After training around Latin America for many years, one of my favorite stories is still the first time I was invited to travel internationally to train church planters. The town was Sincelejo, Colombia, in the heart of the conflict between the paramilitary and the guerillas. There were only a few churches, and all non-Colombian workers…
I’ve been thinking about courage recently. What is courage, and what does courage do, not only for others, but for us as well? C.S Lewis writes, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” I remember month…
“Be careful what you teach in class on Wednesday, because it probably will be preached in church on Sunday.” That’s what my mentor, Dr. Gene Green, warned me, before I first began teaching in Colombia. A former Latin American seminary president, he knew what he was talking about…seminary students very often take their sermons directly…
For much of the twentieth century, Western countries in North America and Europe were by far the primary senders of those taking the Gospel message to the ends of the earth. Pioneer missionaries left home and culture, sailing the ocean for months, giving up many personal comforts, in order to bring the Good News of…
Given the rapid numerical growth of the church in Latin America, there’s an urgent need for leaders who are Biblically grounded, growing in Christ-like character and actively using their God-given gifts to deepen the walks of new believers and pour themselves into developing younger leaders. Camping ministry has been effectively mobilizing Latins to missionary service…
Sometimes, if you stop long enough, you look around and realize that nothing is new under the sun and that really, my generation is just telling the same story our grandparents have been telling us ever since we can remember. Sometimes, if you are quiet enough, you realize that your words are not really your…
Planting Broadly for a More Plentiful Harvest: God Raising Up Latino Hands for His Glory “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to…
The Avance Missions Immersion program, based in Mexico City, mobilizes young adults in cross-cultural mission service for two months, a semester, a year or two years. All of our participants live with Mexican families, learn Spanish and serve under national leadership. Our passion is that our participants will gain perspective on what their role is in God’s…
The Lord sent Ananias to lay hands on Saul —could there have been a worse candidate for Christian missionary service? Ananias obeyed, prayed and appointed Saul to apostolic work in Eurasia. Immediately, the converted Paul set out on mission (without raising support!) and encountered life-threatening resistance. He had to be evacuated. Who was this lone ranger?…
Do you have a desire to become more like Jesus, but don’t know where to start? To be transformed into Christ’s image often requires a great deal of intentionality to create the space and time needed to look deep within, be honest before God and hear His words. It is enhanced with God’s Word, a focus on the…