Tag: mission

Rural America May Need Revival More Than You Think—Is This Kind of Ministry the Answer?

Randolph Jason

Rural America May Need Revival More Than You Think—Is This Kind of Ministry the Answer? by STEPHEN STRANG for Charisma News There’s a part of the United States that is routinely overlooked when it comes to missions and church planting. And no, I’m not talking about a particular state or city. I’m talking about rural America. Small towns may be well known for their charm, but Ed Stetzer says our rural friends aren’t doing as well as we might think. In fact, he says that rural America is “perhaps in greater danger…

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5 Biblical Requirements to Follow if You Want God to Use You

Randolph Jason

5 Biblical Requirements to Follow if You Want God to Use You by RICK WARREN for Charisma News As a pastor or church leader, I know you want to be used by God. As a leader of leaders, I know you want to help others to be usable by God. “For the eyes of the Lord move about on all the earth to strengthen the heart that is completely toward Him” (2 Chron. 16:9a). The Bible teaches five requirements for being used by God: Keep your life clean. The first step…

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An Apology to the Christian 99%, from the 1%

Randolph Jason

An Apology to the Christian 99%, from the 1% by MICHAEL OH for Christianity Today You don’t exist to help professional ministry leaders fulfill the Great Commission. We exist to help you do it. But will they listen?” I sat across the table from a friend, Bill Pollard, who had a hopeful but slightly doubtful look on his face. I had just shared with him the Lausanne Movement’s vision to convene more than 700 Christian workplace leaders from more than 100 nations. Bill loved the vision: to mobilize Christians in…

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The Greatest Missions Letter Ever Written

Randolph Jason

The Greatest Missions Letter Ever Written John Piper Scripture: Romans 8:31–39 Paul’s epistle to the Romans is the greatest letter that has ever been written in the history of the world. Greatest because it contains the most outstanding unfolding of the condition of the world, the work of God to save it, and the way God’s people are to live in it. Greatest because it is the very word of God, inspired by his Spirit, and more comprehensive than all the other inspired letters. Greatest because it bears the marks, and…

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