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....
We are living in an unprecedented time of global interconnectedness and mobility. Because of this, old paradigms of missions must be re-examined. Are there other strategies and tactics that are emerging that must be considered as the church continues it’s ancient call of making disciples...
Missionaries talk a lot about “reaching the unreached.” But who exactly are ‘the unreached?’ One useful acronym that has helped people remember the major religious categories of unreached peoples is T.H.U.M.B: Tribal, Hindu, Unreligious, Muslim and Buddhist peoples. What Does Unreached Mean? The word ‘unreached’ is...
As we starting mobilizing the Russian speaking church through Storyline, we discovered the amazing history of Ivan Prokhanov, a truly admirable Russian missionary. He was born April 17, 1869, in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, nestled in the snow-clad Caucasus. The highest peaks in the...
This past weekend Kristen and I had the opportunity to experience The Journey of Generosity, or J.O.G. This was an event sponsored by an incredible ministry called Generous Giving. We had about 90 people in our J.O.G. from our church. In short, it was a...
The Storyline team went to L'viv, Ukraine last week. The Ukrainians are ready for missions! Some of the young leaders in our Storyline seminar are making plans for missionary service to Africa, Central Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe. About twenty leaders from the Ukrainian Baptist...
Stop and Think Eternal My dear brothers and sisters, I would like to share with you what God has done in Rivne this semester through the evangelism project #TIMEOUTRIVNE . Since the project started in October we conducted 12 big meetings for non-believers in dormitories and...
There has been an explosive growth of the Christian populations in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the South Pacific. Consider the following graph compiled by data from the United Nations, the World Christian Database (from Gordon-Conwell Seminary), and various other mission researchers. In light of...