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One Conference—Many Connections

by: Randy Schmor

When the North American Baptists gather every 3 years for what has come to be known as ‘Triennial’, everyone I’m sure comes with certain expectations…

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The Journey of Spiritual Formation

by: Randy Schmor

I realized that I can’t ignore and need to communicate to you how important my current focus on my own spiritual formation has been to me of late.

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NAB Global Church Partnerships / NAB Strategy

by: Randy Schmor

As the North American Baptist Conference has been moving towards a more ‘strategic’ way to accomplish our collective ‘ends’ (or goals)…

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Regarding a Wholistic Mission

by: Randy Schmor

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity once again to present and participate in the International Wholistic Mission Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Twas the Season

by: Randy Schmor

Well, I knew that this past December and January were setting themselves up to be a busy season and they were, just not entirely in the way I was expecting.

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Partnership for the Long Term

by: Randy Schmor

It is a ‘profound change’ in the idea that Short Term Mission does not align well with Missio Dei if we don’t experience it outside of Long Term Partnership

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Unity of the Spirit

by: Randy Schmor

As our EXPLORE and SCP Vision Trip team members discovered (and was re-confirmed to us) our brothers and sisters in Central Europe are eager to not only talk about what we have in common…

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Missional Living on a “Global” Scale

by: Randy Schmor

Compartmentalizing, categorization, and silo making…you may not realize it, but if you’re a North American or a church in North America, you’re good at these.

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