by Dave | Nov 3, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Suffering, Thriving
One final thought about the networked future of missionary care. We serve the Shepherd who cares enough for one wayward sheep to leave 99 safe ones to go after it. The one who will snatch an endangered lamb from the jaws of a lion or a bear. The one who touches...
by Dave | Nov 2, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Thriving
Required, enriched, continuous… That’s how Roni Pruitt summarized member care of the future after attending 2016 Mission Nexus conference. Yesterday we talked about those three aspects. Today I’d like to add one more: Networked There are literally hundreds of...
by Dave | Nov 1, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Thriving
Roni Pruitt’s recap of the 2016 Mission Nexus conference included the statement that “the future mission of the Church…will require an enriched continuous care of workers.” I’m not sure what all she had in mind, but here’s how I would unpack that: Required....
by Dave | Oct 27, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Thriving
So yesterday I posted Roni Pruitt’s recap of the 2016 Mission Nexus conference. She said that “how to finance missions will require creative thinking in the future.” This is a topic of particular interest to me. We have coached and encouraged quite a few...
by Dave | Oct 26, 2016 | Fundraising, Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Thriving
The following editorial appeared in a recent update from the Global Member Care Network. I thought it was worth commenting on. Editorial:The Future of Member Care Is it true that missions is in decline and what impact does this have on Member Care? At the 2016...
by Dave | Mar 24, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, The Way I See Things
In The Sending Church Defined, Zach Bradley of the Upstream Collective painstakingly describes what a biblical model of a sending church looks like. In a nutshell, it would be a community. A partnership. A team. And missionary care would be a team sport. Here are some...
