Sacrificial Leadership Effective leadership starts with sacrifice. In Romans 12, Paul writes about offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. Paul says it clearly in Romans 12:1, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be [...]
It's Not Culture Versus The Bible... Culture might tell you that you need a certain degree in order to be a missionary or be a certified pastor, but the Bible does not. The Bible tells you point-blank what you need to do in order to be a missionary or a pastor. Make disciples. That’s in [...]
Helping The Ones That Stay Past Our Time Here When I think of how we, as foreigners, can help Haiti, many answers come to mind. Firstly, I begin to brainstorm all the ways we can help the country that is known as the ‘poorest in the western hemisphere’. Well, maybe we can build then. Hand [...]
Invest In An Experience Trip I know it would be really easy to just simply tell you the cost, financially to go on an experience trip, but it is more than a financial commitment... it’s an investment. The investment you will make to obey what God has asked of us in Matthew 28: 19-20 to [...]
Catchy Titles Trending Trendy titles and blogs pop up on social media for me saying things like “What Young Leaders Need to Know” and “Where To Find Tomorrow’s Church Planters”. Tweets on leaders being learners all over the likes and retweets of those that I follow and Catalyst conference continues to put out great content [...]
As a Pastor I longed for a healthy process to see Joe Pagan turn into Holy Joe. All of us are committed to the biblical mandate to make disciples, but I have found few that are willing to develop a system to get people to make the necessary commitments to get where they desire. There [...]
Haiti I have lived in Cabaret, Haiti with Breathe Partners for about three years. I have fallen in love with a language that, years ago, use to sound like static to my ears. I have learned a plethora of similarities and differences of the Haitian culture that never fails to amaze me. Three years is [...]
This is a series based off of things we teach Compassion Corp Intensive Training (CIT) students. We think this is good enough for anyone to learn, so thought the blog would be a great resource to share! If anyone is interested in diving deeper than a week or knows a student that would thrive learning [...]
