


The Mystery of ‘The Call’
Throughout the history of the Church, I’m not sure if there has been a term more detrimental to the completion of the Great Commission than the phrase ‘the call.’ The confusion surrounding this term and the hesitancy of thousands of potential gospel workers to move...
Why Overseas Missions When There Are So Many Needs at Home?
Most of us are familiar with the biblical mandate Jesus gave His disciples, to take His gospel to every nation. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all...
The Three Key Questions to Ask a Sending Organization
Last week, I got off a phone call with a well-known Christian foundation that would like to fund churches being planted among unreached people/language groups. The individual I was talking with was lamenting that they had given millions of dollars to “missions,” but...
Finishing Well: The Essential Mindset For Pioneer Church Planters
Years ago (2005-2008), as I and the other co-founders of what is now known as Radius International were laying out the values that would guide this endeavor, there were many concerns about the missions landscape at that time that we wanted to address. In doing so we...