The Latin Bridge

I want to challenge every missionary to listen to this sermon by Missionary to Kenya Randy Stirewalt speaking on how to do mission work. I am very impressed with him and the ministry. He is preaching on the Biblical Method for church planting. This man will be speaking at the Latin Bridge retreat January 6-7, 2012. Make plans to [...]

A great many learned men are defending the gospel; no doubt it is a very proper and right thing to do, yet I always notice that, when there are most books of that kind, it is because the gospel itself is not being preached. Suppose a number of persons were to take it into their [...]

Should all missionaries be church planters?  I’m sure the answer is no, although I firmly believe ALMOST ALL missionaries should be church planters!  Let me know what you think about this article from my church planting friend in north Africa. Of Coffee Shops, Indigenous Worship Leaders, English Classes, and Boy’s Homes I am in Northern China right [...]

Can you imagine spending long, exhausting days plowing and preparing a vast field?  Can you imagine then carefully planting your crops and waiting for weeks to see that crop begin to sprout and grow ever so steadily?  See yourself pulling weeds, keeping away the birds and small animals that would love to feast on the [...]

I wanted to share with you something that I developed on the different levels in a church. I guess the only bad one would be the first one. 1. The First Level – Those who do-nothing Churches are full of these types of people. They are good people. They have been saved. They just haven’t [...]

From the title you probably already know where I’m going with this.  In multiply, don’t add part 1, we looked at the typical missionary model.  Following this model, it will take forever to reach the goal, require thousands of missionaries, and literally millions of support dollars! Let’s look at another model.  It’s the best model I’ve [...]

The following article was written by a strategic missionary partner of the Latin Bridge in Chile.  Let us know what you think about the traditional missionary model and it’s effectiveness. A couple of post ago I wrote about incredible numbers.  Using the raw numbers, you can see the mammoth task we have as missionaries to reach a [...]

Often we stress the benefit of having a personal mentor relationship with a seasoned veteran in the faith and the work, and this point cannot be overemphasized.  Unfortunately most young men today would profit little from such a relationship.  It’s often no fault of the mentor, but because most young guys today are wholly engulfed in a [...]

The training of these leaders of leaders should be an integral part of our church, and should be loved and supported by the church. The whole church ought to understand; we are senders, they are goers; we are working together to get them ready to go. It should start from the pulpit; every pastor must [...]

What Can Youth Pastors Do to Mobilize for Missions? It is an interesting question to sit and think about, “what can youth pastors do to mobilize for missions?” Another way to say it could be “what can youth pastors do to prepare and organize the next generation of missionaries to serve on the foreign field?” [...]