This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips. If you missed the first installments on when trips are unhelpful, you can find them here: part one / part two. If you’d like to read the first part of how trips are helpful, you can find that here. These insights are not mine, but …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Helpful: Part 1
This is the third post in a four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips. If you missed the first installments on when trips are unhelpful, you can find them here: part one / part two. I’m so thankful to be a part of a denomination where thousands of churches pool our resources to do Great Commission ministry together, and where many …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful Part 2
Below is the second installment of Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful. If you missed Part 1, check it out here. These insights are not mine, but rather have been given to me by full-time missionaries on the field who want to be a help to the churches. We offer this four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips for the …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful Part 1
I love the SBC because thousands of churches pool our resources to do more Great Commission ministry together than we can do apart. However, I’m also thankful so many churches recognize that the Great Commission is more than writing a check, sitting on the sidelines, and watching other people do mission work. These churches engage in several short-term mission trips …
Learned Principles of Ministry from a Young Pastor
Pastoring a church tests your perseverance. Before I began pastoring my first church, friends and mentors encouraged me to love the people and take it slow. At the time the advice seemed reasonable and easily followed. Of course, that was until I actually became a pastor. It took all of one week to realize that patience does not flow naturally …
Why the ERLC is Hosting the Evangelicals For Life Conference
You can find more information about and a special discount code for Evangelicals for Life here. As many Christians yesterday sat at their computer and watched a casual dinner conversation over the price of dismembered children, a lot of us probably thought: “But what can I do about this?” This is a question I hear often from pro-life evangelicals. Many …
Marriage According to God’s Design
At my church we just finished a sermon series entitled “Sexology,” looking at God’s design for romance, sex, and marriage from 1 Corinthians. During the series our local paper, the Lebanon Democrat, asked me to run a few columns on faith. Below is the second installment: As a child, my brother tried to warm up an unopened Pop Tart in …
Judge not lest you be judged?
At my church we just finished a sermon series entitled “Sexology,” looking at God’s design for romance, sex, and marriage from 1 Corinthians. During the series our local paper, the Lebanon Democrat, asked me to run a few columns on faith. Below is the first of two: It seems that today “Judge not lest you be judged” (Matthew 7:1) has …
Take Back Your Saturdays
For years, Logos has created Bible software to help students and pastors do better Bible study. With Logos 6, we want pastors to take back their Saturdays and spend more time in ministry and with their families,and less time in research. To that end, we’ve created features and tools to make discovering these insights easier than ever. …
Reflections on the IMB’s Announcement
The IMB reported last week that it has to dramatically reduce its force at home and abroad. This is obviously bad news, no matter your perspective. Less missionaries on the field, specifically when due to insufficient financial resources, is not the preferred path. However, moments of crisis can also breed moments of great opportunity. In light of that, here are …