Discipling Salima
Salima and I have started reading the Bible together. We are currently reading the Creation story and she was incredibly moved by it.
Mission
That night, I had a dream
I was standing in a courtroom and I was waiting to be judged.
The judge came into the room and He was beautiful. He sat next to me and gave me a piece of paper.
Tips for working with an interpreter
Take heart that our embodied message is powerful and beautiful, even if the verbal translation ends up being jerky sometimes!
Displacing Cultural Assumptions
After a long search for my missing keys, I finally found them. “Eureka!” I shouted, “I’ve found it!”
My Middle Eastern friend looked up, puzzled. “What did you just say?”
Prepared
This is part three in my Called?! series of blog posts. Click for parts one and two. Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow …
Sent
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach …
Cross Cultural Safeguarding: Seminar Recording and Other Resources
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. (James 1:27 NLT)
Persuaded
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon …
Storying the Black Revival
“I want to hear more about this hidden God challenge! For missionaries like us, it becomes so important to understand the challenges.”
Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 5: Evolution not Revolution
Decolonisation must be by evolution, not revolution. An evolution, however, punctuated by moments of revolution, of revelation. This is a journey both systemic and deeply personal. I’m sitting in the airport on my way home from 10 days in a Middle Eastern context where the very things that have been discussed here are being wrestled …
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Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 4: Money
Part One Part Two Part Three Any review of apostolic mission must consider the way money is used. There are just so many ways in which the use of money can perpetuate structural power imbalances in the global Church. In this post, I seek to frame the conversation positively by proposing three questions which apostolic …
Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 3: Bias
Part One Part Two In this series of blog posts I am asking the question, “what would it take to decolonise the doctrine and practice of apostolic ministry today? In today’s post, I look at two reasons why apostolic ministry as it is currently taught and practiced needs decolonising. Let’s remind ourselves of Merriam-Webster’s definition …
Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 2: Centring the Local
In this series of blog posts I am asking the question, “what would it take to decolonise the doctrine and practice of apostolic ministry today? Read Post 1 in the series. A key aspect of decolonisation is the bringing near of authority. Post-Soviet decolonisation in Central Asia has resulted in a flourishing resurgence of local …
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Decolonising Apostolic Ministry: What?
I love Newfrontiers. I am a Newfrontiers boy through and through. And I’m arguing for a process of reflective decolonisation of apostolic ministry. One of our contributions to the global missions conversation is a robust theology and practice of apostleship. We believe that Biblical language (elder, shepherd, evangelist, apostle, etc.) is more meaningful in a …
Teaching English for Mission, New Course Starting in January 2023
Make Jesus know in the UK or overseas
Refugees who Reform, Aboud and Nunu
Stories of love, escape and a passion to find Jesus and make Him known.
A Story About Rain
We are entering the rainy season here in my country in the Middle East. I love rain. The sound of it (my kids and I are great fans of rainfall white noise while falling asleep at night), the smell of wet fresh earth after rain, the way it makes everything green again, and how my …
Uniquely Placed: Single Overseas Part 2
Gayle and Dan share their journey of going and living overseas as single people.
Speaking to the Heart
As our good friends leave to spend some time in Greece today, pray that they are able to make good connections that ‘Speak to the Heart’.
How to make peace: Jeremiah 3 and 31.
Part of Jeremiah’s calling was to reach out to those living in the province of Ephraim, north of the dividing line between the southern kingdom of Judah (with its capital Jerusalem), and the northern kingdom of Israel (with its capital Samaria). The dispute between Ephraim (Joseph’s son) and Judah was an ancient one, going back …
Trends in Global Christianity, 1900-2050
This presentation was given by CSGC Co-Director Dr. Gina A. Zurlo at the General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany, on September 2, 2022. Check out this short video with many of the most up to date statistics and analysis of the global distribution of the Church.
New Beginnings and Fresh Opportunities; Reflections on the Unreached UK Residential 2022
We enjoyed times of raw, passionate worship, cried out in intercession for our world, heard countless stories of lives lived for Jesus