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mission: putting the local church at the heart of mission

Posted by Tim Chester on

What’s striking about how Paul engages in mission (see partners in mission part one and part two) is how Paul consistently puts the local church at the heart of mission. Think for a moment about his approach.   1. Paul is sent by a local churchPaul is sent by a local...

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Tags: church planting, local church at the heart of mission, cross-cultural mission

mission: partnership not independence

Posted by Tim Chester on

In a previous post we looked at the importance of partnership between churches not dependence. We saw how in Galatians 1-2 Paul resisted any claims that the Gentile churches were unequal partners with the church in Jerusalem or under its authority. But what about 2:2? ‘I went there...

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Tags: cross-cultural mission, mission, partnership, balkans

mission: partnership not dependence

Posted by Tim Chester on

Last month, together with some of our younger leaders, I spent a week in the Balkans with Brian Jose. Brian had many stories of people from the West turning up in the Balkans, expecting to ‘do’ mission for local churches. He asks them, ‘Would you let an Albanian take over your...

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Tags: balkans, partnership, mission, cross-cultural mission

the feast

Posted by Peter Walters on

A UK couple in northern Iraq share the joys and sorrows of a people celebrating Cejin Qorban.

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Tags: kurdistan

culture shock

Posted by Peter Walters on

How to begin? Four weeks in and we began to hit a communication barrier. As each day went by we quickly realised that it was impossible to convey what we wanted… not to our friends here but to all our loved ones back in the UK. Early on we began to trim our expectations of phone...

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Tags: kurdistan

what are we planting? (part 1)

Posted by Peter Walters on

Posted by Paul Williams 'What are we planting?' is a question I often find myself asking when it comes to church planting and cross cultural mission. What is it that we carry with us into, for want of a better description, 'receiving cultures?' This question might apply as much to church...

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Tags: russia, mongolia, cross-cultural mission, church planting

need a fresh take on global mission?

Posted by Peter Walters on

Posted by Paul Williams Here are three links to challenge our approach to global mission, courtesy of our partners over @ The Crowded House Global Mission: it's local mission, everywhere more... Global Mission: partnership more... Global Mission: partnership in practice more...

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Tags: global mission, partnership, local mission everywhere

swine flu, poverty - and micro-enterprise development?

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Posted by Radstock Staff The other day I heard about the plight of a community in Hovd Province, in the far west of Mongolia. Their story is typical of that faced by so many in this vast, poverty-stricken country in the Central Asian steppe:   Schools have been shut here following the...

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Tags: swine flu, poverty, micro-enterprise development, mongolia

Christ, Our Shepherd

Posted by Kara Callaghan on

Our friends at Desiring God posted this article entitled "Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold."  Have a look, be inspired and challenged and let us know what you think.  We recommend Desiring God as another great resource for you and your church.     

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Tags: desiring god

mission as identity

Posted by Peter Walters on

Posted by Paul Williams Another from Tim Chester - 'Mission as Identity...' Tim Chester Session 1 | Lead 09 from Atmosphere Church on Vimeo.

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Tags: mission as identity, mission

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