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...
School buses are fully awake after summer’s hibernation, while day-by-day brown overtakes the lush green corn fields, unveiling the promise of an approaching harvest. It is autumn in the Midwest. The Caribbean may be a region of forever summer, yet spiritually in Trinidad and Tobago...
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE - SENDING UKRAINE The Ukrainian Baptist Union hosted an international missions conference with 1000+ Ukrainian pastors and church leaders. The theme of the conference was 'Let Thy Kingdom Come' and was designed to teach, motivate, and strategically align leaders to the vision of domestic...
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...
