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Members onlyFrom Relief to Development in Short-term Missions
From Relief to Development in Short-term Missions Thursday @ 3:30pm Much has been said in recent years about relief vs. development in global health missions,…
Members onlySimple Steps to Cybersecurity (AM)
Simple Steps to Cybersecurity (AM) Thursday @ 3:30pm No organization is immune from cybersecurity threats, but you can be better prepared to manage them. This…
Members onlyMobilizing the African-American in Missions – No Longer MIA
Mobilizing the African-American in Missions – No Longer MIA Friday @ 1:30pm African-Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but less than…

Reserve Chaplaincy
When young missionaries head to the field, how do they balance financial and family needs? This article discusses one creative approach—the Army Reserve Chaplaincy. My…

Coaching New Staff For The First 100 Days
It’s a wonderful day when someone new joins your staff. Perhaps they are a recent college graduate. Maybe it’s someone more seasoned in life, who…

Salvation Grammar: Reformation’s Nouns & Prepositions
By Dr. Ramesh Richard Over its first 1,300 years, “Christianity” increasingly separated from the Bible and developed a salvation grammar of its own. The…

Getting a Head Start on Year-End Giving
Twenty-five to thirty percent of all donations occur at the end of the year. Did you hear that?! During November and December people give over…
Read the Weekly Roundup: December 1
Lake Chad: the world’s most complex humanitarian disaster (NYT Mag) … longform read + audio. Boko Haram, climate change, armies, hunger… … also, In Great Lakes region, the church is growing–as is climate conflict … ‘large share of … growth of Christianity and Islam over the past century.’

New Member: Grace Chapel
Missio Nexus welcomes a new member: Grace Chapel. Missions and Evangelism in the Local Church Sharing Christ with our neighbor wherever they are in the world…

Collaboration in Mobilization
By Mark Stebbins “…I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God….” II Tim 1:6 Why Collaborate? The scriptures trumpet the heart of…
Read the Weekly Roundup: November 17
NYT: Zimbabwean army detains Pres. Mugabe. … BBC: In “crunch talks” over his future. Six scenarios. … The fall heard across the continent (maybe). … Older long read from Atlantic: How to kill a country … Coup or not, this is the end of an era in Zimbabwe

A Call for Global Mobilization Collaboration
A Call for Global Mobilization Collaboration by Mark Stebbins “So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people…
Read the Weekly Roundup: November 10
African herders have been pushed into destitution and crime (Economist) … the size of herds… involvement of bigwigs… proliferation of weapons… out of hand – Chad: Sell [their bodies] or starve? Grim choices for Chad’s “Ghost girls” (Reuters) … Chad-origin girls, returnees from Central African Republic…

Keys for Effective Global Missions Engagement for Local Churches
Keys for Effective Global Missions Engagement for Local Churches by Matthew Ellison Since 1995, I have had the amazing privilege of mobilizing local churches to…

The Last Word
True Fruit of an Evangelist

Turning Points
Are you thoroughly equipped?
Transforming Perspectives
Does the BtD model serve as a useful model for discussing divisive issues? Here are five personal perspectives resulting from such interactions.
Members onlyHidden Women: Reaching the Least Reached
Understanding the truth about godless cultures is the first step in reaching into the darkness of oppression with the light and freedom of Christ.
Members onlyPractical Discipleship
Build a discipleship framework rooted in daily living and Christian community and the great commission becomes a vivid reality.
Members onlyPioneering Movements
Is going beyond evangelism in Church planting the goal or a passing fad?

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Prescription for Missional Astigmatism
Members onlyListening Well
Teaching Pastors and Church Planters to Exegete Their Context
Members onlyEvangelism and Millennials
Coaching or Demanding?