Repost: Top 7 Regrets of Pastors
I recently read this post on Thom Rainer’s blog and wanted to repost it here. I really thought it was very insightful. I don’t want to look back and have the same regrets in the future. I recently interviewed more
Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
I recently read this post on Thom Rainer’s blog and wanted to repost it here. I really thought it was very insightful. I don’t want to look back and have the same regrets in the future. I recently interviewed more
Our home church recently started a “Yokefellow Ministry”. The purpose of the ministry is to partner church members the missionaries who are sent out of the church to more fully meet the needs of the missionaries and to be active
I recently shared four principles for missions senders on my blog. These principles are taken from Ezra chapter 1. In the chapter, God worked to send people back to rebuild the temple at Jerusaelm. Some were stirred up to go,
The Prize Principle: God will reward willing people who do God’s work or who help someone else to do God’s work. When Ezra went back to rebuilt the temple, some went and some sent (Ezra 1:3-4). Some were stirred up
The Privilege Principle: God’s people are privileged either to do God’s work or to help someone else do God’s work. Being involved in the Lord’s work through supporting and sending others is a tremendous privilege. Ezra 1:5-6 Then rose up the
The People Principle: God uses people to be channels of His provision for His work. Ezra 1:3-4 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in
The Provision Principle: God will provide everything necessary to accomplish His work. He accepts ultimate responsibility for the support of His Work. Ezra 1:1-2 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by
The Bible is very clear about our responsibility to take the gospel everywhere (all the world) and to everyone (every creature). The responsibility of world evangelism rests squarely on the local church. The local church has every resource necessary to
As we travel and go to churches to present our ministry, I am continually amazed at kindness and generosity of God’s people. They put together missions conferences. They give gifts, serve meals, provide lodging, and commit to pray. They take
Matthew Recker is a church-planter in New York City who has faced the challenges and fears of one of the biggest cities in the world. He has planted several Baptist churches in the city. His book Behold the City is