Learned Helplessness
Dread. That’s what I felt before my weekly check-in as an MPD coach with this staff. The litany of excuses, hopelessness, and futility I felt each m…
Category: Articles
An Open Letter to the Christian Family about Generosity to Our Missionaries
I (Tim) had a world-changing meeting at Cracker Barrell recently. I was privileged to sit down with a young couple committed to reaching college stude…
The Price of Effectiveness: What Organizational Change Actually Costs
In 1919, Texas Baptists began a ministry for college students. Our first Baptist Student Ministries (BSM) was planted at Texas A&M and UT, but soon in…
The DNA of a Disciple-Maker
How do you know if you have what it takes to be an effective disciple-maker among the least-reached? Maybe you have a Bible degree. Maybe you have a c…
5 Things to Look for in an MPD Coach
In 1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul says, “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ (NIV).” It is interesting that Paul does not say, “Foll…
National African American Missions Conference Report – Day 3
The missionary of tomorrow will likely be an African American, could be a virtual missionary working from his or her living room and will be…
National African American Missions Conference Report – Day 2
At times, African Americans have been denied access to joining in cross cultural missions but now have a special opportunity to pursue justice abroad and…
National African American Missions Conference Report – Day 1
Mission leaders, the people they mobilize and teams on the field need both early and ongoing conversations around race, cultural differences and confl…
Looking Beyond the Class
At first, the words were faint, harmlessly percolating in my mind, but a question soon formed and draped over my shoulders like a yoke, “Did I prepa…
Pandemic Support Raising
A young man named Jack is calling me right now trying to get a Zoom call appointment to tell me about his new ministry assignment—and ask for suppor…