If you’re even a little tuned in, it’s hard to avoid daily news updates of violence, lack, loss and greed. No one is immune to
As Alisha and I have been sharing about our call to ministry in Scotland, it’s not surprising how quickly some people dismiss the very idea as invalid. Most of the time, we find it has less to do with the work we are called to and more with the narrow framework many people carry as to what cross-cultural ministry (or missions) looks like.
Polls and surveys note the largest trend in American Christianity today is the rise of nondenominational churches. Why? And why now?
Many churches seek to follow Jesus’ instructions to serve their neighbors, help the poor and live in unity with others, but few are successful. The Church by the Playground: The Story of the Sharing Community in Rosedale by Dorothy Nickel Friesen provides an example of success.
