Calling
Meet Our Student Mobilizer, Chloe Rutherford!
Who Am I? Hello! My name is Chloe Rutherford, I am the Student Mobilizer at Southeastern with the […]
Equipping
Calling
Are You Willing to Suffer for Missions?
The cabin door opens, and you are hit in the face with smog and people everywhere. You’re barely […]
Calling
Meet Southeastern’s IMB Liaisons, Rick & Nancy Fraley
Who are we? We are Rick and Nancy Fraley. We have recently returned to the U.S. with our […]
Diaspora Missions
Intro to Contextualization
I teach church planting at an evangelical seminary in the Pacific Northwest. This semester, my online church planting […]
Great Commission
From the Four Corners: Africa: The Unassuming Evangelical Giant
The Sent Life · From the Four Corners: Africa: The Unassuming Evangelical Giant
Diaspora Missions
Four “Next Steps” For Participating in God’s Global Mission
It’s often said that through technology we are more connected today than we’ve ever been. Yet, if we’re […]
Discipleship
The Long and the Short of It: Long-term Discipleship from Short-term Mission Trips
Where have you previously served on short-term mission trips? I asked this question while sitting around the airport […]
Calling
The Lasting Impact of Missions
Will my life leave a lasting impact? It’s not a question I imagine women like Lottie Moon and […]
Missionary Care
Post-Field Care: Plan, Presence, and Pathways to Reengagement
Post-field care can be the most challenging care for churches to provide. Missionaries come home for numerous reasons—scheduled […]
Missionary Care
On-Field Care: Prayer Is Not Just the Means to Do the Work—It Is the Work
“Prayer does not equip us for greater works—prayer is the greater work. Yet we think of prayer as […]
Missionary Care
Pre-Field Care: The Oft-Forgotten Element of Missionary Care
Church leaders should recruit like coaches. Successful coaches know what type of players they want, and instead of […]
Calling
Mt. Sinai and the Church’s Mission
Too many Christians see mission as a primarily New Testament theme. Ask them about God’s mission in the […]
Great Commission
Entry: An Essential Part of the Missionary Task
Conversations about missions often focus on evangelism, discipleship, and church planting. These are essential elements of the missionary […]
Calling
How Do I Know if God Is Calling Me to Vocational Ministry?
Typically, anyone considering going to seminary asks the following questions: Is God really calling me to vocational ministry? […]
Calling
Church Member, You are Qualified
I’m no doctor. But as the woman in my local YMCA slumped forward into her workout equipment, I […]
Revitalization
A Proposal for the Process of Church Revitalization: Part 2
For pastors and churches, revitalization is both difficult and rewarding. For twelve years, God has entrusted to me […]
Revitalization
A Proposal for the Process of Church Revitalization: Part 1
I’ll be honest. When God called me to pastoral ministry, I didn’t sign up for church revitalization. I […]
Great Commission
The Effectiveness of Prayer Walking
The Sent Life · The Effectiveness of Prayer Walking – EP97
Discipleship
Short-Term Fueling Long-Term Missions
Originally Published on the Upstream Collective It’s almost a guarantee that were you to find yourself transiting through […]
Missionary Care
Catalyzing a Missionary Care Strategy in Your Church
Churches may see their role in sending members to the ends of the earth as the finish line […]
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