Sending Churches

Cancel the Missions Programme

Author: Paul Seger This is a strange suggestion coming from a former director of a mission agency. I grew up on the mission field and served as a missionary in Africa. My entire life has been dedicated to gospel propagation,…

A Special Offer for South African Churches

Max DePree, who authored “Leadership is an Art,” is credited with saying: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.”  If you think you are in Johannesburg and you are really in Durban, it will be difficult to…

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…

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…

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…

Is Everyone a Missionary?

Charles Haddon Spurgeon is reported to have said, “Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor.” Others have put it this way: “You are either a missionary or a mission field.” Both those statements roll off the tongue but…