J.D. Payne serves as a professor of Christian Ministry at Samford University. Prior to this, he was the pastor for church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. Before that, he served with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and as an Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also directed the Center for North American Missions and Church Planting.
Positive changes and opportunities that have come about during the 2020 pandemic in Asia.
Pastors Michael Wright and William Beasley recount how two Chicago-area churches, with diverse populations, came together to unite their congregations as they seek to reach others for the Great Commission.
During the 2020 Global Forum, GACX President Bekele Shanko describes how the God-size vision of planting a new, reproducing church for every 1,000 people on the planet came about.
This panel from the 2020 Global Forum describes the different uses of data as pivotal catalysts within strategies for reaching the world for Christ.
“We thank God for COVID-19,” says Nate Vander Stelt, executive vice president of GACX, “because it has caused GACX to think differently and act differently.”
Many years ago I traveled to universities around the country with an evangelistic multi-media show.
The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent developments are having a rapid, transformative impact around the world. Changes must be made how we understand the church, ministry, and missions.
This webinar explores both the Biblical model, core concepts, and practical steps for effectively developing local leaders as Kingdom entrepreneurs.
Is your ministry impact as significant as you think? Accurate field data is an essential ingredient for strategic planning and outcome evaluation.
The world has long known of the tragedy of South Sudan, yet has largely overlooked the conflict in the Nuba Mountains, an area just north of South Sudan and inhabited by dozens of unreached people groups.
Many of us have heard of the acronym “BAM” — Business As Mission.
Ready to join a global initiative to reach 1 billion people with the message of the Gospel in May 2020?
How can the church be positioned to grow on the other side of the COVID-19 crisis?
Reading the news and hearing from many ministry leaders how COVID-19 is reshaping the world, two words keep coming to mind: “Unexpected opportunities.”
Brother V is the Founder of a ministry in South Asia that began over 25 years ago with 60 Christian youth. Today, using a very good discipleship five-module training, they now discipling 10,000 youth each year.