When we were preparing to come to Tanzania, we said we’d do 10 years, and we purposely put a time limit on it. We are not ‘career missionaries’: our goal has been to build up Tanzanian believers and movements, such that our input is no longer needed. In the development sector […]
At St Andrew’s Hall, the learning centre for CMS Australia, our friends have just launched a six-part video course called Mission Mindset. The course outline begins, Rather than seeing ‘mission’ as something ‘special’ Christians do, the church is increasingly communicating that Jesus sends us out to continue his work and […]
We’re coming up to 18 months here in Tanzania which is giving us cause for reflection on some of the preparation we did before leaving Australia. We can’t recommend CMS’ 5 month training course highly enough and there were some general things we were glad we did at Bible college. […]
This coming week, we have our final interviews with CMS Australia. Technically, this is the chance for either them or us to pull the plug; in reality, it’s more like a great opportunity to affirm our partnership and plan for the future. But hearing that we were having yet ANOTHER […]
The trellis and the vine: the ministry mind-set that changes everything Colin Marshall and Tony Payne (Matthias Media, 2009) This new Australian book picks up on some of the things I explored in Going Parachurch, distinguishing between the organic church and the institutional church. Our true focus must always be […]
Arthur and I have been having an ongoing conversation with someone at our church about training others for ministry. We’ve all agreed that we need to raise up others for ministry, but we’ve been discussing whether we need to train them as well. What’s the role of the Holy Spirit? […]
Andrew Reid What is theological education for / what does it do? 1. Tools not answers 2. Brain education — it kickstarts a process of theological thinking with the dedicated study period it provides. 3. A place to form ministry networks — support for future ministry — contact with people […]
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