Almost every missionary has heard the question: Why are you going THERE when there are so many lost people right HERE? The answer is that we need to go where the gospel is not and where the workers are few. I live in a city of about 18000 which is in a county with a …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Developing Leadership for Latin American Churches
The “turn around” time between my return from the Honduras mission trip and my trip to Houston to speak on the Latin American Leadership Training Workshop was not much over 12 hours. The trip home from Honduras last Thursday finished with a midnight arrival at the house. Friday morning came early and Friday was filled …
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Spiritual Leadership
Christian leadership must be spiritual. The great need of God’s people in every place is leaders who are spiritually developed and spiritually mature. Christian leadership is more than knowing the Bible. A long line of Christian leaders who have fallen into Satan’s snare and the trap of sin demonstrate that one of the first (perhaps, …
Helping Others Do God’s Work
The more I observe mission works in various places, the more I am convinced that we who wish to hold up the hands of the locals as they work in kingdom work must be careful to make certain we are helping and not hindering. We help when we work with the local brethren to accomplish …
Talanga Visit
The time with the church in Talanga was better than anticipated. There were three baptisms to begin the worship assembly. The bilingual singing was special. I preached, and after the service we shared a meal with the brothers and sisters there. There were 40 adults present plus the children–probably totaling near 60. Thank you for …
It’s Sunday Again: Talanga
Today’s activities will take us to Talanga to visit the church plant which is a combined effort of the Park Plaza church in Tulsa and the Guanacaste church in Tegucigalpa. The church plant team has two members–one supported by Park Plaza and the other supported by Guanacaste. The work has begun in an exciting way …
The Church: What do others think?
What does your community think about the church where you attend? What are we known for? What do others think of us? The answer too often is that the world is hardly aware of our presence, at least with reference to specific congregations. They drive by our buildings daily and see our limited advertising and …
Leadership vs. Management
The difference between leadership and management is a fine line. Perhaps this is why so many Christians who have been designated as leaders–in the church, a ministry or missions organization, or a parachurch organization–get involved in management and fail to exercise real leadership. What is the difference? Earlier this month I received a daily email …
It’s Sunday Again: Sabbathing
For 40+ years, I had a job almost every Sunday. I no longer have a weekly preaching responsibility as a local preacher, but most Sundays I still have a job, an obligation to preach or teach somewhere. But over the last year, I have had a few Sundays “off”. My first task has been to …
Carpe Diem
Seize the moment! How do we do that? What activity or activities represent a wise use of our time? How do we balance life? How do we establish priorities? I remember a sermon I heard a long time ago. It was based on the last few verses of Matthew 6. Seek the kingdom and his …