I was in Richmond at the location where Patrick Henry made his famous speech… Why is it okay to say “Give me Liberty, or give me death,” but not “give me Japan or I die!”
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Walmart “Store Planting Movement”
Our goal is not just “church planting,” but a “Church Planting Movement.”
As we look at this video of Walmart’s
- Establishment and DNA formation
- Slow initial extension into other areas; then
- Rapid multiplication throughout all of America,
What Kingdom thoughts are stimulated by this?
1. As Christ promised, the Church of Jesus Christ [...]
A visitor from the States told about a recent experience in his household when his family could only use two of their four bathrooms because of plumbing problems. We did not show too much sympathy. At the time nine of us lived in a house with one bathroom. In fact, his story made [...]
“I am feeling more and more that it is, after all, just the prayers of God’s people that call down blessing upon the work, whether they are directly engaged in it or not. Paul may plant and Apollos water, but it is God who gives the increase; and this increase can be brought down [...]
The Facilitation Missions Model:
What are the concerns, and does it fit every situation?
There is a growing emphasis in missions to “facilitate” evangelism and church planting by indigenous workers in their people groups, and to do less direct ministry and church planting by missionaries. The logic seems reasonable. The indigenous workers already know their [...]
Dan Iverson is a church planting pastor and mission team leader in Tokyo/Chiba, Japan with Mission to the World (PCA). Dan and his wife Carol have 9 children and 11 grandchildren (at this update). Dan also serves as the MTW Japan Director. The Iversons have served in Japan since 1986.