Over the last couple of decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a different kind of leader in world missions. I think the term that best fits this leader is the term, mission mobilizer. What is curious, is that from a biblical and historical...
During my time living in Irkutsk, a city in eastern part of Siberia, I was invited to a game of soccer with several students. But this wasn’t any ordinary game of soccer. It was the dead of winter. We boarded one of the local commuter...
Recently, I was in Chile teaching the Storyline mission course and training leaders. I was refreshed and very excited to see the missions fervor in Latin America. We have been working with Movida for almost two years now in helping to mobilize and send latino...
The 30-Day Challenge: Encountering the Missionary Heart of God During the summer of 2017 Kristen and I were challenged to read the book of Romans 20 times and then write out the entire book by hand. This occurred at a family camp in Montana in the...
If you hang around people who are excited about missions long enough, you’ll eventually hear this special little buzzword: “mobilization.” You might also hear its close cousin “mobilizer.” These aren’t terms most Christians are familiar with in the church context, but they are terms that...
What does Jesus say about Mobilization? Today, the word mobilization has become a buzzword in evangelical missions. Rightly so, I would argue. But why is it then that mission engagement in the western church is at historically low levels? Ed Stetzer, in his Christianity Today article,...
Most Christians, when they discover God’s heart for the nations as revealed through the Scriptures, experience a radical shift in the way they view the world. When you grapple with the immense needs of nations who have no Bible, no churches, and no missionaries, it...
Take a glance at the headlines today and you quickly realize that the relationship between Russia, Europe and the West is reverting to Cold War norms. But, despite souring geopolitical relations, the evangelical church in Russian-speaking Eastern Europe is thinking more globally than ever before. Since...
Over the last 9 months the Storyline team has been working diligently with our Ukrainian partners to develop a long-term, sustained mission mobilization program for their denomination. Storyline, Pioneers, and the Ukrainian Baptist National Leadership began a strategic planning process during the fall of 2015....