


Why Teammates Matter in Missions
One of the areas of missions that gets little press but is of great importance is teammates. Good teammates are a great grace to church planting teams and are a living testimony to the unreached of what Christian fellowship looks like. Unfortunately, teammates are...
The Mandate to Train and Send Missionaries Well: A Lead Pastor’s Perspective
Being in full-time ministry for nearly 37 years, with the past 12 years as a lead pastor, I have had a lot of time to contemplate missions within the church. Unfortunately, and to my shame, while it’s true that I have had a lot of time to consider the role of missions...
The Way She Suffered: Reflecting on the life of Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot once asked, “Would you like to have the story of Daniel without the lions’ den? … Would you like to have the story of Joseph without all his trials and tribulations, without his going into the pit?”[1] Elliot could pose such questions because...
Four Fields: A Revised Version of DMM
As more and more folks have discovered the biblically suspect underbelly of Disciple Making Movements, I have begun to frequently hear, “Oh, we don’t use pure DMM, we have made some adjustments to it.” Some omit Obedience Based Discipleship (OBD), some allow...