Articles for tag: Christian Missionary Fellowship

November 18, 2010

Let”s Get Busy!

ByÂ Doug Priest When I was in college, my grandparents moved from their small farm into the Senior Estates in nearby Woodburn, Oregon. You had to be 55 or older to live in Senior Estates. Back then, I thought 55 was getting along in years. Time flies, and I could have moved into those same Senior Estates some years ago. And I, like a growing corps of involved “seniors,” am fully involved in missions ministry. When we reflect on what”s happening in missions today, we can see how and why their number should increase. Several missions trends have implications for Christians

November 18, 2010

Christian Standard

Mission & Evangelism

These Seniors Served Overseas

By Doug Priest A few years ago men from Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, California, made a two-week trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to work with Joni and Nangsar Morse at their rural training center called Eden Center. People from near and far go there for periodic training and to work on its rice farm. A dormitory was needed where people could stay when they came to Thailand from Burma, Tibet, and China, so the Men on a Mission group, as they were called, worked with the Morses to determine the materials needed for such a project. The items were

October 30, 2010

Jennifer Taylor

Organizations & Events Ministries & Nonprofits

Container Transformed into Command Center

FAME is using a Kenya-bound shipping container for a 40-day social media challenge to raise funds for medical mission projects around the world.

October 28, 2010

Christian Standard

Organizations & Events Colleges & Seminaries

Jeanes to Retire as President of Milligan College

Donald R. Jeanes will retire as Milligan College’s 14th president in July 2011 after 14 years of service and continue supporting the college as chancellor.

October 16, 2010

Jennifer Taylor

Church & Ministry Church Planting

A Day for Church Planting

Churches marked 10-10-10 with invitations, offerings, and new church plants, as the Exponential Conference’s 10-10-10 Initiative and Stadia encouraged prayer, support, and action.

April 28, 2010

Mark A. Taylor

Stewardship & Generosity

Pondering the Demands on My Abundance

After visiting Nairobi’s slums with Christian Missionary Fellowship, Mark A. Taylor reflects on privilege, abundance, and Jesus’ call to greater responsibility.

November 29, 2009

Greg Pruett

Mission & Evangelism

The Burning Need

Greg Pruett calls Christians to see the world’s urgent spiritual and physical needs and join the mission through prayer, giving, sending, or going.

November 1, 2009

Christian Standard

Reviews

My ‘Must-Read’ Books

Christian Standard contributing editors and ministry leaders share must-read books that have shaped their worship, leadership, spiritual formation, ministry, missions, and personal reading.

September 20, 2009

Doug Priest

Theology & Bible Creation

Care for the Earth Is Bringing Good News to the Poor

Doug Priest connects creation care with Christian mission, arguing that caring for the earth is a matter of stewardship, justice, and love for neighbors harmed by environmental degradation.

June 14, 2009

LeRoy Lawson

Reviews Book Reviews

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Learning to Communicate, Examining History

LeRoy Lawson reviews two books that challenge assumptions: Temple Grandin’s insights on autism and animal behavior, and Garry Wills’s history of Christianity in America.

April 15, 2009

LeRoy Lawson

Restoration Movement History

Christian churches and churches of Christ

Preview/Order What Kind of Church Is This?

LeRoy Lawson explains the Restoration Movement’s call to Christian unity, tracing its roots through Barton W. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, and the desire to be “Christians only.”

April 5, 2009

Doug Priest

Mission & Evangelism

Balancing Word and Deed

Doug Priest explores how the church can hold evangelism and social action together, arguing that faithful mission includes both word and deed with evangelism as the ultimate aim.

January 28, 2009

Brad Dupray

Mission & Evangelism

Interview with Doug Priest

Doug Priest discusses the National Missionary Convention, short-term missions, mission organizations, and how churches can join God’s work around the world.

January 4, 2009

Doug Priest

Mission & Evangelism

Life for the Average Christian

Doug Priest reflects on the changing face of global Christianity and argues that mission includes evangelism, justice, environmental stewardship, and care for the poor.

October 8, 2008

Brad Dupray

Church & Ministry Church Planting

Interview with Jim Penhollow

Jim Penhollow discusses church planting momentum, people resources, East 91st Street Christian Church’s multiplication efforts, and the need to focus on underchurched regions.

September 14, 2008

LeRoy Lawson

Reviews Book Reviews

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Five by Oliver Sacks, MD

LeRoy Lawson reflects on Oliver Sacks’s books, especially Musicophilia, and considers how music, the brain, suffering, communication, and worship intersect in deeply human ways.

July 13, 2008

Pat Magness

Restoration Movement History

Restoration Movement Q&A 4

Pat Magness reflects on her deepening commitment to the Restoration Movement, emphasizing local congregations, Christian unity, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and a Christ-centered faith.

July 6, 2008

Staff

Mission & Evangelism

Hope Partnership: A Way to Get Involved in HIV/AIDS Ministry

Christian Missionary Fellowship and FAME are partnering through the Hope Partnership to serve vulnerable children and families in Nairobi with education, health care, evangelism, and clean water initiatives.

July 6, 2008

Tom Moen

Mission & Evangelism

Learning to Share Hope

Tom Moen shares how Mountain Christian Church partnered with Christian Missionary Fellowship to serve families in Kenya and help a congregation respond to global need with head, heart, and hands.

July 6, 2008

Judy Fish

Mission & Evangelism

The Human Side of HIV/AIDS

Judy Fish looks beyond HIV/AIDS statistics to the human suffering, stigma, poverty, and cultural pressures affecting families in Sub-Saharan Africa—and calls the church to respond with action and truth.

Let”s Get Busy!

These Seniors Served Overseas

Jeanes to Retire as President of Milligan College

A Day for Church Planting

The Burning Need

My ‘Must-Read’ Books

Care for the Earth Is Bringing Good News to the Poor

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Learning to Communicate, Examining History

Preview/Order What Kind of Church Is This?

Interview with Doug Priest

Life for the Average Christian

Interview with Jim Penhollow

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Five by Oliver Sacks, MD

Restoration Movement Q&A 4

Hope Partnership: A Way to Get Involved in HIV/AIDS Ministry

Learning to Share Hope

The Human Side of HIV/AIDS

The Wedding to Come

Preparing for the Day of Death

Everything Happens for a Reason

The Wedding to Come

Preparing for the Day of Death

Everything Happens for a Reason

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