Our church body did 6,566 hours of community service.
Last year week.
Seriously.
Check it:
ServeRDU from The Summit Church on Vimeo.
(Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE our church?)
Three weeks ago, Osh, Kyrgyzstan was a very large city with a very large population of Uzbeks, a people group very dear to my heart.
Today, a significant portion of the city lies in ruins. Hundreds are dead, and tens of thousands have fled the city.
Many Uzbeks have gone back to Uzbekistan, where it is much [...]
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There was a time in my life when Campus Crusade For Christ was an important tool that God used to shape and mature me.
I have met hundreds of Campus Crusade staff over the years, and every one of them impresses me with their passion, vision, and persistence in their desire to reach college students with [...]
Please, please, please pray for Uzbekistan!
The article I just stumbled over begins:
WHEN her baby died soon after delivery, Gulbahor Zavidova, 28, a poor farmer’s wife, longed to be pregnant again. After months of trying she and her husband visited a doctor who told her she could never have another child because she had been sterilised.
The [...]
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One of the things that Stephanie and I love about our new church home is the intense emphasis on national and international missions.
The Summit Church has a vision to plant 1,000 churches in the next 40 years — most of them in un-reached countries around the world.
That’s right: one thousand churches
One vehicle for this effort [...]
You may have never noticed it before, but on the right sidebar of this blog, there’s an “Un-reached People Group Of The Day” banner…
Most of my recent experience as a follower of Jesus has been learning about the Church: what it is, is not, should be, and eventually will be.
I have worked to get a church started, worked to get a church established, worked with pay and without pay…
And this is still a topic that Steph and I [...]
I heart Francis Chan.
Take 3 minutes and watch this.
(Courtesy of Mr. Vitamin Z)
Next weekend, I’ll be in Durham with some of my favorite Bible teachers in the world.
I can’t wait!
There’s still room to sign up if you want to join me: www.Advance09.com
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This won’t make your 5:00 news, but it’s way more important than the latest defector from the Republican party…
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Mark Driscoll has a new blog post today called ‘Evangelism’.
…very interesting thoughts from someone I admire very much, but who doesn’t often say much on the topic.
Here’s a particularly interesting and insightful snippet:
Lastly, the fact that Jesus remains to this day an active evangelist is of great encouragement to me personally. It means that children [...]
My good friend Tricia and her husband just moved to Thailand with hopes of seeing children come to know Christ.
It’s especially interesting for me to read about their adventures because a couple of years ago I was with Tricia in Central Asia for a year and we learned a lot from each other as we [...]
Take a minute and read this article about human rights in Uzbekistan, a country of 30 million people run by a ruthless murderer.
Here’s an excerpt:
The case against Turgunov sends a chilling message to other activists that working for justice is a dangerous business in Uzbekistan. Despite the recent release of several other activists, new cases [...]
Did anybody see this? This guy blew the game for his whole team by celebrating too early.
He got prideful about his success.
Does anybody else notice a spiritual lesson in this? (video embedded)
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Most of my friends know that I spent a year in Uzbekistan, and that I would give a lot to go back.
I posted a bazillion pics from my trip when I first came home, but the server I used for those has become bogged down with spam, and most of the folks who read this [...]
