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Podcast Church Planting

Watch: Zane Pratt on Missions Methods and Defining ‘Church’

In this interview recorded at the Together for the Gospel conference, missions leader Zane Pratt defines the missionary task.
May 2, 2022
Podcast Church Life & Ministry

Doing Missions Committees Right: Paul Davis Shares

Why do some church teams fail while others succeed? Paul Davis offers biblical and practical answers.
Apr 4, 2022
Article Church Life & Ministry

Pastors: Now Is the Time to Double Down With Missions

An open letter to pastors in a world in crisis: your missionaries need you.
Mar 30, 2022
Article Church Life & Ministry

Dear Local Church: Send Your Best to the Mission Field

It’s frighteningly easy to see missions as a second-class ministry—but it isn’t.
Mar 23, 2022
Article Evangelism & Discipleship

Focus on Multiplication

Numbers don’t really matter in church planting… or do they?
Mar 10, 2022
Article Missionary Life

Look for These 6 Essential Traits in a Missions Agency

A healthy mission board doesn’t deny the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
Mar 2, 2022
Video Missionary Life

Watch: On The Front Lines in Ukraine With Churches Who Won’t Quit Preaching The Gospel

ABWE worker Caleb Suko shares a first-hand look at the faith of Ukrainian Christians in the eastern Donbas region.
Feb 25, 2022
Feature Church Life & Ministry

3 Reasons Biblical Elder Qualifications Matter in Missions

The Apostle Paul challenges us to raise the bar on who can send and who can go.
Feb 11, 2022
Podcast Church Life & Ministry

Sending When It Hurts: Josh Teis on the Pastor’s Job in Mobilization

Pastor Josh Teis shares how churches can step out in faith to send their best.
Jan 31, 2022
Feature Evangelism & Discipleship

Sparking ‘Great Commission Thinking’: What It Will Take to Restore Our Lost Missionary Spirit

Only by sending our best will the whole church taste the benefits of being on God’s mission.
Jan 20, 2022
Article Church Life & Ministry

How to Pick Your Church’s Christmas Giving Project

If you church is choosing on a year-end project, don’t leave the decision to chance.
Dec 9, 2021
Podcast Church Planting

Doctrine, Pragmatism, and Movements: A Discussion With Ted Esler (Part 2)

The dialogue with Ted Esler over the health of church planting movements continues.
Nov 29, 2021

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