Movements Everywhere

Reaching Unengaged People Groups Diagrams

Monday, July 27th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

A number of you attending the U.S. Staff Conference have asked for copies of two diagrams I showed during my message Saturday night. They relate to a plan to “finish the task with the 600 million Unengaged Unreached people groups.”

The first diagram contains a group of overlapping circles which illustrate the focus of the plan. That focus is on the “currently very strategic” activities out of all “missions” activities toward helping fulfill the Great Commission. In other words, what are the few activities that can make the most difference.

The second diagram details those “currently very strategic” activities. For example, Scripture translation is crucial in order to have the foundation needed for evangelism and discipleship. Actually “engaging” the people group “by sending people there” is a second key priority.

As I mentioned Saturday night, these are excerpts from a 50+ page document. That document has not been released yet. However, I am very happy for you to have these diagrams for you encouragement. Know that as additional organizations join this massive cooperative effort, some of the details of the plan will change in response to their added input.

(As this is a work in progress, we do not yet have it in other languages.)

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

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U.S. Staff Conference

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Judy and I are here with our daughters Debbie and Michelle, their husbands, Nick and Brad, and our three grandsons. The U.S. Staff Conference starts this week, and we are anticipating that God will do great things. We have loved meeting with students here and staff already. Mrs. Bright is also out here and has been leading a Bible study and enjoying being with our staff family. Please pray for the approximately 4,000 staff who are here or on their way.

Ministry and Marriage

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Judy and I are celebrating our 34th anniversary this week. I am so glad I married my best friend.

We are also hosting our leaders from around the world. We are spending the week with spiritual refreshment and prayer.  Chip Ingram has been with us and teaching from the Word on spiritual warfare.

Please pray for us as we continue to seek the Lord for the best strategies and ministry organization for the future. And do let us know how we can be praying for you.

Call2ALL

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Hello from Hong Kong where I am participating in global conference initiated by Bill Bright in 2004, calling us to partner in the finishing the task of the Great Commission. You can follow the conference live here. Or do a search of all of Bill’s great teaching. Also, Paul Eshleman gave a great presentation about finishing the task. Click here to see for yourself the great vision before us. And do pray for me as I give a keynote address tonight. Here is a similar message to my keynote.

Worldwide Day of Prayer for Prodigals

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

As a result of some family struggles we were enduring 12 years ago, we recognized we needed lots of help. We invited friends we knew around the world to pray with us, people we knew as prayer warriors or as struggling through some of the same issues as we were. On June 2 each year, more joined us. Now for four years we have opened up this day as a Worldwide Day of Prayer for Prodigals. Now we have gathered many resources and ideas for praying for those who love who are far away from or struggling with the Lord.

 Last year, we prayed for hundreds of beloved friends and family members. If you’d like to join this community and Worldwide Day of Prayer for Prodigals on June 2, please email prayerforprodigals@gmail.com to be invited into the community. Since it is a sensitive matter with specifics and names, we do ask that you first be invited. Thank you so much.

The Three Amigos

Friday, May 15th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

I just returned from Barcelona, where I met with our national directors from Western Europe.  As you may know, most of the countries there have not experienced a high response rate to the gospel in recent history.  So it was especially gratifying to believe together that God will change things dramatically. I also deeply enjoyed meeting with “the three amigos”–Javier Garcia, Hans Prius and David Wilson, who give direction to this region of the world. Our hearts resonated with the idea of implementing more “broad sowing evangelism” so that our staff members could best redeem their time meeting with people whom God is drawing to Himself. You may also enjoy reading more about Javier, the Director of Affairs for Western Europe, in the this article from Worldwide Challenge [in English only]. 

New DOA in Eastern Europe

Friday, May 8th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

I was recently a part of the national directors conference for Eastern Europe and Russia.  What a privilege it was to interact with such dedicated and capable people who lead our ministry in some very challenging places.  Pray for them as they and their staff seek to raise higher percentages of their personal support needs.  Many of them have received the training on how to do that, and they are in the process of trusting God for His provision. While I was there I spent several hours interacting with them concerning the direction of our ministry.  It was energizing to think about the wonderful ministry opportunities God has given us to pursue.

I spent the Worldwide Day of Prayer with our staff from Ukraine and Belarus.  At the end of the day, there was a commissioning service for our new national director for Ukraine, Sergey Butenko.  As we laid hands on him and his wife, Dina, and prayed for them my mind flashed back to my own service in Colorado in July 2001.  I know from experience how much a new leader needs God’s anointing.