What does the word “apostolic” really mean? What are we trying to say when we use it?If you have been around ministry long enough, you have probably heard it used as a way to exert authority over others.But just because it has sometimes been wrongly used does not mean...
Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or read a book, and it won’t take long to encounter someone’s opinion on what Christian leadership should look like. Whether people know the Bible or not, most individuals have a clear view—whether correct or incorrect—of...
Throughout church history, we have seen contractions (the church grows smaller whether through persecution, cultural pressures, geographical shifts, etc.) followed by expansions (the church grows larger, usually to a much greater size than before the contraction).To...
When Deborah and I started vocational ministry in the early 1980s, we didn’t know much and we had almost no training, but we were taught how to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). My generation of church planters and campus missionaries generally...
In the last few years, it seems like the world has experienced a deepening polarization in politics. In the two countries where I spend the majority of my time—the Philippines and the US—recent elections have been increasingly controversial, dividing people into...
If you have been around Every Nation for even a short amount of time, you have heard us repeatedly quote Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” Being a global family of churches called “Every Nation,” this verse is obviously a core rallying...
