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Launching a Book — The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
Although I've written a couple of books and contributed to others, this book was unexpectedly special AND challenging! For the past three months, leading into our church's incredible 9/11 weekend in New York City (you can watch the replay here), I worked on this book...
Good Deeds, Good News: The Gospel Follows the Water
Former United Nations Secretary, General Kofi Annan has said, “Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and, therefore, a basic human right. Contaminated water jeopardizes both the physical and social health of all people.” Most of us know this, but what...
From the front lines… Ukraine
As Ukraine withstands the onslaught of the Russian war machine, Pastor Tom Jackson and I speak with pastors on the front lines of this humanitarian and spiritual crisis. Planted out of King's Park International Church, these churches are ministering to the waves of...
How Do You Take a Bite out of the Big Apple with Pastor Sam Douglass
The answer is, one bite (house church, coffee shop gathering, neighborhood, apartment) at a time! Our strategic training for starting gospel movements among "house" and micro churches in NYC is unlike any other. With this training and methodology, you don't need...
He was killed for being a Christian…his name is Nitish
Every so often I receive a detailed story about a Christian leader who was martyred. It’s a sad part of my work, and it is never easy knowing that those killed worked with my friends. I recall the video I received of an evangelist who was bludgeoned to death with ‘two...
Celebrating a Hero: What about Bob?
ABC News Live journalist, Bob Woodruff, recently interviewed a Kazark (Uyghur) survivor from a “Reeducation Camp” in China. According to reports and eye-witnesses, these camps are similar to Concentration Camps with inhumane brutality, enslavement, and violence. As...
Reflecting on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and my Brief Theology on Race and Racism
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said in April of 1960 - “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hour, in Christian...
A Biblical Conscience in the Voting Booth: Two D.C. Pastors Show Us How
It was my honor to host this brief interview with two extraordinary Christian leaders in the Washington D.C. region. Brett Fuller and Donnell Jones are Lead Pastors of significant and diverse congregations. I believe you'll find their deep insights on having a...
The Plight of the Uyghurs, Part 2
On the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, I invited several Christian leaders to speak about persecution through personal testimonies, professional reports and observations. These stories highlighted abuse and triumph. On my previous blog, you can...
The Plight of the Uyghurs and Persecuted Church Sunday
According to Open Doors International, there are 245 million Christian believers worldwide who are persecuted for their faith in Christ. In the past year alone, more than 4,000 Christians have been murdered and 3,150 believers were detained (without trial), arrested,...
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