Cross-Cultural Engagement
Let the Sermon Be Interrupted: The Church, First Nations, and Reconciliation
And yet, is reconciliation even the right word? Many First Nations people don’t think so. Many observe reconciliation implies restoring the relationship to a former level of mutual warmth and trust and affection and intimacy.
Continue ReadingBook Recomendations from Wayne Stapleton
In light of focusing this month on cross-cultural engagement, Wayne Stapleton has provided a few book recommendations as resources.
Continue ReadingImportant Conversations and Exciting Announcements
Starting in September 2018, Executive Director Dan Hamil led a process of discernment to determine God’s direction in hiring a new vice president of International Missions.
Continue ReadingA Conversation with Tony Campos and John Stone
We were meeting at Casa de Luz, a Hispanic NAB church pastored by Tony Campos and his wife, Fabiola. After the meeting, Tony asked the pastors there…
Continue ReadingA Unity that Requires Supernatural Empowerment
Unity does not come from ignoring differences. Unity does not come from avoiding people because they are different.
Continue ReadingA Unity that Requires Supernatural Empowerment
What does Christ’s desire for our oneness mean? He could not have been praying only for unity among people who share social, cultural, and economic similarities. He could not have meant a unity only based in political expediency.
Continue ReadingApril’s Focus on Racial Righteousness
The most recent edition of Onward plunges into the areas of rest, solitude, and Sabbath. We all know the excuses. We all know the external demands.
Continue ReadingIn Response to Charlottesville
The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia reminded us how much our churches together must stand strongly against all forms of racism.
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