With her missional community, Jordan uses her two days off each week to live on mission and serve the Capital Area Food Bank, because she knows that time is the Lord’s, not her own.
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Recently, though, Noah has felt a tug to uproot from Austin and his tight network here to follow Jesus to his new home, in a nation thousands of miles away where he knows almost no one - except the Lord.
Libya is home to nearly 6.2 million people and approximately 28 unreached people groups. Last year a team of cross cultural workers began to pray that God would raise up others to go to these unreached people groups in the nation of Libya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1bVN6eseKY
John Piper discusses why the church should focus on reaching the unreached.
Matthew 24:14 says, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole wor... More...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscFr7YdR00
In Matthew 28:19 Jesus says, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." John Piper d... More...
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Like many Austinites, Denny and Janie enjoy sports, movies, Fruity Fro-Yo and Chuy’s Creamy Jalapeno. Both are quick to point out that they are not superh... More...
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John Piper shares when he saw the local people in his congregation who were passionate about the neighborhoods, the homeless, abortion, drugs and other local issues... More...
1. DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO "GET IT"
This is where leaders get hung up a lot: they read a book (like Total Church), go to a conference (like Verge), develop a man crush on a leader (like Jeff Vanderstelt), ... More...
When Paul is urging the church to imitate him, he's saying yes there is lots of great information you can get out there, but you need a father. You need to stand at my shoulder, because you can't be what you can't see.
What if we took the words of Jesus seriously, and began to live incarnational lives? This is what Sara has by moving to the South Bronx, one of the poorest neighborhood in the US, to live amongst the people who need to see Jesus.
For all of our compassion, we should be seeing some substantial positive changes in the lives of poor people and communities. The reality is that the poor are poorer.
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One of the ways our communities love and serve their neighborhoods is by restoring things that are broken. This video is a story from Soma co... More...