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8 Ways To Encourage Your Missionaries
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Continue reading →: 8 Ways To Encourage Your MissionariesThe problems and struggles that missionaries and church planters face are always amplified on the field. It is just plain difficult to live and minister in a different culture and language. Add to that cooking from scratch, dealing with outages of electricity and water, homeschooling, and no Peter Pan extra…
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The Race – Part 2
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Continue reading →: The Race – Part 2Therefore, 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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Multiplication
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Continue reading →: MultiplicationA few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to Exponential Conference as a guest of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. This was an outstanding conference that focused on teaching how to plant a Level 5 church or move your church into a Level 5 church. Let me explain……
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The Race – Part 1
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Continue reading →: The Race – Part 1Therefore, 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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Business For Missions
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Continue reading →: Business For MissionsHere’s how it works… We are told that we ought to give 10% of our income to the church. That fraction of our income goes towards many things to make sure the church is operating, mostly towards ministries directed to the spiritual growth of its members. Depending on the church, a…
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Go, Unless It’s Dangerous
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Continue reading →: Go, Unless It’s DangerousIn Revelation 22:18, we are warned not to add anything to the scriptures, but many Christians, by their actions, have added a parenthetical statement to the Great Commission. We will go and make disciples of all nations, if it is not dangerous. Every year our church sends 300+ people on…
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Persecution in America
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Continue reading →: Persecution in AmericaMy eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.Philippians 1:20 In this passage of scripture, Paul is writing from prison. He has been…
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Local Missions Challenge
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Continue reading →: Local Missions ChallengeI have recently been taking people in our church through a mental exercise that seems simple at first, but eventually really challenges our assumptions about missions, especially local missions. I will start out explaining to the group that we have all been called to move overseas to work with an…
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The End
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Continue reading →: The EndAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 ESV Last night, many of you went out to see the lunar eclipse take place. In our area, it was a beautiful night…
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Let It Be Said of Me
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Continue reading →: Let It Be Said of MeOn July 28th at about 10am my family and I were driving to Moab to go see Arches National Park when I received an email saying that Charles Whitlow had passed away. It was not a complete shock as he had been battling cancer for quite a while, but I…
Scott Ward
Mission Pastor – Grand Avenue Baptist Church
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