When God’s people come together in unity, something special happens. Whether it’s for celebration, service, worship, or something more, God’s presence in our world is announced when we gather under his name and for his purpose.
This past May, more than 100 leaders from across the NAB gathered in Medina, Ohio, for Bonfire, where they shared what God is doing in our midst. When asked what was most impactful for them at Bonfire, one participant said it was “the deep yet humble commitment to being on mission together where God has placed us.”
Each evening of Bonfire was full of worship, hearing stories from pastors and missionaries, and celebration of what God has done in our midst. Groups such as the Missional Initiatives Cooperative, Year of Equipping, and the MAT also met during Bonfire for planning, training, and connection; additionally, NAB Multipliers found a bit of soul restoration, and two churches received the Harry Lehotsky Award from CIF.
All of this was a small snapshot of what is ahead for us next summer at Triennial, which, like this past Bonfire, will be hosted by Heartland Community Church.
When you partner with the NAB by financially supporting the Ministry Resource Fund, you help ministry leaders stay on mission in their local contexts. As we near the end of our fiscal year at the end of August, would you help us finish strong? Consider a gift of $250, $150, $100, $75, or whatever amount the Lord is leading you to give by Monday, August 31.
Reframe is a four-week, online training for pastors and leaders to help you assess your congregation’s evangelism readiness. This training will provide an evaluative framework to help you to recognize gaps you may need to fill and distortions you will want to correct, and it will provide a clearer path forward toward helping your church become more evangelistically faithful.
Reframe is not a training that will focus on how to better do evangelism but instead will focus on how to be evangelistic.
- How well equipped is your congregation for the ministry of evangelism?
- How do you evaluate your church’s health in that regard?
- How would you identify equipping gaps in your congregation’s evangelistic faithfulness?
Each training consists of an online, 90-minute session that will take place across four consecutive Wednesdays, September 16 through October 7.
Those who are interested can sign up at the link below. Training is free for NAB ministry leaders.
If you are a leader planning to lead a short-term mission, NAB Gateway is hosting an online workshop designed to train you in best practices for short-term missions. This workshop spans two days, kicking off the evening of Friday, September 18, and continuing through Saturday, September 19.
This training will be led by Gateway Director Randy Schmor. Randy has led and trained short-term mission teams for over two decades. He is on the board of Mission Excellence and uses these guidelines to empower others with the knowledge and skills of how to build appropriate and thriving global partnerships.
You can register for the workshop using the link below.
With this year’s Advent, we are trying something new. For the first time ever, we will be printing the Advent devotionals in a booklet, making it easier for you to take part in the devotionals together as a congregation, Bible study, or small group.
For those who have signed up to receive the devotional emails, we will still be sending them as usual, as well as posting them on the NAB website, but the physical booklet will allow you to go to that special place of connection with the Lord with no screens to distract you.
If you are interested in receiving a physical copy of the devotionals, the best way to get one is to make sure you are on the list to receive the NAB’s free, bi-annual magazine, Onward; a free copy of this year’s Advent devotionals will be bundled with every copy.
Want to sign up? Fill out the form at the link below before October 1, making sure you include your address.