I’m sooooo tired of hearing this quote. I don’t really care who said it — whether it was Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, Einstein, or, as Wikiquote.org reports, some lady author named Rita Mae Brown. The truth is, sometimes I get it. For example, suppose we have 10,000 churches who all say, “We’ve decided not to [...]

I continue to rediscover it over and over again: The secret to the future of world mission is buried deeply within the membership of the local churches in your city, state and region. For example, just take Northside Christian in Fresno, CA. They’re building a great missions ministry from the ground up. In fact, they’re [...]

I remember “back in the day,” our organization subscribed to listings from Intercristo, an agency that specialized in connecting willing volunteers with mission opportunities. Back in 2009, Intercristo merged with ChristianJobs.com. I’m not really sure that the latter agency fills the same niche that Intercristo used to provide. For example, last week we received this [...]

I’ve asked before …   http://www.brigada.org/2011/04/15_6929   but the request didn’t yield a single website or list of any kind. How is it that we invested such great energy in 1996 praying for “100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window,” yet today, it seems no one can direct me to *any* material following up on [...]

Lately, I seem to have come across a number of these short missions courses. Some are aligned with Perspectives. Read more about Perspectives at…   http://www.perspectives.org   Of course, it might just be the granddaddy of them all. It’s about 15 weeks in length, available as an intensive course of 1 week or 3 weeks [...]

Lately, I’ve watched with earnest interest as a friend of mine has launched a fairly successful prayer network for a land beset by topsy-turvy governmental changes. So, you see, in the midst of a roller-coaster swirl of emotions and hearache, he captures a meaningful moment to forge global gatherings of praying saints. I love it. [...]

For mission committees, churches, and on-site teams wanting to collaborate, communicate, and share files, this just *might* qualify as one of the most useful programs we’ve used. It’s called, Wedoist.com.   http://wedoist.com   There are free start-up options, so you can ‘try before you buy.’ But you can’t beat the subscription deal — For a [...]

Two weeks ago, I had the good fortune to accompany a short-term mission team to Haiti. Prior to the trip, I attempted to collect some resources that would help facilitate a daily group processing time. My goal was to focus the debriefing time in four major areas:   a) brief worship and prayer   b) [...]

They say that “Music soothes the savage beast.” But I’ve also noted that sometimes, it convinces, persuades, motivates, and inspires. We recently asked 30 missions pastors for their pick of the best missions songs in contemporary Christian music. I was impressed by this play list from Kurt. 1.  You Said (Live)     4:34 by Hillsong 2.  [...]

David Platt is the Preaching Minister of the Brook Hills Church in Birmingham, Alabama. His sermon series, “Radical,” was released as a book last year, along with lots of accompanying resources at… http://www.radicalthebook.com and the Brook Hills website, … http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/ At the latter site, you can listen to all 8 sermons (for free!) as he [...]