Missionary Stories
My GenSend Summer in Utah
This summer I was blessed to serve with GenSend in a small town outside Salt Lake City, Utah. […]
North American
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- Revitalization
Lessons in Leadership: 4 Lessons I’ve Learned in Church Revitalization
When God called me to my first church as a full-time senior pastor, I had never even heard […]
Church PlantingHow SendNC Helps Churches Plant Churches
The Sent Life · How SendNC Helps Churches Plant Churches – EP116 How do churches take steps toward […]
- Holiday
“Wake Up” Your Hospitality This Christmas
My husband and I hosted a neighborhood Christmas party in our home one Christmas, and our Bangladeshi neighbor […]
- Church Planting
How the Church Can Engage in Missions: Nationally
It has been stated that missions is not the west to the rest, but rather from everywhere to […]
Diaspora Missions
How the Local Church Can Engage in Missions: Missional Awareness and Evangelistic Engagement
About three years ago, my family and I transitioned churches. This is not the first time either my […]
Mission Trip
How You Can Pray for Our Team in Clarkston, GA
This week, we are sending 20 College students and four leaders to Clarkston, GA over Fall Break. They […]
Diaspora Missions
Resource Review: Islam and North America
In Islam and North America: Loving our Muslim Neighbors, Micah Fries and Keith Whitfield consider the reality of […]
Great Commission
Southeastern Mission Trip Testimonies: 2022-2023
During the 2022 and 2023 school year and summer, we had over 100 students GO on a mission […]
Church Planting
GenSend: Discovering God’s Missional Heart in Urban Areas in North America
THE OPPORTUNITY When considering what to do with my summers as a seminary or college student, there were […]
Church Planting
Contextualization in the “None Zone”
In the first article in this mini-series, we established a theory of contextualization. In the subsequent post, we […]
Church Planting
Contextualization in the City
New York City can be an intimidating place for many. For my family, it was home. Over the […]
Diaspora Missions
Intro to Contextualization
I teach church planting at an evangelical seminary in the Pacific Northwest. This semester, my online church planting […]
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? […]
Church Planting
How Well is Your Church Doing Evangelism?
Revitalization
A Proposal for the Process of Church Revitalization: Part 3
Every year, 800-900 SBC churches close their doors. [1] Beyond the SBC, Andy Davis points out that “while […]
Church Planting
NAMB Evangelism Strategies
The Sent Life · NAMB Evangelism Strategies with Dr. Kevin Ezell – EP99
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 […]
Mission Trip
Southeastern Mission Trip Testimonials
We have been referring to this year as the year of the mission trip for Southeastern, and it […]
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