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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Before There Was an OYC…

29 Monday Feb 2016

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…there was the HYC. They are taking applications.

Monday Music: Oh, Cuan Dulce Es Fiar En Cristo

29 Monday Feb 2016

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Great Images: Unreached Peoples of the World

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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Data is from the Joshua Project. Point colors represent the Joshua Project Progress Scale. Red indicates unreached people, yellow a place with nominal Christian presence, and green for a significant or established Christian presence. Each point represents a people group in a country.

April 21-23: Unboxed

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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Check it out:

UNBOXED is a series of “TED-type” talks with ample time for discussion and bouncing ideas off other like minded disciples.  Join us – you will only regret NOT attending.

Misleading Title but a Glimmer of Good News from Nigeria

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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The gist of this article seems to be persecution and repression are taking their toll in northern Nigeria, but the somewhat-misleading title of the article calls attention to some good news:

Those who are choosing to stay are experiencing a renewed fervour in their faith, according to the report, and some Christians reported that their churches in the north are growing as Muslims convert to Christianity. The report cited reasons including many Muslims having dreams of Jesus.

“Many among the Muslims want to become Christians, but they are afraid of being killed or pressured by fellow Muslims,” the report quoted one interviewee as saying.

Read the whole thing. Nigeria is really important:

 

Great Post: Expiration Dates on New Ministries

24 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Karl Vaters shares how we can “reduce the sting of failure when a new ministry doesn’t go as we had hoped”:

It might give us the courage to innovate more often.

The best way I know to reduce the sting of possible failure is this: put an expiration date on every new ministry idea.

Instead of launching a new idea as “the way we’re going to do ministry from now on”, tell people “Hey, we have this fun, new idea we’re going to try until the end of the summer!” Or December, or until Easter…

Then, at the end of the summer, if it doesn’t work, it stops happening, just like we announced. No failure, no problem. If it does work, we keep doing it. You can extend it for another three or six months. If it still works, we just keep doing it.

Putting expiration dates on ministries has several advantages. Here are a few.

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Great Images: Where People Live

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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Bible Translation in the Solomon Islands

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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An update from Wycliffe:

For many years, Ezekiel served as the Lavukal translation committee chairman, and at times, he toured the 18 Lavukal villages and nearly single-handedly kept the interest in the translation concept alive.

Great Posts: Love the Church Unapologetically

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Karl Vaters hits the nail on the head:

I love the church.

For a lot of years, “I love Jesus, but not the church” or “the church may stink, but it’s the only thing afloat” have been cool things for a lot of Christians to say.

I used to be one of those people. Not anymore.

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Great Images: Mark Barry’s Biblical Diagrams, Illustrations and Infographics

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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This site has terrific graphics in PDF form for Bible teaching, with much of the material in Spanish, Indonesian and Chinese, too!

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