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Deliverable #2: Services

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 08 April 2008 -

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A local church trying to do cross-cultural mission overseas on its own would need to figure out how to answer these questions:

1) How much money each month does our missionary need, and how do we get that money from here to our missionary?

2) What do we do about health insurance and health care when this missionary is serving outside the United...

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Deliverable #1: Selection

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 30 March 2008 -

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One of the questions I've wrestled with is, "Why a missionary sending structure? Why not just have every church send its own missionaries instead of a using a sending structure supported by Alliance churches across the country to help with the sending process?" I see at least seven key deliverables that our sending structure provides . . . all...

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Hard Truth About Accessibility

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 18 March 2008 -

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A few weeks ago I was sitting in the living room of some US Alliance workers living in Ecuador. They serve in regional ministries helping train leaders in several Latin American countries. The US C&MA is in the process of transition from Ecuador because our family of partner churches there has shown very encouraging signs of strength and maturity. While...

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What Would I Say?

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 29 February 2008 -

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In a May 2007 study done by the Joshua Project (www.joshuaproject.net), Central Asia was put forward as the region of the world with the highest concentration of least reached peoples. The report indicates that 96.3% of the people of Central Asia are "least reached". (For North, Central, and Latin America, the number was less than 1%.) This means...

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It's Sacred!

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 15 February 2008 -

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One of the new wineskins God is using in increasingly powerful ways in 21st century mission is business. Christ-adoring business professionals are using their training, entrepreneurial skills, and spiritual gifts in missional business ventures. These are being used by God to:

1. Help the poor in Christ's name, providing desperately needed jobs in...

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Our Trust

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 29 January 2008 -

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"Let us never forget the special calling of our Alliance work. It is not to form a new religious denomination. It is not to duplicate a work already done. It is not to advocate any special system of theology. It is not to glorify any man or men. It is first to hold up Jesus in His fullness, 'the same yesterday, today, and forever.' Next, to...

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The Kind of International Workers We Want

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 02 January 2008 -

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What kinds of international workers are we looking for to establish prevailing churches (or holistic, Christ-centered communities of faith) among the least reached where all the odds are stacked against us? Here are the characteristics I long to see:

"We want men and women who are thoroughly converted and know it.

We want men and women who are...

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The Starving Baker

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 24 December 2007 -

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Often important truth can be powerfully communicated through metaphors and images. One that gripped me as I recently pondered it was the starving baker. When I think of a professional cook or baker, I think of a person who enjoys food so much that he has become jolly and plump. I'm even comforted when I see an overweight person in a restaurant kitchen...

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Herm and Helen

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 08 December 2007 -

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Amy, an Alliance missionary from Africa, was ministering in a C&MA Church in Massachussetts. With her was Nyagali, a believer and partner in ministry from the Alliance churches of Burkina Faso. They were excited to be visiting several Alliance churches together in the northeastern United States to report about God's work in Africa.

Herm and Helen...

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Dry Up or Blow Up?

Posted by Bob Fetherlin , 18 November 2007 -

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"This movement stands pre-eminently for the supernatural." These are the words of Dr. A.B. Simpson. He believed in the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. Simpson was committed to the filling of the Spirit, leading to holy living and passionate love for Christ and his mission. He held that the Spirit's power and presence are...

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