The Wealth of the Poor: Women and the Savings Movement in Africa

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 Multiplex session on “Wealth, Poverty and Power: Effectively Responding throughRead more…

Global CHE Network Web Site

Great resource for those doing integral or wholisitc ministries in rural villages and urban slums. Helping communities out of poverty and people to maturity in Christ.

Externally Focused Church

This is a great book and resource for taking your church to the community.

Preaching and the Communication Revolution –

Re-imagining Preaching as a Process Part 2 All of us are living through what can only be described as the greatest communication revolution in the history of the human race. Technology allows us to communicate in ways that were onlyRead more…

How to start a movement (for Ministry!)

’The first follower is what turns a lone nut into a leader’ ~ Derek Sivers (how to start a movement) http://bit.ly/bxwYJy Movements are critical to Christian ministry.  Theologically we can trace this  back to the central importance of relationship inRead more…

Truth in Human Context

Truth in a Human Context I am very excited about the upcoming Lausanne Capetown 2010 conference in South Africa. It is a key moment in the life of the 21st Century global church. You can follow Capetown on twitter atRead more…

YouVersion Bible tools

Relevancy In generations past, the access people had to the Bible was very limited. Today, this is no longer the case. However, many people who have access to the Bible think its message does not apply to their lives. AtRead more…

THE FLOOD: Then and Now

THE FLOOD, Then and Now Emmanuel  M. Luna, Ph. D. Professor  of Community Development University of the Philippines   Let me start this conversation with an experience: September last year, my wife and I were in an airport hotel inRead more…