Tactician – field savvy (more lessons from the Platoon Leader’s Manual) The church starter becomes a tactician in understanding the environment (culture) of his mission. In mission strategy, we learned there are three strategies for mission outreach.1 The...
In the World War II movie “Merrill’s Marauders”, one the platoon leaders, a young lieutenant, likes for his men to call him by his first name and openly wants to be everyone’s friend. The platoon sergeant, a seasoned combat veteran, keeps reminding the lieutenant...
Before I was sent by our country’s U.S. Army to a little country in Southeast Asia in 1970, I was offered a 2-week course called “Platoon Leader”. From this course I recently rediscovered my “Platoon Leader’s Manual”. Inside the manual, I again went over the...
Working across Church Cultures for Church Planting Objectives Romans 15:5-7 5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God...
Although Jonah never really enjoyed his mission, he could never get away from who he was. When asked by the sailors in the boat in the storm, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from?...
