Sitting on the couch downstairs in the family room, I continued hearing a faint chorus float down from my daughters room. At first, I didn’t pay it any attention, yet like most things that are important, the sound lingered until I looked over at my wife and asked, “What are they doing up there?”. It … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Missional
Have you ordered missions resources for next year?
With school out soon, it’s never too early to begin thinking about ordering your missions education resources for next year. Have you ordered missions resources for your preschool, children, youth, and adult groups yet? Here are some frequently asked questions and little know facts about CBF’s missional formation resources: Continue reading
Meet me back in Galilee
During church yesterday, the pastor focused in upon Matthew 28 but focused on an interesting part of this chapter that easily goes overlooked. Is not it interesting that the angel tells the women that Jesus will appear to the Disciples in Galilee. In this gospel, Jesus takes it back to their home—their neighborhood—and appears to … Continue reading
One Church Start Being the Presence of Christ
Crossroads Community Church in Troy, Virginia is a church on mission. Less than two years old, pastor Bruce Hunter infused “missional thinking” as the core of the church’s DNA. But as Hunter would say, it wasn’t as much about talking about mission as much as it was living into it. For a small community of … Continue reading
‘It’s time to dive in’
Check out this story on North Broad Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., a CBF partnering congregation, about how they are using an It’s Time Missional Ministry grant: http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/6600085/article-Grant-given-to-North-Broad-Baptist-for-community-projects?instance=news_page_secondary_local Continue reading
Young Adult Ministry Killing the Church?
There is an interesting article in an online magazine that asks if young adult ministries are killing the church. What a crazy question. Everyone knows that it is usually our ecclesiology—our understanding of church—that kills (maybe that is a strong word), impedes the church. (Hear the facetiousness.) Continue reading
Mission Principles Today: Lessons Learned From Yesterday
Earlier this month I attended the Asian Pacific Baptist Fellowship meeting in Singapore. Much of my time was spent in dialogue around missional practices and how they are being lived out in Asia. One presenter, Dr. F. Hrangkhuma of India, began his presentation with the following introduction: “After almost two millenniums of Christian missions starting … Continue reading
‘I have a candle? Do you have match?’
The following post is from Reid Doster, Coordinator of CBF Louisiana. He also serves as Louisiana’s Disaster Response Coordinator and pastor of Bridgewater Community Church. Rev. Enola Lee, of the Dowey-Gaston A.M.E. Church, Madisonville, knocked on the backdoor of the Bridgewater Church “Friendship House,” at the opposite end of her block. Holding an unlit … Continue reading
Reflections from Southeast Asia – Part 1
It’s been almost a week since I returned from my two-week visit to Southeast Asia, and I keep thinking about what Karen, one of CBF’s field personnel, told me as I visited with her on the medical boat. She said that she never thought she would be serving as a “missionary.” In fact, she was quite resistant when her pastor suggested that she consider mission service through CBF. Continue reading
Interested in Missional?
I am currently studying at Fuller Theological Seminary in an MA program that is formed around a cohort. We are focusing on three main areas, Missiology/missional theology, leadership, and spiritual formation. One of my good friends in the program is JR Woodward. JR is an avid blogger as well as a church planter in East … Continue reading