Resources for non-profits applicable to missionaries

I have been going over two new books this weekend.

One is Guy Kawasaki’s Art of the start: an excellent no-nonsense work that can really inspire you to get up and get going. Although the book is aimed more at people who are launching tech companies, he makes it clear the principles can apply to anyone [...]

Am I a vulnerable missionary?

Vulnerable mission’ is mission work that uses the language of the people being reached, and that does not invest foreign resources in ministry.

Measuring the beginnings of a church planting movement

While skimming blogs and news reports, I have often read people who are grappling with how to know when a church planting movement is happening. Some are upset and frustrated because they want or feel they are required to have a movement in their neck of the world but it’s just not happening.
In reality, I [...]

For Profit Structures in Mission Movements

 
A review of world impacting movements will reveal that every movement (and the sub organizations within movements) consists of systems, strategies, and structures.  These three elements are universal and make up the overall logic of the movement.  The goal of missions movements is to complete the great commission.  Therefore, every missions movement should have systems, [...]

For the e-mail overloaded missionary, here are great tips on managing the inbox

For the e-mail overloaded missionary, here are great tips on managing the inbox from Harvard Business School.

Every Part Doing its Work

“The redemptive genius of God is seen not so much in that He gathers His Church on Sunday but that He scatters it on Monday.”
– Dr. David Moore drawing from Jerry Cook.

Last week I had the privilege of being the guest lecturer in a doctoral class in a local seminary. I [...]

How to: unearth trends in France

As promised, here is the analysis of France. This European nation is significantly different from Afghanistan, and holds many opportunities for the Gospel despite our common perception of France as a Godless nation.

Using social networking software to build a voice for the unreached

One of the biggest “buzzes” on the Internet at the moment is social networking software. These are desktop programs and web applications which allow you to (1) maintain and strengthen online conversations with your friends and (2) meet new friends with whom to have conversations. Social networking software runs the gambit from blogging tools to [...]

Uncovering trends in Afghanistan

I wrote yesterday about how to calculate growth trends. Our topic today is how to interpret growth trends for a country. Remember the four variables of growth:
* Natural - births minus deaths plus immigrants minus emigrants.
* Conversion - converts to a religion minus defectors
* Total - Natural plus Conversion
* Growth Rate - how fast a [...]

How to: Uncover trends in numbers

You can use a few pieces of data and a few math formulas to uncover some amazing trends. I will illustrate this with several posts on global trends. I will show you to do the same thing for any part of the world: a region, nation, people group or country.
Start with the population at two [...]