Tag: identify

Biblical rules of (audience) engagement

January 26, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’ve been actively engaging people in missions since boyhood. As a youngster, my parents dressed my brother and me in flowy, traditional Arabic outfits as we traveled to the local churches raising support for our middle-eastern missions. In the 70’s & 80’s, my teenage brother and I cold-called churches from a closet “call center” to see if […]

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5 secrets to build a GREAT Missions Strategy

August 21, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

I speak with a first-time lead pastor almost every week. And one question that consistently comes up in those conversations is this: How do I develop an engaging missions program at the church? Many people who come into their new role as a lead pastor are hesitant to change too much about the way the […]

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