- 9/30 ~ RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION/BOOK ~ One Million Arrows ~ Raising Your Children to Change the World by Julie Ferwerda (onemillionarrows.com)
"If you want your kids to discover their purpose, if you want them to live with a passion for the Kingdom, if you want your family to go down in His-Story, accept the mission . . . and leave a mark for eternity." Note: Check out the rest of the web site for it's blog and other resources for ministry to the family. (Found on Mission Catalyst E-Magazine's site)
- 9/29 ~ THE LOCAL CHURCH & MISSION ~ Five Reasons Missional Churches Don't Do Global Missions - and How to Fix It by Ed Stetzer (edstetzer.com)
"So how do we fully embrace missional without losing the mission? The Mission Exchange (formerly the Evangelical Foreign Mission Society) asked me to talk to their global leaders on the topic "How to Put 'Missions' Back into Missional." In my talk, I proposed four principles we needed to consider ...
1) In rediscovering God's mission, many have only discovered its personal dimensions.
2) In responding to God's mission, many have wanted to be more mission-shaped and have therefore made everything "mission."
3) In relating God's mission, the message increasingly includes the hurting but less frequently includes the global lost.
4) In refocusing on God's mission, many are focusing on being good news rather than telling good news."
- 9/28 ~ TRENDS ~ Five Significant Trends in the American Church by Sam Ranier (churchforward.com)
"In my previous post I briefly discussed a study that revealed five trends in the church from the previous ten years. This post is dedicated to five trends that will affect the church during the next ten years. But I’ll lean upon the greater wisdom of my prognosticating father, Thom Rainer. He gives his thoughts on the more notable trends surfacing today that will help shape the church during the next decade."
- 9/25 ~ PRAYER ~ Agreement Brings Breakthrough by Debbie Przybylski (intercessorsarise.blogspot.com)
"It’s easy to be divided into a million areas when we pray. The needs are so great. But the most powerful prayer meetings are often when everyone is in agreement about one thing at a time. We should learn to pray through a request until God moves us on to something else. We are one body with one voice seeking God together."
- 9/24 ~ STRATEGIC VISION ~ The 4/14 Window - "The Core of the Core" by Luis Bush (tw-newgeneration.com)
"At the end of the last century I wrote a pamphlet entitled The 10/40 Window: Getting to the Core of the Core. In the first years of this new century, I am urging a new missional focus: The 4/14 Window. Although in a different sense, it too can be called “the core of the core.” The 10/40 Window referenced a geographic frame; the 4/14 Window describes a demographic frame—a life season comprising the ten years between the ages of 4 and 14. This booklet is an urgent appeal to consider the strategic importance and potential of the 1.2 billion children and youth in the 4/14 Window."
- 9/23 ~ MISSION RESOURCES ~ Eleven Ways to Learn a Language, Free Books, and More (calebresources.org)
» BOOK - New Volume of Daily Devotions from 300 Missionaries
»WEB SITE - Global Community Health Education Network
»EVENT - International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
»BULLETIN - Church Around the World
»ARTICLE - Eleven Ways to Learn a Language
» BOOK - New Volume in Series of Biographies from John Piper
- 9/22 ~ BOOK INTRODUCTION ~ Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller (assistnews.net)
"The Introduction to Tim Keller's new book, Counterfeit Gods (coming out next month), is now online at Westminster Bookstore where you can also pre-order the book. I've posted to this excellent link because of how rarely we are exposed to what idolatry actually is and how pervasive and cripling it is to the health of the Church and our calling to fulfill the Great Commission. Addendum: See also Keller's latest CT article, American Idols.
- 9/21 ~ THE GREAT COMMANDMENT ~ Orphan Care: An Opportunity to Make Much of Jesus by Dan Cruver (desiringgod.org)
"When James call us “to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,” he’s calling us to make much of Jesus. For the Christian, making much of Jesus and visiting orphans are not two separate calls." Note: Three orphan-related ministry events are listed at the end of this blog, including the first ever, Orphan Sunday, slated for November 9th.
- 9/18 ~ NEW & UPDATED HANDBOOK ~ Global Mission Handbook (ivpress.com)
"Previously published as Send Me! Your Journey to the Nations, this handbook has been completely revised and significantly expanded to be even more comprehensive and useful. Global Mission Handbook is an indispensable guide for following God's call wherever he may lead you." Note: Go Connect was honored to co-author the Handbook's Mission Resources section with John McVay, and an updateable version will remain online at The Journey Deepens web site.
- 9/17 ~ CARING FOR THE POOR ~ Jesus Health Care Plan by George Barna (barna.org)
"You can’t turn on the TV, listen to radio or read a newspaper without confronting some information about the raging debate on health care. Surveys continue to show that Americans are not well-informed on the issue and are struggling to figure out who is telling the truth about existing needs, the financial implications of the policies under consideration, and how they will personally be affected.
