Joey Shaw 4 min read
The church must wisely react to terrorism with wisdom, with a view to shepherding it's flock as well as further fulfilling the Great Commission.
Joey Shaw 7 min read
It is important for these missionaries and the churches that send them to have a solid theology of language learning.
Justin Long 4 min read
Need ideas for building apostolic networks and pioneer missionary startups? Find out about the most common forms of collaboration and how they might benefit Great Commission ministries.
Justin Long 10 min read
Need ideas for building apostolic networks and pioneer missionary startups? Find out the "how" and "who" to make a difference in the world.
Joey Shaw 1 min read
Disaster and tragedy are everywhere in the news. Has all hell broken loose on this earth? Yes. In fact, it has.
Joey Shaw 5 min read
Among humanity, is no pre-disposition towards saving grace, only pre-indisposition. If we are "dead in our trespasses and sins", then nobody is "farther" or "closer" away from Christ. We are all, rather, equally dead. The ground is level both at the foot of the cross and the plain of the cemetery. Nobody is more saved than others by Christ and nobody is more separated than others from Christ. So Saul the persecutor of Christians and Cornelius the "God-fearer" were equally dead in their trespasses and sins and equally in need of divine alien righteousness. And this makes all the difference for how we make disciples among the nations.
Joey Shaw 7 min read
Many people teach on it, most of us don’t regularly obey it. Here are 5 common myths about the Great Commission that lead us to miss out on disciple making.
Joey Shaw 4 min read
As the Father sent Jesus, so Jesus has sent us. That means that if we can discover how the Father sent Jesus, then we will see how we have now been sent.
Verge Network 1 min read
Matt Carter talks about four reasons we should be passionate about the nations.
Verge Network 1 min read
Matt Carter shares four reasons why we should be passionate about the nations.
Verge Network 1 min read
"I am more concerned with biblical burden and motivation intensity, than I am with the particulars of awareness or knowledge of the lay of the land in the world with regard to how many groups are there, where do the live, how unreached are they. "
Verge Network 1 min read
Libya is home to nearly 6.2 million people and approximately 28 unreached people groups. Last year a team of cross cultural workers began to pray that God would raise up others to go to these unreached people groups in the nation of Libya.
Matt Carter 1 min read
David Platt and Matt Carter discuss what it means to be a church with a DNA for the nations. Learn how your church can be more involved in spreading the gospel.
Matt Carter 1 min read
What is the biggest thing that you could imagine God could do through you? God can do more than that.
Verge Network 5 min read
Sojourning - Learning to live in the epic of God's Story. A sojourner is a resident that chooses to live as an alien, because he knows that his real home is in heaven with his Creator.
Francis Chan 1 min read
Want to know how to have real community? In this 2 minute video clip from the Verge Conference, Francis Chan begins to answer the question that so many of us are asking - how can we have real community? The answer that Francis gives might surprise you.
David Platt 1 min read
In Radical, David Platt’s plea for Christians to take back their faith from the American Dream resonated with readers everywhere,...
Stew 3 min read
Alan Hirsch and Lance Ford explore cultural savvy and the art of redeeming our hang outs. Check out what they have to say in Part 7 of our BOOK PREVIEW of their book Right Here, Right Now.
Verge Network 1 min read
Recently we started the “7 Questions” Series to explore some of the burning questions about Missional Communities. Right now we...
Verge Network 3 min read
During our Missional Community leadership training we start with a definition of missional community. Then, we clarify what it is not. A Missional Community is not primarily a Bible study. Find out why: