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Practicing “Close” Communion
Is your Southern Baptist church in alignment with the Baptist Faith & Message 2000? Baptism preceding membership and the Lord’s Supper...
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When Churches Close
Two churches have closed in the past six months in the Cincinnati Area. They provide an opportunity to learn, even in churches that are...
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Jun 30


Seven ways that Churches Benefit from Orality Principles
Orality is one of the most highly reproducible methods for bringing spiritual transformation for a church. Proven methods that I picked...
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Jun 23


Leading Volunteers
Church-related work is mainly done through people who want to invest their time and talents to meet a need through your local church....
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Jun 16


Your Ministry Career as a Race
During high school, I lettered two years in track. I did the pole vault, high jump, and ran 880 yards, which was twice around the track....
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Jun 9


Goals That Prioritize Your Life
Could your life be summarized in a sentence? King David was a valiant warrior and godly king, but this one verse provides a terse, but...
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Jun 2


David vs. Goliath
In Malcolm Gladwell’s management book, David & Goliath, the villain was depicted as a tank and the hero was like a jet. Goliath was...
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May 26


Were you discipled?
When my daughter was baptized at the age of seven, a lady in our church turned to my wife and me and asked, “Now, how will you disciple...
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May 19


A Weaponized Faith
After 9/11, I agreed with leaders across the evangelical world to avoid military language so that Islamists would not view followers of...
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May 12


Updates from Around the Missions World
It was a pleasure to be a presenter at the Evangelical Missiological Society's Annual Conference last year. Here are 10 of my take-aways...
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May 5
What are you really after?
After a training session that I led in Texas, a local missionary confided in me, “Mark, I’ve been telling Bible stories with one refugee...
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Apr 28
Evangelism that is Reproducible and Sustainable
Many learn Bible Storying in order to use the technique on mission trips. What they learn in the States should be used to accelerate...
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Apr 21
CABA’s Benefits to Church Planters
The Cincinnati Area Baptist Association (CABA) invests in church planters through services that would benefit them rather than fund them....
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Apr 14
Experiencing Joy
Experiences bring more joy than things you own. Family vacations, mission trips, Christian concerts, and, yes, lively discussions in a...
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Apr 7


Leading for Real Change
Church leaders, especially pastors, connect with me all the time asking how to bring change without (a) getting them fired and (b) to...
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Mar 31


Requirements for a Revolution, part two of two
Here are the last five requirements to start a disciple-making revolution in your church. #6: Empower Leaders: Revolutions bring out the...
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Mar 24


How to Start a Disciple-making Revolution – Part 1 of 2
Changing yourself is one thing. Changing the culture of a people is something else. Yet, change is possible. Just think it – we’re...
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Mar 17


Helping Pastor Search Teams
If a Pastor Search Team does not have a plan, then they typically focus on the preaching aspect. Is he a good pulpiteer? Can he bring it?...
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Mar 10


Discipling in Missions
At last year’s annual state baptist convention meeting, Sandy Wisdom-Martin, the WMU executive director, came up to me and said that I...
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Mar 3


Why do you stop at a stop sign?
When I was learning to drive, my Dad asked me, “Why do you stop at a stop sign?” When I said, “Because it’s the law,” he agreed, but said...
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Feb 24
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