‘The God Ask’
Read Part 1.
In this short series, I am sharing some of the things that I learned at Via Generosity’s Support Raising Bootcamp, which I attended earlier this month near Austin, TX. The training is centered around the book called The God Ask by Steve Shadrach (Fayetteville, AR: Via Nations, 2023).
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Who Needs Missionaries? (It’s Not Just the ‘Unreached’)
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“if, as Paul explained, some labor where others have sown, we can’t limit the church’s mission to pioneer work among the unreached.” - TGC
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Who Was St. Patrick?
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“As far as our evidence goes, Patrick was the first person in Christian history to … grasp that teaching all nations meant teaching even barbarians who lived beyond the border of the frontiers of the Roman Empire.” - DeYoung
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The Case for Long-Term Missions
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“The point of this article is not to knock short-term work…. but to remind all of us that long-term missions is costly—and it’s worth it.” - 9 Marks
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This Month Marks the 67th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Five Missionaries in Ecuador
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“Steve Saint texted me last Sunday, reminding me that it was the 67th anniversary of the death of his father Nate Saint and the other missionary martyrs in Ecuador: Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, and Pete Fleming.” - Randy Alcorn
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Food Offered to Idols: The Priority of Love
Reposted from Rooted Thinking. This post originally appeared at GFA’s blog Commissioned. Read Part 1.
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Why Missionaries Should Value Professionalism
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“there’s another type of professionalism that is manifestly not what Piper intended to criticize—that is, professionalism as the day-to-day pursuit of excellence in ministry.” - 9 Marks
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Food Offered to Idols: A Contemporary Issue
Reposted from Rooted Thinking. This post originally appeared at GFA’s blog Commissioned, where you can find more missions-related content.
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