The New Face of Missions

“The future is already here–it’s just not evenly distributed.” -Author William Gibsoni Here is an article that is worth reading if you are a Beyond Borders thinker like myself.  Eric Swanson, of Leadership Network (and outstanding para-church thinking, equipping and catalyst organization) had this article in their recent Network Advance. It is a great help for...

Haiti on our hearts

It has taken me some time to write this blog regarding Haiti’s recent earthquake.  I have been in a state of shock.  I think I kept hoping they would find massive number of people under pockets of concrete surviving.  I been amazed by the stories and have hurt for the losses that keep compounding.  I want my words to be brief, but my actions and love to be loud (1 John 3:17-18) . ...

Top 10 World Watch List

Persecution is real and is a daily reality that many followers of Christ face.  There are believers around the world that suffer from for their faith.  Some suffer to the point of death.  I recently spoke with a Muslim man in West Africa who was considering coming to faith in Christ, but he had reached the threshold that he was counting the cost.  The cost to him meant being disowned by...

Gibson Graduates

If I didn’t know any better, you would think that I orchestrated the events to coincide.   I couldn’t have put the events together had I tried. I am simply not smart enough.  The story goes (and I am sticking to it) that I was coming to Zambia to look for Memory.  I sent word ahead of my coming to every worker and national church planter I had worked with and had their contact info.  I...

Hope in Action…is a statement of Hope from GPC

I went home Sunday afternoon exhausted, yet I didn’t speak in one of our gatherings Sunday morning.   Why the fatigue? I believe it is from a number of sources.   I had an emotional build up over the span of two days.  Exciting work from the community service on Saturday, to the commissioning of our first church planting family from GPC, to sending out a team...