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Church-centered missions is built on the four principles that Christianity is church-shaped, local churches are both the means and the ends of missions, missions works best when churches work together, and missions must be Bible-led.
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PODCASTS
Conversations on church centered missions
A series of conversations with pastors, missionaries, and church leaders on practical strategies for church-centered missions, emphasizing the local church as both the means and ends of missions.
A Storm in the Desert
In 1972, at the base of a Swiss mountain, God saved a man named Mack Stiles. Two decades later, John Folmar “accepted Jesus as his personal Savior”; he doesn’t know even where he first heard that phrase. What happens in the next quarter-century is a testament to God’s commitment to use faithful, ordinary ministry to effect fruitful, extraordinary change. A Storm in the Desert tells this story.
missions talk
A podcast in collaboration with Reaching & Teaching and 9Marks, featuring Ryan Robertson and Mack Stiles, that explains the often-overlooked connection between healthy churches and global missions.
Prioritizing Missions in the Church ·
Prioritizing Missions in the Church ·
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What role should the local church play in the mission to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth? Many Christians view missions work as a task for large churches or parachurch ministries. But God commands all believers in churches of all sizes to protect and proclaim his word. Working together patiently and faithfully, we can reach nations with the gospel.