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5 Reasons South African Churches are Uniquely Positioned for Missions

When companies set out to design a new product, one of the first questions the product team asks is, “What is the product’s “unique selling proposition (USP)”? In essence, they are determining what value the product will have in the…

The Doors to the Mission Field are Wide Open

Aquila finished stitching the last seam on the large market canopy as his wife Priscilla rose to answer the loud knock on the door of their shop. Daylight was fading quickly, and the sputtering oil lamp was struggling to dispel…

Tentmaking Makes it Possible to Enter the Mission Field Without Raising Support

For 1800 years of church history, missionaries did not raise financial support. They simply packed up their toolbox, moved to another country, started a business and did Great Commission work. It has only been the last couple hundred years in…

Recruiting Missionaries is a Job for All Believers

The book of Romans looms large in articulating the over-all plan of God for salvation and for the ages. This book could be considered the backbone of New Testament theology. Chapter 10 gives the marching orders for what to do…
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The Clear Hallmarks Of The Call To Missions

The lazy son of a farmer was lying down on a haystack in the field one day and saw a cloud formation with the letters GPC.  In excitement he went to his father and told him what he saw and…

Whose Work is It Anyway?

Church pastor, I’d like to take a few moments and ask you a question. It’s a question I asked myself several years ago while serving as Pastor of Shenandoah Baptist Church. It’s a question that ended up taking me on…