In our mission work, we often talk about the goal of developing missionary churches. What do we mean by a missionary church? A missionary church can be developed in various ways, but the normal process is that (1) a church is planted or established with intense, focused evangelistic efforts, followed by (2) a continuing process …
Category Archives: Missions
Will We Share the Gospel?
I am thinking this morning about how much our world has changed from the 1950s world I knew as a boy. If you had told my grandmother, or even my mother, about the possibilities we enjoy today in a constantly shrinking world with almost unlimited opportunities for travel, they would hardly have believed it. The ability …
Reporting: Two Seminars
Today is a travel day–Jan and I will be home this afternoon after eleven days on the road. Eight of those days were spent in seminars with two Hispanic churches. First, we spent four days with the Iglesia de Cristo–Southside in Lexington, Kentucky. The next four days we spent with the Iglesia de Cristo–Crieve Hall …
It’s Sunday Again: Preaching the Gospel
As the church assembles each week across much of the United States, largely in its own self-awareness with few visitors who could be described as prospective Christians, our sermons become more and more directed to the church and focused on the needs of the body. A recent article bemoaning the decrease and virtual non-existence of …
Reviewing 2012 Mission-Ministry Activities
In the United States– I made 4 teaching-preaching trips I presented seminars in 4 Spanish-speaking churches I led a congregational planning workshop in an English-speaking church I taught and preached in five other churches, making mission reports or helping with mission emphasis days Internationally– I made 8 international trips, spending 104 days out of the …
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A Big Need, a Small Cost!
How would you like to have to go outside to get from your kitchen and living area to your bedroom? If you were living at an elevation of 10300 feet? (Think always pretty chilly if not downright cold!) Where there is no heat in the rooms? If you were living above the church building where …
Just Thinking…about Others
It’s that time of year! Our hearts are more inclined to turn to the needs of others at this season. We have multiplied opportunities for giving to the poor and needy. We also find joy in giving to those we love and those who dearest to us. Question! As you consider the needs of other …
An Encouraging Mission Weekend
The events surrounding the board meeting and graduation at Baxter could hardly have gone better. Eleven graduates were sent forth to make a difference in the world–the total number of graduates in the 49 years of Baxter’s history is well over 500. These graduates continue to make a difference all across Latin America. The dedication …
2012 Seminars: A Summary
Another month remains in the 2012 calendar year, but my schedule of seminars, campaigns, and workshops for the year is over. There are many ways to summarize what occurred during the year in the Bible teaching seminars, campaigns, and workshops I presented. I found the following interesting. (This is a summary only of my work, …
Baxter Institute: A Special Weekend Ahead
This weekend is graduation at Baxter Institute in Teguigalpa, Honduras–the last official event of the 49th year of Baxter’s existence. It is also the weekend of the annual board meeting in Honduras. For me as chairman of the board, that always means a lot of time spent in preparing documents, reports, agendas, and for various …
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