A hero of the faith speaks about obstacles – James Gribble
This is taken directly from the journal of James Gribble:
“There is no place in all the world more needy, no place more dark than [central Africa]. It seems as if all earth and hell have united in saying ‘No’ to the carrying of the Gospel there.
Yet we know that it shall be preached there, for the ‘Great Commission’ implies it. And we find that the church will be composed of representatives from every tongue, tribe and nation (Rev. 5:9).
“So even if the obstacles that confront us tower up to heaven, we know that we will, by the grace of God, overcome them.”
– James Gribble
If you’d like to know more about James Gribble and his story, I’d recommend this video “A Grain of Wheat” by my friend Dave Guiles who masterfully tells the story.
Who was St. Patrick? An informative overview video by @RosePublishing
The Power of Introverts – TED Talk by Susan Cain
Why should we be Passionate about Reaching the Nations? Video with Matt Carter Part 4
The Church that Multiplies – Video by Neil Cole
Build Your Kingdom Here
My friend and co-laborer for Jesus shared this little ditty in his recent newsletter that was worth sharing:
| Build Your Kingdom Here
Join me in this prayer for our nation from the lyrics of Rend Collective Experiment:
“Build Your Kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your Church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your Kingdom here We pray” ~Rend Collective Experiment~
Don’t give up on America. She is beautiful. The Church in her borders loves her. Let us rise up and proclaim blessings over our land regardless of economy, politics, and the sin that pervades our culture. We are culture changers because Jesus Christ dwells in us!
Joy, Joseph Cartwright Original Email Posted Online Here |
I wasn’t familar with Rend Collective Experiment, but I actually found their video for the song quoted above…
C.S. Lewis – On God and Time [Audio – In His Own Voice]
Listen to a Rare BBC recording of C.S. Lewis discussing God and time >>
Later, these teachings would be gathered into the important book Mere Christianity.
Why should we be Passionate about Reaching the Nations? Part 2 Video with Matt Carter
Can we make disciples like Jesus modeled? video by Erik Fish
Catalytic leader of the Student Church movement, Erik Fish shares about making disciples at Cornerstone Community Church in Kansas City, KS. Erik challenges us with the question “Can we do what Jesus modeled for us today?”
© 2012 Cornerstone Community Church and Erik Fish – posted originally HERE
Erik & Jen Fish have a passion to be on mission with Jesus – as a family. They help catalyze Student Church Movements –see how student church planters are bringing the gospel to universities and the nations at http://studentchurch.org
More at http://ErikFish.com or on Twitter @FishErik
See also the articles:
Dumb Mistakes I Made Growing Movements by Erik Fish
Matches and Movements: What Kind of Revival Do We Want? Erik Fish
Challenge from General William Booth
General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, presents some penetrating questions and challenges in this two and a half minute clip.
See also, You’re Going Too Fast by General William Booth
Insightful Videos from Neil Cole
Our bro, Neil Cole was at the Newforms National Conference in April and they captured some video…these clips are short (3-5 minutes) and pithy!
Teaching from our Mentor George Patterson
Thanks for capturing this session Southeastern Baptist Seminary!
George Patterson planted churches in Central America for over twenty years. In this session he talks about his philosophy of equipping. This was filmed in the Center for Great Commission Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Our Role & God’s Role in Disciple Making by Gavin Duerson
Can you cause a person to grow spiritually? When it comes to disciple making, what is our responsibility? At a Greenhouse Training event hosted by CMA Resources, we examined the following text from Mark 4:
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
From the text, we see that a farmer can cultivate the ground and plant seeds, and even put the sickle to the plant once mature, but can do nothing to cause a seed to grow! In simple/organic church planting, the church planter (or disciplemaker) cultivates and plants, but realized that Kingdom growth is God’s work.
When we plant good seed in good soil, growth and multiplication naturally happen as they receive rain and sunlight. This is true of plants and it’s true of the Kingdom as well. The only thing that can stop this natural process is failure to sow good seed generously on good soil or farming in such as way to impede the natural process that God has in place.
At the Greenhouse training, the leaders made the following comparison between an organic/simple church approach and a traditional church approach to sowing, growing, and harvesting.
| Cultivating | Sowing | Growing | Tending | Harvesting | |
| Institutional Approach | Passive | Passive | Active | Active | Passive |
| Organic Approach | Active | Active | Passive | Passive | Active |
Do you agree that the traditional church focuses most of its energies on growing and tending the garden (flock) while being passive with regards to sowing and harvesting? What would it look like for you to cultivate and sow good seed more generously? What does it mean for us to be actively involved in the harvesting—putting a sickle to the “ripe plant?”
Enjoy this great video that was at the greenhouse training event to illustrate the teaching on the Kingdom.
6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. – 1 Corinthians 3:6
To learn more about attending a Greenhouse Training event visit www.cmaresources.org/greenhouse
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Originally posted on Kentucky Simple Church Alliance – here
New Videos Posted @CMAResources
Some new videos have been posted on the CMA Resources website…Check ’em out:
Selecting & Making Disciples – Neil Cole
Sharing his story & about CMA – Mike Jentes for the Grace Brethren
Explanation of Person of Peace – Steve Addison
Modern Example of Person of Peace – Steve Addison
Movements that Change the World – Steve Addison
Consumers or Disciples? – Alan Hirsch
Following Jesus – Francis Chan
Sowing the Gospel – Romanian translation Greenhouse Story 1 Training – Neil Cole