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... 
by Dave | Mar 23, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, Suffering, The Way I See Things, Thriving
We have been using Zach Bradley’s penetrating book, The Sending Church Defined, as a catalyst for discussing what sending should look like. We cannot have adequate missionary care without first having a proper concept of sending to undergird it. Here are some... 
by Dave | Mar 22, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, The Way I See Things, Thriving
In his thought-provoking book, The Sending Church Defined, Zach Bradley of the Upstream Collective goes to great lengths to explain what sending should look like. If we are ever going to have a healthy, effective missionary care model… we will need to return to... 
by Dave | Mar 17, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, The Way I See Things, Thriving
A healthy missionary care model can only be built upon a healthy model of sending. In his provocative book, The Sending Church Defined, Zach Bradley of the Upstream Collective meticulously defines his understanding of what sending should look like. (I highly recommend... 
by Dave | Mar 16, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, The Way I See Things, Thriving
So from Acts 13 we note that: God the Holy Spirit selected Barnabas and Saul God the Holy Spirit called Barnabas and Saul God revealed his plan to the church God issued the call within the context of ongoing church ministry The church sent Barnabas and Saul on their... 
by Dave | Mar 15, 2016 | Missionary Care, New Wine: The future, The Way I See Things, Thriving
In Acts 13 we see the beginning of missionary work as we think of it today. Who received the call? How was the call “heard”? How was the call acted upon? Let’s look at the passage: Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as...