We rejoice in the good news that through the prayerful efforts of Langham, pastoral training is taking place in 70 countries and growing! Even in pockets of the world that pose a hurdle to the Gospel like Spain, Austria and Turkey, a hunger is spreading among pastors for training. A deeper understanding of how to preach biblically is taking root and yielding a fresh crop of trained pastors with vision to impart the training they received. We were able to interview Rev. M, the Europe and Caribbean Director, to learn more. Read full interview below and then, further below, read […]
By Donna Tan In Part I, I made mention of three things to check in order to keep our marriages intact amidst the pile of ministry commitments. Check Ourselves Check Our Team Check Our Purpose Here are three other areas you’d want to also keep in check. They are going to help you in your ministry. Let’s continue. Check Your Support Base Other than your family, you also have a support base. If you don’t have one yet, then strongly consider! Your support base is composed of people who recognize and respect your relationship with God, and your relationship with […]
Tired of meetings that don’t end in “We have decided…?” Read more… (shared with kind permission from Bob Tiede ) How often are you in meetings that have a topic(s) but no clear purpose that you are aware of? You Meet – You Talk – then the meeting ends and as you walk out the door, you scratch your head and ask yourself, “Was anything decided?” Frustrating, isn’t it? Did you know that you can change this? You can! Just by asking “One Simple Question!” But first: How would you score your “Current Meeting Effectiveness” for the meetings you lead? How […]
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34 Every year at this time people talk about wanting peace on earth. It’s common in Christmas carols and Christmas cards. It’s often a wish for the New Year. And after a very contentious election this year many Americans are asking “why can’t we all just get along?” But is peace on earth a realistic or even achievable goal? Peace can be defined as the absence of conflict. However, we live in a world of conflict. […]
Join Dr, Bruce Wilkinson and Teach Every Nation in the Launch of Bible School On Wheels Year #1, providing training, tools, and inspiration to pastors and Christian leaders in the quest to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission. For a preview of the TEN Bible School on Wheels, simply register on the site for each course individually after selecting the resource of your choosing for any or all of the FREE elective courses! Once you register, you can download or view the course as well as the PDFs! With the generous permission of TEN, you are allowed to copy and print for […]
Join Dr. Bruce Wilkinson and Teach Every Nation in the Launch of Bible School On Wheels Year #1, providing training, tools, and inspiration to pastors and TEN Deans in the quest to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission. For a preview of the TEN Bible School on Wheels, simply register on the site for each course individually after selecting the resource of your choosing for any or all of the FREE elective courses! Once you register, you can download or view the course as well as the PDFs! With the generous permission of TEN, you are allowed to copy and print […]
“The Lord sends out the Word and the women who proclaim it are a great host.” Psalm 68:11 This past November 6-15, the first Global Proclamation Academy (GPA) for Women happened! It was held in the Philippines and attended by 28 Women Pastors/Preachers/Ministry Leaders – 19 Philippine Delegates and 9 Global Delegates (Indonesia, South Africa, Argentina, Panama, India and China). They went through an intensive ten days of learning how to study, interpret and preach the Word using Scripture Sculpture, learning from spiritual truths and life application from master coaches, one-on-one mentoring and an opportunity to build lifelong friendship with […]
Download your free copy of each the first sessions of the 5 new Elective Courses from Teach Every Nation (TEN) and Dr. Bruce Wilkinson’s Bible School on Wheels program – a new multi-year curriculum. The full Bible School program in a box can be ordered via email. For more details click on (video) or email .. The BSOW kit includes all of the elements needs to begin a local school, including 5 Core DVD courses by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson, 5 online Elective courses by Global South teachers, 10 hardcover 380-page SuperBooks ($29.99 retail) with accompanying training support material, as well […]
We’ve carried on wending our merry way though Bonhoeffer’s Life Together (from which I’ve posted before) where there have been gems and provocations aplenty. This week, we followed his unpacking of the problems of competitiveness and one-upmanship, as part of his reflections on Luke 9:46. He is entirely realistic. He warns that every single community will always be infected by concerns about ‘who is the greatest’ – even if the criteria by which we judge greatness differ widely. And this has got me thinking yet again about the problems of power and weakness, control and care in church (issues to which I find myself […]
Guest Post from Aaron Buer. Reposted with kind permission from Breeze. From time to time, we all get stuck. Our churches get stuck. We get stuck in our personal lives and we get stuck in leadership. It just happens. It’s normal. Often, stuck doesn’t mean that things are terrible. It just means that things are comfortable. It means we are coasting. I realized a while back that our ministry was coasting. We were stuck in the land of “good enough.” Thankfully, in this season, our church leadership was beginning to take dramatic steps away from “good enough” and toward “excellent.” […]