- 9/16 ~ DEVELOPMENT ~ Rooftop Gardening (echotech.org)
"There is a major difference between ECHO's techniques and those used on or contemplated by planners for most rooftop gardens in wealthier countries. The techniques described here can be done at a fraction of the expense that is normally considered necessary. They do not require specially engineered buildings to make sure that the roof can handle the weight of the soil. Gardens can even be grown on the edge of a tin roof of a shanty. "
- 9/15 ~ MISSION AMERICA NEWS ~ Evangelism Connection E-Newsletter (missionamerica.org)
"This newsletter is the best way to stay in touch with Prayer-Care-Share, City Reaching, City Impact Roundtables, Loving Our Communities to Christ, and encouraging stories from over 450 ministries partnered with the Mission America Coalition. Also included is a powerful statistics-loaded News & Trends section supplied each month by Gary D. Foster."
- 9/14 ~ THE NATIONS HAVE COME TO US ~ Gathering the Scattered by Dr. Sadiri Joy B. Tira (lausanne.org)
"The 21st Century has been marked by the greatest migration in world history. Due to regional conflicts and wars, devastating natural calamities, urbanization, labour related opportunities, educational advancement, etc. people are not only resettling within their own countries, but millions are being scattered to all four corners of the globe. U.N. experts estimate that there are now close to 200 million international immigrants."
- 9/11 ~ FUNDING ~ What is the Best Way to Fund Missions in Our Church? by David Mays (davidmays.org)
"Periodically church leaders ask questions along these lines: How are churches funding missions these days? ... Is Faith Promise the best way to fund missions or has it outlived its usefulness? ... Do people prefer to give to a missions fund or to specific mission opportunities? ... Can you tell me of any churches that have moved from Faith Promise to a unified budget?"
- 9/10 ~ TRENDS ~ Swarming: A New Way to Engage Passionate People by Justin Long (catalystservices.org)
"Senior editor of The Network for Strategic Missions www.strategicmissions.org, Justin Long has built a well respected reputation as a missions researcher. Recently his passion has focused on exploring the potential of what has become known as “swarming.” We interviewed Justin to learn more about how he thinks swarming should influence missions mobilization." Note: Click here for Justin's 11-minute video, "Swarming, What it is and Why it Matters" on The Mission Exchange's monthly Vlog.
- 9/9 ~ BLESSING THE NATIONS AMONG US ~ Chicago, Gateway to the Ends of the Earth by Mark Kelly (bpnews.net)
"Lorance is a church planter in Chicago. Since 2005, he and a five-member team have been working among immigrants in the city. Since they started meeting as a house church four years ago, they have seen the Lord pull together congregations among Nepali, Ethiopian and Karen people who live in rundown little apartment buildings scattered around Chicago's western suburbs."
- 9/7 ~ CITYREACHING ~ Reaching Your City For Christ - Part 2 ~ Phil Miglioratti interviews Francis Frangipane (National Pastors Prayer Network)
"Phil Miglioratti of the National Pastors' Prayer Network interviewed Francis Frangipane, a pioneering pastor in citywide unity."
- 9/7 ~ CITYREACHING ~ Reaching Your City For Christ - Part 1 ~ Francis Frangipane interviews Phil Miglioratti (National Pastors Prayer Network)
"Pastor Phil is passionate about Christ-centered unity in the church and just as passionate about winning the lost to Christ. He coordinates the "Prayer-Care-Share" initiative of Loving Our Communities to Christ in seventeen cities across the United States (www.missionamerica.org, www.lc2c.blogspot.com)."
- 9/4 ~ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ~ Dates set for Prayer Focus for International Students in the US (assistnews.net)
"Nearly 700,000 international students are believed to be enrolled at American colleges for the new academic year, breaking all previous records. Now, a special prayer focus will be held for the 75-80% of these students who never experience hospitality in a Christian home or visit a Christian church during their stay in the United States."
- 9/3 ~ ISLAM / VIDEO ~ Heather Mercer Discusses Ramadan (persecutionblog.com)
"Heather Mercer, coauthor of Prisoners of Hope and former prisoner for Christ in Afghanistan, recently visited the offices of The Voice of the Martyrs and spoke to VOM staff. We also had the chance to interview her about her experiences in Afghanistan, her love for the Muslim world, and her current work with Global Hope (you can learn more at www.freedomcenteriraq.org)."
- 9/2 ~ MISSION RESEARCH TRAINING ~ Encounter Culture - Developing Research-Informed Ministry (calebresources.com)
"Caleb Resources is pleased to announce its newest training tool for mission practitioners, a distance-learning class called Encounter Culture. This 10-week, web-based training is designed to impart cultural research techniques used by short-term research teams, church planters, strategists, and students around the world since 1988 and documented in the book Exploring the Land."
- 9/1 ~ TRANSLATOR'S DELIGHT ~ Google Docs Now Translates into 42 Languages by Matthew Humphries (geek.com)
"This week Google Docs has been updated to make it possible for the creator of a document to translate the content to ... 42 different languages all from the toolbar in Google Docs. The new feature relies on the integration of the Google Translation technology ... integrated into Google Reader and Gmail. What that means is, as Google improves their translation technology ... Google Docs translations will improve along with it."
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