I had the opportunity to address a gathering of people at the Kauffman Center a few years back who were all involved in Social Entrepreneurship programs at various Colleges and Universities across the country. We were involved in a [...]
Two years ago, one of our Kansas City superintendents addressed a community gathering by saying, “Kasserian Ingera?” He explained that this is the greeting of the Masai community in Kenya. He explained that when one Masai greets another they ask, [...]
With so much being said today about millennials and the role they will play in the very near future of the church I was delighted to run across one of the most reasoned and well-written articles I've read in [...]
After nearly two decades of service to our neighbors in need, I’ve learned an important lesson: People struggling in poverty need hope. And few things offer more hope than a job. As Christians, we must never lose sight of [...]
SATtalks is a conference of like-minded people focused distinctly on church missions and even more particularly on the issue of sustainable solutions through church missions. There are many conferences, workshops and movements within the church to address Christianity and culture, [...]
Getting Better at Doing Good | There’s a lot being written and said these days about the effectiveness of charitable work. The wonderful and provocative 90-minute documentary by PovertyCure called, “Poverty, Inc.” makes a compelling case that fighting poverty has [...]
Only One Day Late | We needed buns for family game night so I was off to the store. Window’s down, radio’s on and Luke Bryan is singing the words, “I believe most people are good and most mamas oughta [...]
Millennials and Missions - Not Your Traditional Approach | Part 1... Justin Carney grew up on a small farm in southern Missouri. In his early 20’s a missionary came to his church and talked about unreached people groups, gave [...]
Coffee, beer, brussel sprouts; those are things that I now love but for which I had to acquire a taste. There are many things over the course of one’s life for which they acquire a taste and come to love. [...]
Historically, church missions have been about mobilizing money and people toward relief and betterment efforts that provided urgent comfort, care and stability for those in crisis. However, those efforts alone do little to solve core social problems in lasting, [...]
