A Home-Mission Enthusiast
The Rev. Seth Gold Clark, who died at his home in Appleton City, Mo., on Friday, April 22, 1898, was one of the most enthusiastic and indefatigable home mission pioneers in the central West. For over fifty years incessantly active in the work he loved, he was one of the best examples of a missionary type now fast disappearing.
He was born in Delaware county, N. Y., August 13, 1817, and, after a boyhood spent on farms in New York and Ohio,…
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Added by Larry Clark on September 16, 2010 at 8:04pm —
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In his new book, Planting Churches in the 21st Century, Stuart Murray begins by talking about the move that some have tried to make away from the term "church planting," as for some, this has seemed too human planned and even imperialistic. This came from the observation that…
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Added by James Nored on September 15, 2010 at 9:00pm —
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In a major section, Jensen looks at Jesus' life rhythms of…
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Added by James Nored on September 15, 2010 at 12:00am —
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John Piper begins his book,
Let the Nations Be Glad, with the statement, "Missions exists because worship doesn't."
In his new book, The Mission of God's People, Christopher Wright has a chapter on worship and its relation to mission. He echoes Piper, stating that "the goal of all our mission is the worship and glory of the one true living God." He then defines both God's mission and our…
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Added by James Nored on September 14, 2010 at 12:30am —
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Just now I was sitting down, eating a bowl of cereal, when the doorbell rang. I got up to see who it was, and I saw a very formally dressed family. Interesting, it was a white wife and an African-American husband, with a cute little 6 or 7 year old son. I could read the word "Watchtower" on the top of one of their materials, and so I knew that they were Jehovah's Witnesses.…
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Added by James Nored on September 11, 2010 at 10:30am —
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In his book, The Multiplying Church, Bob Roberts says this:
"I have a vision and a dream. Let's start a thousand churches over the next ten years, each one running a minimum of two thousand members, and in just ten years we will turn America upside down with the gospel! That woudl work, right? Wrong--that scenario just happened over the past ten years, and…
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Added by James Nored on September 10, 2010 at 1:00am —
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Today my wife and I took a road trip. The reason for the trip was to check out part of the legacy of Seth Gold Clark.
We traveled the roads that my great, great grandfather, Seth Gold Clark, traveled when he visited the churches he was pastor of in Missouri. Our first stop was Hume, MO, then we traveled to Rockville, MO, then to Appleton City, MO which was his home town and we ended our trip at Butler, MO. Below are some photos I took today.
The Presbyterian Church in…
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Added by Larry Clark on September 8, 2010 at 12:00am —
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Added by Evangelist UChenna F. Bekee on August 25, 2010 at 1:16pm —
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Dearly beloved in the Lord,
THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST OF NIGERIA
GREET YOU!
Greetings to you, and
to your family, with all the saints who gather with you.
May
the peace of our Father who dwells in Heaven abide continually with
you. I count it all joy to come your way through this medium, though we
have not met or corresponded before. By way of introduction, I am
UCHENNA F. BEKEE, a gospel preacher with the Church of Christ that
meets at Oyigbo in the…
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Added by Evangelist UChenna F. Bekee on August 25, 2010 at 1:10pm —
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HIDDEN TREASURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
VISION
The vision of HTCHS is to raise up tomorrow's Christian leaders whose spiritual and academic backgrounds will be stable and profound. We are looking at saving the unchurched children, their parents, and the entire neighborhood. We wish to build an institution were Christian will be the watchword. An enclave were excellence would be empowered by the fear of God. We wish to take Christianity in Rivers State and beyond to another level…
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Added by Evangelist UChenna F. Bekee on August 25, 2010 at 12:55pm —
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I am ordained in the Association of Vineyard Churches and I am exploring beginning a new house church in Louisburg, KS.
First, let me share the problem in Louisburg and the Miami County area. Right now there are Baptist churches, a Lutheran church, Methodist churches, Assembly of God churches, Catholic and Presbyterian churches, a Cowboy Church and some non-denominational churches. Each serves the community in it's own way and does a good job of doing what it does.
For…
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Added by Larry Clark on August 20, 2010 at 11:28pm —
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I received the URL of the article below on some aspects of making "church" culturally relevant. Specifically " the plan" has taken the form of a total image overhaul, where efforts are made to rebrand Christianity as hip, countercultural, "relevant" Unfortunately, the "emerging church"…
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Added by Lynn S. Nored on August 16, 2010 at 8:30am —
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Dear Brothers ,
I am glad to say that yesterday we started a new congregation in a village which is 22 kilo-meters distance to my place. we started many congregations but this time I am more happy because , it was happened by our student of "India school of Evangelism" .
one of our students of "India school of Evangelism" is from this village . his name is vijay 22 years old , he is attending this batch weekly twice besides he is continuing his studies . yesterday he… Continue
Added by Jayaraj.E on August 9, 2010 at 2:25am —
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So what is the big deal about "missional"? Why is this term even needed?
The…
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Added by James Nored on June 26, 2010 at 7:00am —
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The thought
I fear that the biggest threat to my ministry will be my tongue. It is a threat because of the thoughtless things I say, and also for the things I should say but don't.
Here Is a scripture for meditation
James 3…
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Added by Micah Yarger on June 24, 2010 at 9:30pm —
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Matthew's gospel has the most extensive teaching on the kingdom of God, which he refers to primarily as the kingdom of (the) heaven(s). The central message of Jesus, of course, was that the kingdom of God, or kingdom of the heaven(s), was near-at hand--all around--in your midst. by using the plural form of heaven, the heavens, Matthew emphasized this…
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Added by James Nored on June 24, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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Mission Alive has put out the following statistics on population growth, church decline, the fall of Christianity in the US, and the oppor
tunity and need for church planting. Note the following:
Here is the bad news:
- Between 1990 and 2000 there was a net gain of 4600 churches in the US; however, to simply maintain the pace with population growth a gain…
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Added by James Nored on June 22, 2010 at 12:00pm —
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Whether we realize it or not all of us are walking a tight wire of some kind in our lives and the balancing act we do is always at risk given the thin nature of the "reality" we subscribe to.
Everyday, people in this hard little world fall off that wire, land
hard, and are injured in way's that can be hard to heal. The
repercussions of that fall are what we sometimes call a "crisis" which
interestingly enough is a word that's based on the Greek term…
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Added by Altonwoods on June 17, 2010 at 8:06pm —
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Have you ever felt insignificant, Like a weed? Perhaps even a bit resentful at the thought of you're life being played out as a supporting role in someone else's
"big life"?
Perhaps your a frog who dreamed of being a prince...
Or maybe a plain old brick that wanted to become a great building!
The ugly duckling?
Many of us are inclined to see…
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Added by Altonwoods on June 17, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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What is our mission? Our "missiology" is determined by our Christology. That is, our mission is based upon the life and ministry of Christ. In his own words, Jesus said that he came to seek and save the lost (Lk. 19:10), serve others (Mk. 10:45), and proclaim the good news (Mk. 1:38).
This mission also forms an excellent "missional outreach" strategy:
- Seeking the lost
- Serving the Community
- Sharing the Good…
Added by James Nored on May 19, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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