Agricultural/Environmental Techincal Advisor in Southeast Asia
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We are very excited to share that we have officially decided to continue with our team here in SE Asia LONG TERM after our first two year commitment ends. We feel like very exciting rolls have taken shape for both my wife and I professionally, and that the Lord has opened amazing doors and gone before us in a powerful way in ministry. We are excited to say “yes” to being faithful where He has placed us. Currently we are back in the States preparing for continuing on long term, and as we are making sure we have all we need and that everything is in place, I thought it would be fun to drop a... Read more
...Of All Nations
A particular passion of mine is to see a love for Christ spread among the unreached peoples of the World. For those unfamiliar with the terms, the 1982 Lausanne Committee Chicago meeting defined a People Group as “For evangelization purposes, a people group is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance”, and an Unreached People Group is a People Group without a reported self-sustaining Gospel Movement (see joshuaproject.net for more info). About two years ago, our team was invited by local... Read more
Co Working with Different Convictions
One thing that all of us working overseas invariably run into is conflict with teammates based on theological differences. An exception to this might be found in teams that are sent from a denominationally based organization, but most organizations are para church and thus para denomination. Our teams are centered on shared convictions that are central to the gospel, but on secondary issues we may differ significantly. As mentioned, this will eventually lead to conflict; but, conflict is not inherently a bad thing. A friend and mentor of mine (who specializes in peacemaking) likes to say... Read more
Let Salvation and Righteousness Bear Fruit
Recently I was reading and reflecting on Isaiah 45:8, which reads, “Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit and righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.” (NASB). As I meditated on this passage the following image came to mind: The Throne of the Heavens sits atop the clouds, with a river of living water running past it. The river runs off the clouds as a waterfall and crashes to the earth, creating a pool. From that pool flows a peaceful river, and along the banks of the river grows... Read more