the most remote places of the world than we do of those same groups living in the United States and Canada. We know the world; we do not...
View ArticleFour Fields of Kingdom Growth
Four Fields of Kingdom Growth is an excellent church planting resource. I am so thankful for our brother and sister who took the time to write this back in 2007. It is a doctrinally-sound work that was...
View ArticleLunch Now Served at 7AM
I drove through my hometown yesterday and saw a Taco Bell sign: “Lunch now served at 7AM”. Why did it take this Taco Bell so long to figure out that some lunch breaks are at 7 AM, not to mention the...
View ArticlePastors Must Paint Wisely
Pastors, the picture you paint is the art your people will carry. If you call your people to the nations “over seas,” but fail to call them to the 360 unreached people groups living in the United...
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Steve Moore on Challenges Facing Mission Agencies
Mission agencies have always faced challenges. However, the 21st century has brought some unique challenges to agencies headquartered in North America. In episode 15, I speak with Dr. Steve Moore,...
View ArticleA Bittersweet Commissioning
Today is a bittersweet Sunday. Bitter, because dear friends are leaving our church to move across country; sweet, because we commissioned them to go as part of a church planting team. Bitter, because...
View ArticleWhy Denominations Should not Focus on Unreached People Groups
In C. Peter Wagner’s book, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, he offers five “chief reasons” why we should plant churches. The second reason on the list is that church planting is a means to...
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Reaching Unreached Peoples in North America
God has not only made every person from Adam and Eve, but He has also determined when and where they will live (Acts 17:26). The reason? That they might find Him (Acts 17:27). 232 million people live...
View ArticleStrategic Stewardship and Missions in the West
Kingdom stewardship is not only related to the use of finances. It is related to everything we have received from the King (e.g., time, passions, gifts, opportunities, power, wealth). Will we bury what...
View ArticleReaching the World’s Most Reached People Groups
What would happen if a mission agency started advertising their mission statement as: to plant churches among the world’s most reached people groups? Would you lead your church to other countries to...
View ArticleICYMI: Reaching the Nations Videos
In case you missed it: The Reaching the Nations in North America Conference took place several days ago. HERE is Seth Brown’s article at Baptist Press. Thank you, Seth; and thank you BP for posting...
View Article19 Points to Ponder for Potential Church Planters
This is the third post in my series on how The Church at Brook Hills is preparing and sending church planting teams to North America. I encourage you to read the previous two posts. They likely will...
View ArticleAn Opportunity for Your Mission Agency?
I frequently receive requests to help others process through an apostolic approach to church planting among unreached people groups in North America. Today, I want to take the initiative and extend an...
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