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“The Gospel Goes to Work: God’s Big Canvas of Calling and Renewal” by Stephen R. Graves. Start reading it for free: http://a.co/h7QBLq1
Leading a Simple Bible Study
How long does it take to become a pastor? Some people would answer that an aspiring pastor would first need to have a Bible degree (four years) or a seminary degree (three years) or a doctoral degree (three years) or an internship (two years) or ordination (one year). How long does it take to learn…
Students & Graduates – Financing an Education
One of the biggest problems in recruiting new missionaries is “the tragic, trudging procession of college graduates who are too burdened with debts to allow them to go into missions. School debts interpose years of delay– and often end in denial of the mission call for tens of thousands of mission-minded college graduates.” So states…
Ruth’s Story
Why I Chose Tentmaking? By Ruth E. Siemens, Founder of Global Opportunities (now Global Intent) On April 4, 1954, PanAm’s little prop plane finally deposited me in Lima, Peru, after a brief stop in Guatemala and an overnight in Panama. It was about 5 A.M. when I arrived, and at 8 A.M. I was in…
The Tentmaker and Prayer
Prayer is essential for tentmakers because they are in the frontlines in this cosmic war for control of the world. They spend much time with outsiders and most serve in spiritually hostile countries. They fight many fierce battles. A few years ago, the U.S. government put pressure on Muslim Afghanistan to let tentmakers put up…
The Church – Sending Base for Missions
Some of our GO applicants who wish to serve the Lord abroad as tentmakers or missionaries come from churches with little or no missionary vision. Yet as they go abroad they need moral and prayer support from their home church, and maybe financial support as well. The fact that the applicants are missions-committed gives them…
Tentmakers and their Churches: Mutual Responsibility
You can multiply your church’s missions involvement with little or no increase in your church budget! Send tentmakers! Send lay people who support themselves abroad in secular jobs as they make Jesus Christ known, in the tradition of the Apostle Paul. They may be young graduates, professionals in mid-career, or retired people. They may even…
Workplace Evangelism: How to Fish Out Seekers – Full
Workplace Evangelism: How to Fish Out Seekers Evangelism gives me joy! But I recall how I used to struggle to start a conversation. By the time I had planned my approach, my little sermon and my plea for a decision, I was so uptight that my surprised victim became embarrassed, too. But in a couple…
Why Did Paul Make Tents?
A Biblical Basis for Tentmaking “Why did Paul make tents?” may be the most important question to ask as we enter our 21st century of missions! The question arises because many countries in our “post-post-colonial” age restrict the entry of missionaries, but welcome people with expertise they need, so many Christians are using their professions…
How Do You Sin?
A question like that might lead a reader in the wrong direction if it is left alone. I’m not asking for advice on how to sin and I’m not encouraging you to sin. Rather, I recognize that we, as believers, are at war with sin. I concur with John Owen in his book Morification of…