What happens when a group of churches listen to their city; its hurts, its struggles, its challenges, its needs? And what happens when individuals in those churches truly become neighbors to those living around them?
In times of crisis, it can be tempting to look inward and focus on our own needs and our own problems. But several times in God's Word, we are commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren provides five practical ways you can love your neighbor as yourself during this pandemic.
The Book of Acts is an amazing testimony of how the church scattered and shared the good news of Jesus Christ, and how prayer was a pivotal and vital part of that outreach. David Thomas shares with us some great insights from Acts 1:12-14 that apply just as much to us today as to the early disciples.
Why is it so hard to do what Jesus calls us to do? Francis Chan invites us into a new understanding of Jesus' authority in his message to the 2016 Urbana Missions Conference.
Wondering about how to turn on your teenager's passion for God.? Watch this video as a cold-case detective gives you three great ways that are proven to work.
The need to tell the unreached about Christ is unimaginably great; and yet many of us remain unaware and unmoved. David Platt, pastor, author of Radical, and former president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, reflects the heart of God for the lost as he tells why we must share the gospel to those who have never heard of Jesus.
Max7 is a library of free ministry resources for children, youth and families. Need video content for your online streaming church or mission broadcasts? You can freely use anything from the Max7.org video library!
Ayuba has 500 wheelchairs already delivered to 6 different sites in Maiduguri, Bauchi and Yola, and over 300 finished wheelchairs in the shop ready to go, all awaiting the rescheduling of distributions postponed by COVID-19. (Large gatherings are prohibited or discouraged there just like here in the US.)
The way we have done church for the past 500 years does not work very well anymore. Learn about a church planting movement that started in 2012 and is making its way across the West. It is called Fresh Expressions, short for "Fresh Expressions Of Church For Those Who Do Not Do Church."
Are we willing to dialogue with others, especially youth and young adults, on the great questions of life? Kara Powell, director of the Fuller Youth Institute, shares how to enter into the 3 stages of youth and young adults. What do I say and not say? And how do I walk with others?
Our heart is to reconcile Muslims to the Father and then to all people through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The vision of Hope for Ishmael is to partner with churches and organizations that share a desire to plant the hope and peace of Jesus Christ among the Muslims in the U.S. and other areas they are living.
IBEC Ventures is a "Business as Mission" consulting group which provides training and consulting expertise to businesses (such as XQ Manufacturing) which strive toward sustainability, job creation and kingdom values.
All of us guys struggle with our identity. Am I a real man...a good man. Fatherlessness is at an all-time high and we all face "father gaps" that dads can't fully fill. Jeff's "Hey, Doofus" story reminds us that we all struggle with insecurity. His encouraging message liberates us from the no-win quest to earn our identity. IDENTITY IS RECEIVED, NOT EARNED. Because of Jesus, we are God's well-loved sons. We have a perfect Father who wants to RE-FATHER US daily. Live by the GIDEON PRINCIPLE and RECEIVE PRINCIPLE in the HUDDLE of a few close friends.
God is in control of COVID and He hasn’t cancelled His command to be His witnesses. We’ll explore some unconventional ways to spread the good news to a world that is scared and unprepared for eternity. Let’s use every possible way to share our hope with the hopeless.
The Fulani are a nomadic people, entrenched in Islam and animism and spread predominantly throughout most of West Africa. They are unwelcomed by many and are still unreached by the Gospel. Imagine if these herders embraced Jesus as their shepherd! Hear about experiences and ministry to Fulani.
An Impossible Choice highlights a Congo rescue mission in which humanitarians Sasha Chanoff and Sheikha Ali faced an impossible choice. Their mission was to rescue 112 people from the Congo, with specific instructions that no additional refugees could be evacuated. But when Sasha and Sheikha came across a group of widows and orphans in desperate need of evacuation, they faced a moral dilemma. Should they attempt to save the additional people, and in doing so put everyone's lives at risk? This experience led Sasha Chanoff to found the nonprofit RefugePoint, which provides lasting solutions for the world’s most at-risk refugees, especially women, children, and urban refugees.
This video is part of the Global Classroom series.
Dr. Schneider lives at the intersection of theology and missions, both being based on the Bible. He believes that theology without missions is dead orthodoxy, and missions without theology is dangerously ignorant. These two aberrations drive him into being a perpetual student.
Mark Challenges the Aeneid (https://amzn.to/38b9gZE)
Please attend the session for Multiplication Network Ministries and learn more about how they equip local leaders in 47 countries with the tools to strengthen and multiply healthy churches. One of the presenters is Dr. John Wagenveld who is the founder of MNM.
Open Doors USA is a community of Christians who come together to support persecuted believers in more than 60 countries.
PAK7 is a media ministry by and for Pakistani Christians supported by Christians from around the world.
In this video, Jeff Boesel shares how a closer partnership between the individual, the sending church, and the receiving agency will result in more effective mobilization and preparation of the mission worker. Better preparation will open the opportunity for greater impact in the cross-cultural setting, resulting in increased kingdom growth.
Today, there are more people unreached by the love of God than ever before in human history. Three billion of them live where the church is not seen or known. Could God's plan for His kingdom involve His unique design of you?
We support the Christians of the Middle East and North Africa in their Christian witness and lives. We beam the Good News of the Kingdom of God straight into people’s homes, into the center of family life. We deliver Christian satellite television for the Middle East and North Africa.
WE MAKE GOD’S LOVE VISIBLE.
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SERVE THE CHILDREN was founded to give opportunity to children without hope. They are the poor and the hungry who currently have no access to education. Vulnerable to child labor, sickness, malnutrition, and a lifetime of poverty, they have little chance to rise above the hard circumstances of their lives.
950 miles an hour. Now that’s fast! But it’s not nearly as fast as Ed Rush flew in his combat career as a decorated F-18 pilot. Author, speaker, instructor, pilot Ed Rush brings his insider knowledge to deal with the questions of change in our world. How does a Christian ministry do The Big Pivot and embrace the challenge today?
The Timothy Initiative is a church-planting and disciple-making movement working with local leaders in over 30 nations. Our vision is to see multiplying, disciple-making churches in every place and people group. This year we will train over 60,000 indigenous disciple-makers to reach the lost in their communities.
Homelessness in Seattle from a Gospel centered perspective.
The Whatcom Story on Prayer & Transformation
Whatcom County in NW Washington State has been transformed by prayer over the past 10 years. Can this happen where you live? Yes, says Jason Hubbard of the Light of the World Prayer Center. Watching this could very well change you and your community. God works in response to prayer.
The Kingdom is the frontier where the cultures of the world meet the kingdom of God. Israel, Japan, God's love, law and grace are all part of this unfolding journey of discovery.
Around the world, people are meeting God through Scripture in a language and format they can understand.
Find out how you can be involved in Scatter 2020 and beyond.
