Posted by Brad Byrd I just finished Mack & Leeann's Guide to Short Term Missions by Mack and Leeann Stiles, IVP while here in Peje, Kosova. I would highly recommend it to any one going on a short term mission or church leaders who are sending short term teams whether locally...
Posted by Brad Byrd Global mission is... daring, uncompromising and biblical. More global mission 'shorts' coming soon.
Posted by Brad Byrd Abi and I were out to dinner the other night sans the 3 older kids, we had Jems in tow. They were enjoying the hospitality of good friends we spent time with when we lived here in the Balkans doing similar work to us. Our dinner was with Ahmet and Eliona (far...
Posted by Brad Byrd. The fourth in our series on short term missions, courtesy of the guys at Desring God. Day four in our series on short-term missions. David Livermore has written a book on this topic that we highly recommend, Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term...
Posted by Brad Byrd Continuing our series on short-term missions, we reproduce the following by permission of the team at Desiring God. This post addresses the very important subject of the effect of short-term missions on poverty. For day two in our series on short-term missions, we feature...
Posted by Brad Byrd. Courtesy of John Piper and his team at the Desiring God blog, we plan to run a mini-series here on short-term missions. Short-term missions are a great way of growing mission and growing disciples, but they have their pitfalls. The following is taken by permission: The...
Posted by Brad Byrd. Church planter Tim Chester (http://timchester.wordpress.com) with The Crowded House network reminds us that being about our Father’s work means all of our work is for the building up of his kingdom: Business for the kingdom - John Laing John Laing died in 1978...
Posted by Brad Byrd. What a wonderful picture of the body at work. Imagine an immigrant Chinese congregation in the US sending out a caucasian guy to work with ethnic Albanians reaching Muslims in the Balkans. You couldn't have written a more comprehensive picture of God's plan for his...
The world’s spot light is on China at the moment. For the next few weeks countless millions will have their tv’s tuned into the Olympics. As we watch the games let us also lift the host nation up in prayer. A nation where following Jesus is forbidden and the church meets in...
Posted by Brad Byrd and Nick and Erica Lugg High fuel prices and soaring food costs may not be all bad and may actually be creating access to capital for the poor of Africa. According the the Wall Street Journal (6/30/08) "Rising prices are luring more private investors to Africa's food sector...