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By John Stanley | Blog
This week, I’ve been visiting friends in New York and Philadelphia and having conversations about how they see generosity, especially being generous with relationships. I heard three different versions of…
By John Stanley | Sermon/Message
A brilliant animated video that explores generosity from the perspective of relationships. God’s generosity is relational - therefore our generosity needs to be the same. This perspective on generosity is…
By Virgil Dugan | Presentation
Virgil Dugan challenges Christians to be imitators of God throug life stewardship in this excellent presentation. Some of the points he emphasises are: ► The Dynamic of God is Love……
By Sylvia Foth | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Gilles Gravelle | Article
A practical guide for the donors and funding recipients of our time [Forthcoming Book] It’s About Equal Partnership The Age of Global Giving is about the new relationship between donors…
By Steve Steele | Blog
It has always been interesting to me that in Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus never said when you get resources granted to you, go and make disciples of all nations but rather…
By Rob Martin | Article
Serving in God’s kingdom requires the simple act of taking a walk with Him and doing what he shows you to do. Leadership is bringing others along on the journey…
By Alex Araujo | Article
Introduction The word “partnership” continues to be used in a variety of ways and with differing meanings within the missions community. This makes it rather difficult to arrive at a…
By Mark Snowden | Article
In India, Pastor Dinanath explained that he spent over two years in a Bible College. When he returned home, the congregation could not understand his sermons and there was little…
By Various | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…
By Leslie & Chad Segraves | Blog
Leslie and Chad Segraves are members of Alliance 2.29, the Lausanne Special Interest Committee that works on issues of empowering women and men to work together for the Gospel.…
By Jeff Bleijerveld | Article
They say that old habits die-hard. And I suppose that’s true. My wife Charlene and I have always founds ways of connecting with non-believers whether we were serving in the…
By Rebecca Pippert | Blog
Do we have a universal model for how to obey Christ’s command to “go and make disciples of all the nations”? Do we have a universal model for obeying Christ’s…
By Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman, and Megan Laughlin | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman and Megan Laughlin as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the…
By Jon HIrst | Blog
If the 20th Century is defined by propositions and concepts, it seems that the 21st is being defined by community and context. If this is true, it has huge potential…
By Jim Harries | Blog
This article first appeared in the July 2009 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ). Inter-personal conflicts frequently trouble missionary endeavours. Solutions advocated often emphasise the importance of missionary relationships. Without…
By Wha-Chul Son | Article
A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ The technological transformation that Koreans have gone through since the last century is unprecedented in terms of…
By David | Article
“Without their singing, I don’t know how they would ever get married.” Sounds strange? Not to a person serving one group in Asia where their singing is a key component…
