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Archive for the ‘Reaching out’ Category


No more holy huddles. by Steve Shadrach. 8-28-17

No more holy huddles by Steve Shadrach Executive Director, Center for Mission Mobilization, Fayetteville, AR 8-28-17 Link to original article  Christians can be a rather narrow, exclusive, even insecure lot. It seems as if the longer people are Christians, the fewer non-believing friends they have. Oftentimes Christian students perpetuate this self-imposed insulation and end up […]

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5 Rules for Hosting a Crappy Dinner Party (and Seeing Your Friends More Often). By Kelley Powell. 9-19-16

5 Rules for Hosting a Crappy Dinner Party (and Seeing Your Friends More Often). By Kelley Powell. 9-19-16 Sep 19, 2016 Link to original article I love having friends over, but with three kids; big writing dreams; and the never-ending onslaught of preparing and cleaning up breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack, snack, and snack, […]

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Suggestions About Discipleship. By Kevin E. Jesmer 7-26-16

Suggestions About Discipleship.  By Kevin E. Jesmer    7-26-16 There was call out in the church for suggestions about discipleship and how to engage in discipleship. These are some of my suggestions. Create an environment of self denial, self sacrifice and picking up our own cross and following Jesus and seeking first God’s kingdom and his […]

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THE SACRAMENT OF PARTY. Hugh Halter. Verge Network 8-2-16.

THE SACRAMENT OF PARTY. Hugh Halter  Verge Network 8-2-16. Link to original article Somewhere, everywhere, people are connecting socially. From the beginning of time and throughout the scriptures, God’s people patterned their lives around celebration, feasts, social gatherings, levity, story-telling, eating, drinking, laughter, and listening. For God’s ancient fans, levity, sobriety, and a good ol’ fashion […]

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Everyone Should Have Cross Cultural Christian Mission Training. By Kevin E. Jesmer. 7-25-16

Everyone Should Have Cross Cultural Christian Mission Training. By Kevin E. Jesmer                                                                                           7-25-16 1 Corinthians 9:22b-23, “….I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.” Everyone should have […]

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GUIDE: HOW TO BE MISSIONAL THIS SUMMER. By Verge Network 6-1-16

FREE GUIDE: HOW TO BE MISSIONAL THIS SUMMER. By Verge Network 6-1-16 Link to original article Summertime always prompts images of grilling in the backyard, vacation road trips, watching baseball, and adventures in the neighborhood. In the church, it’s often a season where we “take a break” from ministry and community. But some may find […]

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“Christians should feel that their church is an original work within their own culture.”

“Christians should feel that their church is an original work within their own culture.” A church plant in Montreal Quebec. Indigenous does not always mean isolated tribes in a far of place. What about thinking of campus ministry as cross cultural ministry that requires application of the same principles? (Kevin Jesmer) Excerpts from Charles Kraft, […]

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Missionaries Must Nurture Relations With The Secular Community. By Kevin E. Jesmer 11-28-15

Missionaries Must Nurture Relations With The Secular Community By Kevin E. Jesmer                                                                                                   11-28-15 Mark 12:17, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (ESV) Other articles in the series…. Missionaries Must Nurture relationships Part 1: The Sending Church and the Mission Agency 9-3-15 Missionaries Must Nurture Relationships Part […]

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Why these Americans are ‘done’ with church, but not with God. By Harry Bruinius. 12-19-2015.

Why these Americans are ‘done’ with church, but not with God. Link to original article (A short aside by Kevin E. Jesmer 12-20-15.  This is  not part of the article.) I am not advocating not going to church. I am totally for church participation. But we need to know what millions of people are thinking […]

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A HIDDEN BARRIER TO MISSION AND DISCIPLESHIP.By Todd Engstrom 3-11-13.

A HIDDEN BARRIER TO MISSION AND DISCIPLESHIP. By Todd Engstrom 3-11-13.  Posted by Verge Network   10-2015 Link to original article Consumers, simply speaking, are people who purchase goods and services to meet a perceived need. In the most basic of forms, consumption is necessary to human existence. Each and every one of us is a […]

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