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Where Are The Young Men?
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Continue reading →: Where Are The Young Men?As a mission pastor, I get the incredible opportunity to speak to and spend time with many of our missionaries who serve with the International Mission Board. I just had coffee with an incredible man of God serving the Lord in a very difficult place in Southeast Asia. Usually during…
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Missing Verses
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Continue reading →: Missing VersesI love gospel songs! These are the songs where the lyrics detail the gospel. There are many Christian songwriters that are coming out with fantastic gospel songs. Here are some of my favorite examples… As much as I love these songs, think we ought to sing these in our churches,…
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5 Ways To Launch Missions
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Continue reading →: 5 Ways To Launch MissionsYour church only does a couple of mission trips every year and very rarely even talks about missions. You want to launch missions to the next level, but it seems like a daunting task. It doesn’t have to be. Over 7 years ago I started at a church that asked…
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Jesus, God’s First Missionary
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Continue reading →: Jesus, God’s First MissionaryJesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” John 20:21 CSB For the most part, followers of Jesus do a good job of trying to understand the true meaning of Christmas. Pastors preach great sermons on the purpose of Jesus’…
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5 Ways To Cultivate Spiritual Conversations
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Continue reading →: 5 Ways To Cultivate Spiritual Conversations*This is adapted from the book God Space by Doug Pollock, which I highly recommend! It should be shocking to us, as followers of Christ, how few Christians are actively sharing their faith. We are commanded by our Master and Commander, Jesus, to make disciples, yet how many of us…
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Big Backpacks
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Continue reading →: Big BackpacksOne of the important things that needs to concern us with regards to short-term missions is the perception that we give to those we are ministering. Most people just naturally tend towards ethnocentricity, so it is easy for one to see the faults of and make fun of the stereotypes…
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8 Ways To Mission-Minded Kids
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Continue reading →: 8 Ways To Mission-Minded KidsIf our purpose is to make disciples of all nations, our children’s purpose is the same. As parents our first disciples are our children, and it is our responsibility to teach them about our purpose as believers on the planet. All too often, though, we teach them the opposite through…
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The Race – Part 4
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Continue reading →: The Race – Part 4Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith.…
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Christian Tourism
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Continue reading →: Christian TourismEvery year, thousands of Christians go on “mission trips” to exotic locations all over the world. They love to come back touting big numbers of those that responded to a call to salvation, show off pictures of them loving on a kid in front of a mud hut, and bragging…
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The Race – Part 3
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Continue reading →: The Race – Part 3Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith.…
Scott Ward
Mission Pastor – Grand Avenue Baptist Church
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