Church Connections News Archive
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Genesis 1 and the Great Commission
- Part 1 | A Necessary Connection
- Part 2 | A Cultural Mandate
Living on Mission
- Part 1 | What Does Your Job Today Have to Do With God's Global Agenda?
- Part 2 | 7 Things No Missions Textbook Will Teach You
- Part 3 | There’s a Hard and Hidden Truth About Missions
- Part 4 | Your Missions Opportunity Disappeared. Now What?
5D Thrive
- Part 1 | A Tool to Help Workers Thrive Overseas
- Part 2 | Building a 5D Thrive Plan
International Church Impact
- Part 1 | A Unique Pastoral Opportunity
- Part 2 | Mentoring for Global Impact
- Part 3 | A Pastor’s Perspective
- Part 4 | A Member’s Perspective
- Part 5 | Collaboration Between Churches
Our Work: A Reflection of God and Means of His Work
- Part 1 | Our Work: A Reflection of God and Means of His Work
- Part 2 | Our Place in God’s World
- Part 3 | Our Sin in God’s World
- Part 4 | The Reversal of the Fall
- Part 5 | Vocation: Our Kingdom Calling
- Part 6 | Some Practical Implications
- Part 7 | Kingdom Potential of the Global Marketplace
- Part 8 | Epilogue: For Pastors and Church Leaders
Global Marketplace Vision
- Part 1 | A Paradigm Shift
- Part 2 | The Opportunities and Challenges of Sending Job-Takers
- Part 3 | A Marketplace Worker Story
- Part 4 | Job-Makers and Challenges
- Part 5 | A Job-Maker Story
- Part 6 | An Expression of God’s Original Purpose
Equipping God’s People for the Workplace
- Part 1 | The Connection Between Sunday and Monday
- Part 2 | Three or One?
- Part 3 | Three New Testament Realities of Work
- Part 4 | Biblical Themes of Faith and Work
- Part 5 | Making Disciples as a Real Estate Agent
Love: The Divine Mark of a Disciple
- Part 1 | The Divine Mark of a Disciple
- Part 2 | An Invitation to Relationship
- Part 3 | How is it Cultivated? (Part 1)
- Part 4 | How is it Cultivated? (Part 2)
The Unreached Among Us
- Part 1 | The Unreached Among Us
- Part 2 | Their Needs
- Part 3 | Engaging Them
- Part 4 | The Power of Love
Challenges for the Church
- Part 1 | Challenges for the Church in Obeying Jesus’ Mandate
- Part 2 | The Challenge of Vision
- Part 3 | The Challenge of the Global Church
- Part 4 | The Challenge of Sending
- Part 5 | The Greatest Global Challenge: Helping Our People Know
- Part 6 | The Greatest Global Challenge: Keeping the Vision Alive
- Part 7 | The Greatest Global Challenge: The Challenge of Strategic Involvement
The Role of the Church in Sending Disciple-Makers
- Part 1 | Discipling the Disciple-Makers
- Part 2 | Identifying “Sent Ones”
- Part 3 | Preparing Disciple-Makers
- Part 4 | Sending Disciple-Makers
- Part 5 | Care is a Collaborative Effort
God’s Global Purpose for All People
- Part 1 | God’s Global Purpose for All People
- Part 2 | The Necessity of All Professions
- Part 3 | The Obstacle to Disciple-Makers from All Professions
- Part 4 | Stories from All Professions
- Part 5 | Questions for Disciple-Makers from All Professions
- Part 6 | Essentials for Disciple-Makers from All Professions
The Danger of “Missionary”
- Part 1 | Who is a Missionary?
- Part 2 | The Danger of “Missionary”
- Part 3 | “Missionary” in the 21st Century
The Implications of Jesus’ Mandate
- Part 1 | What is a “Disciple” of Jesus?
- Part 2 | Discipleship: It’ll Cost Your Life
- Part 3 | Where Do You Want to Go?
- Part 4 | When Does Life Begin?
Church Connections News premiere: The Four “Alls” of the Great Commission