Missional Living
Helping you self examine
When I was on staff at Grace Community Church in Detroit, Michigan, I loved how the church leadership pursued having a worship stage that reflected the diversity of church attendees. There was a significant African American population at the predominantly White church.
Continue ReadingImportant Announcement Regarding Dan Hamil
Over the last eight years, I have written tens of thousands of words to you as the NAB family with the hopes of pastorally, prophetically, and passionately stirring in you an even greater desire to love God fully, worship Him deeply, follow Jesus faithfully, and witness to this world brightly.
Continue ReadingThe Process of Deciding, Discerning, and Doing
In light of this three-article series on discernment, it seems appropriate to finish with a final article on some practical application.
Continue ReadingThe Process of Deciding, Discerning, and Doing
In light of this three-article series on discernment, it seems appropriate to finish with a final article on some practical application. This piece covers some decisions we need to make, some examples of discernment processes we can apply (including two book reviews), and then finally an encouragement towards actually doing, or putting what we have discerned into practice.
Continue ReadingDeveloping Practices of Communal Discernment
To follow up with last week’s article on discerning God at work in our neighbourhoods, we offer this article from Aileen Van Ginkel on corporate discernment.
Continue ReadingDeveloping Practices of Communal Discernment in Relation to Institutional Decision-making
Practices of communal discernment that are intertwined with decision-making and strategic planning processes offer an opportunity to bridge the divide between what is deemed to be “sacred” and what is said to be “secular.”
Continue ReadingPhilippines Relief Effort
Early in December, a Category 4 typhoon made landfall in the Philippines. Mayette Ativo-Bueno, an NAB national missionary who runs the Bicol Center for Christian Leadership (BCCL) in Legazpi City, said, “Only by the grace of God did we survive with minimal damage.”
Continue ReadingDiscernment—Paying Attention to God at Work in our Neighbourhoods
One of the greatest joys of my life has been to serve for the last ten years in the NAB, encouraging pastors and helping churches to wrestle with issues of theology, missiology, and ecclesiology in this current context we find ourselves in.
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