Brother Phil: Thanks for praying for me and for my neighborhood. Please allow me to share some of the things that have been happening on my block. As you know, I have been praying that God would build a communityRead more…
3 Ways to Move from Words to Actions
EdStetzer.com Leading by Word and Deed: 3 Ways to Move from Words to Actions Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT We all know the famous quotes about leadership. We have used them time and time again in sermons, BibleRead more…
Cities AG Recommended Reading: Developing Safe Environment for Learning and Transformation
One of the goals of the Cities Affinity Group is to create a safe environment for genuine, meaningful dialogue. Developing Safe Environments for Learning and Transformation, an article by Gregg Detwiler, Director of Intercultural Ministries, Emmanuel Gospel Center, is aRead more…
Developing Safe Environment for Learning and Transformation
One of the goals of the Cities Affinity Group is to create a safe environment for genuine, meaningful dialogue. Developing Safe Environments for Learning and Transformation, an article by Gregg Detwiler, Director of Intercultural Ministries, Emmanuel Gospel Center, is aRead more…
Strength in Unity
“Unity gives strength.” It is only when God’s people stand as one body, one before God in the fellowship of love, one toward another in deep affection, one before the world in a love that the world can see—it isRead more…
Why Minister to a City
Dr. Ray Bakke wrote the key paper about reaching cities at the original Lausanne worldwide congress on evangelism in 1976 where I attended in Switzerland as a student. I wrote this 14 years ago as a summary of what I knew about Dr. Bakke’sRead more…
LOVE 2020 ~ Without Love We Are Nothing
LOVE 2020 You are invited to join thousands of Christ followers who have decided to reach out with the love of Jesus to our neighbors, friends, family, work associates, classmates, etc. We believe that every person in America should have theRead more…
A Modest Proposal to Transform Christians, Churches and Cities
A Modest Proposal to Transform Christians, Churches and Cities By Simply Obeying JesusAlan DoswaldJanuary 1, 2011 As we embark upon this new year and new decade, we should ask ourselves a question: At the end of this year and this decade willRead more…
The Collaboration Continuum
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 consensus on the subject and often allows debates over definitionRead more…
Interdependance is our DNA – A response to Alex Araujo
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 the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…