Thursday, May 29, 2008
News from the Frontlines of Persecution
Compass Direct News provides breaking news and summaries of those affected by persecution. http://www.compassdirect.org. Read More
Posted by KatHat on 05/29 at 09:03 PM
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Interdev Partnership Associates (2008 Summit in South Africa)
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Posted by KatHat on 04/13 at 09:31 PM
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Paul - A Short-term Missionary?
I experienced my first short-term mission trip in 1987. Texas Baptists and Australian Baptists had forged a partnership. It was 1986 and my first book on church planting had just been published.[1] At the last minute, a key church planter cancelled his church planting seminars scheduled in Sydney and Melbourne. I received a call from the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ Partnership Missions office on Wednesday asking if I would leave… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 02/06 at 04:15 PM
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Leader Perspective
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 01/02 at 10:20 AM
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Leader Perspective
Times change. Tools change. I am a product of the 60s, that wild era when the world teetered on the edge; when we reached for the moon and left footprints on its surface; when the United States and Russia stared each other down with poised nuclear weapons across a ninety mile channel of water; a time when we reeled from the assassinations of our leaders: John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 12/06 at 08:25 PM
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
WorldconneX and the PEACE Plan
I stood to my feet at the BGCT Annual meeting in Amarillo along with hundreds others at the conclusion of Rick Warren’s presentation and explanation of the PEACE plan. The elements of the PEACE plan are on target and in sync with the vision and values of WorldconneX: 1. Promoting Reconciliation 2. Equipping Servant Leaders 3. Assisting the Poor 4. Caring for the Sick 5. Educating the next generation These… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 11/06 at 03:21 AM
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Monday, October 01, 2007
Churches Helping Churches Send
In the 21st century, any church can send their own missionary personnel anywhere in the world. In the 20th century, most churches believed they could not send their own missionaries. Distant lands were too far away and too difficult to reach. So, we trusted others to do it for us and delegated missions sending to boards and agencies. But the world has changed. The 21st century is a connected world that… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 10/01 at 08:38 AM
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Leader Perspective
When the twin towers collapsed in flames on September 11, 2001, our world changed. The twentieth century illusion of isolation and safety provided by the Atlantic and Pacific vanished. We in America suddenly became aware that every culture and every religion impinged on every other. We could no longer live our lives in an isolated Christian context assuming that distant world religions had little to do with us. The difference between… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 09/05 at 04:00 AM
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Leader Update
In the past, the world was fragmented and seemed large. We studied about foreign lands and listened to adventurous stories told by the few who took the message of Jesus to exotic locations. But the world has changed and the day of staying and listening to someone else’s stories is largely past. Today we go and we live the adventure of our own stories. That’s the focus of this month’s Insider. … Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 08/01 at 08:58 PM
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Here is a new world map with the Progress of Evangelical Christianity by People Group
In this map, Joshua Project presents the state of each people group in the entire world in terms of their being “reached with the gospel”. This term mainly applies to access to the gospel - have they had a chance to hear and respond? Most maps show a country view, but peoples spread over country borders. This is an important map for picturing the remaining task. Click this link for the… Read More
Posted by Stan on 06/22 at 04:25 PM
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Monday, June 04, 2007
WorldconneX Leader Update - June 2007
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 06/04 at 05:43 PM
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