In my previous Heart and How To of Missionary Assessment I mentioned five types of critical assessment that are needed for missionaries and church planters: personal assessment – self evaluation of what God is doing local church assessment – the evaluation of church leaders who have observed the candidate in both personal and ministry contexts mission […]
September 10, 2012
I’ve always found it refreshingly odd when I meet someone new for the first time. I see them at their current age and looks, knowing nothing about their past. I find it refreshing to connect with them and hear their story and yet their age and looks are unique to that day. I have no […]
July 11, 2012
When I tell people that missionaries are my unreached people group they just stare at me. Which proves my point that missionaries may be the last frontier of world missions. Plenty of unreached people groups exist all over the world. It takes a lot of effort to reach them, and by God’s grace we will […]
May 14, 2012
I have facilitated the assessment of over 60 missionaries the past ten years. The process brings me joy as I have the opportunity to dig into people’s lives, discover the fingerprints of God on a candidate and speak into the life of one who is seeking after God. The process is tiring and a lot […]
May 3, 2012
A key barrier to providing effective missionary care is the attitude exhibited by members of the missions community who do not appreciate, understand or value what genuine member care is. Is missionary care valuable? Maybe we should ask the missionaries. Image By Defame (Eleven) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Brenda Bosch, an international member care […]
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September 14, 2012
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