I am psyched to let you know that my friends Bill and Verna Weber have joined the CMF staff as Consultants in International Leadership. I met Bill nearly twenty years ago. I was in Indianapolis visiting from Singapore and Bill was in town doing some educational work related to a Lilly grant. We stayed [...]
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When I was in Oregon last March I had a workshop at Mayfest, a day-long event for Seniors. Accompanying me was my trusty side-kick, LeRoy Lawson, who had main billing. My workshop focused on trends in missions and how those trends related to seniors wanting to be involved in mission efforts. LeRoy read my notes, offered some [...] Last week the North American Christian Convention was held in Indianapolis, and we were privileged to be there. CMF’s own Mary Kamau from Kenya was featured in the Wednesday evening service at which Dick Alexander preached following a wonderful worship service. Dick interviewed Mary, who received a standing ovation for her transformational ministry in [...] Last week I had the opportunity of bring four evening messages at the Oregon Christian Convention. This was the 158th year of the convention. I’ve been to the convention many times in my life; it is part of who I am. It was an honor to be asked to speak. My title was Unfinished [...] Not long ago I posted an entry under the title of May I Rant a Bit in which I raised some questions about the ‘unreached people groups’ paradigm in missions. Today I came across an article, “Metrics of Missions: Measuring Faithfulness and Fruitfulness” by Justin Long (The Mission Exchange 2010:3:4-5). The following quotes are [...] We have a ministry in an urban poor area of Mexico City, and we recently received the following report. Community transformation happens when people get together for a common purpose, when it is their vision, and importantly, if they can see a spiritual value to what they are doing. Hope is a strong motivator. [...] We have just released a brand new book in time for this year’s North American Christian Convention at which missionary Mary Kamau will be featured. Mary is the Director of the Hope Partnership project in Nairobi, Kenya. The Birth of Hope is a coffee-table book with great photographs and a compelling fictional account of a [...] Our long time family friend, Sarah Sykes, is graduating from the School of Leadership and Development, Eastern University. Her MBA is in International Economic Development. Sarah has helped Christian Missionary Fellowship by producing the movie, One in a Million, and by serving as an Associate Board Member for the past two years. Sarah and [...] Environmental Missions Consultation – Ed of Care of Creation and Lowell of Restoring Eden would like to invite you to spend five days with them in Manhattan KS this summer discussing the concept of Environmental Missions. Among the questions to be considered are: What is it? What are appropriate theological and biblical foundations? How [...] The folks at Eastside Christian Church really know how to communicate! This past week-end was the second Sunday in their “Beyond Series,” moving the church from beyond where it is now to where God really wants it to be. “Beyond works” — the Gospel consists of not only doing good deeds but also sharing [...] |
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