In his book, To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City,[1] author Mark Gornik challenges the reader to “consider the promise and possibility of God’s peace for the changing of the American inner city” (p. 1). Drawing from multiple disciplines, Gornik sets out to answer three basic questions: how we are to […]
In his book, A Theology as Big as the City,[1] the author Ray Bakke challenges the reader to think theologically about cities. Spanning 25 brief chapters, Bakke tells stories from his 40-years of inner-city ministry experience as well as from cities in the Bible. We are facing challenges as never seen before: in numbers (50% of […]
By Graham Chipps We were sitting together around the table. Good coffee, of course. Old friends, good friends, telling the life-stories since last we’d been face-to-face. We were all pastors of international churches. All the stories were hard to tell. I was listening with ears very much attuned to loss. My mother had died a […]
By MICN Co-Founder Dr. Keith E Webb Do you have the leadership skills you need to solve problems, reach goals, and develop others? The COACH Model™ is a radically different approach to leading people. Rather than provide answers, leaders ask questions to draw out what God has already put into others. Learn how to create […]
By Brad Hillman, Pastor of the Al Ain Evangelical Church in UAE In recent years, reality TV show Deadliest Catch has popularized one of the most dangerous professions in the world—crab fishing in Alaska. If not for the tempestuous and violent Bering Sea, the profession would make for quite a dull reality show, but in every […]
by Cameron Arensen, Pastor of the Evangelical Community Church of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I have been reading recently in the Book of Joshua and came across an intriguing and rather cryptic incident at the end of chapter 5. Joshua was doing his own personal scouting mission near the city of Jericho when a man […]
By Karin Thorne I remember when we first arrived in Malaysia, nearly three years ago. We left a wintry Canadian temperature of -30 Celsius and arrived to a temperature of +30 Celsius. That was a shocking change in the matter of 30 hours! Even before we left our home country, though, we were already in […]
I am pleased to announce the publication of Singing the Lord’s Songs in a Foreign land; Biblical Reflections for Expatriates, a book designed to assist and encourage people who live overseas. Up to five million Americans live abroad–and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Expats include: Students, educators, missionaries, Diplomats, peace corps volunteers, members […]
Restoration in the Enduring Presence of Christ By Graham Chipps. It was hot. My grandson was around four at the time and keen to work with Grandpa; keen to help. For him, the nature of the work didn’t matter so much. This work was about relationship not productivity. But for Grandpa, there were things to […]
Our MICN soul care guy, Michael Cusick, and his wife Julianne were interviewed last August by a film crew from CBN for the 700 club. The piece just aired on the show last Tuesday and can be viewed at the CBN website. Please Join Hulianne and Michael in praying that the father uses their story […]