My Unbelief

Yet again, the gap in our funding for this year takes my breath away. It shouldn’t. God has fully met our needs every year for our last 35 years of making our living by the Gospel.

MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 2, 2019unbelief, Goliath, believe, Pary, Gap

Worthy

Our MENA Regional Leaders will be gathering this Thursday to Monday to wrestle with some sticky issues around major missions issues like what “church” and funding are to look like…

MinistryDavid LyonsOctober 30, 2019MENA, missions, church, funding, networks, harmony

Alongside

We all need encouragement all of our lives, especially those in demanding pioneering situations. So, next week we’ll be with our MENA Regional Leaders for equipping a group of new Arab “mobile alongsiders,” for our ministries in the Middle East and North Africa.

MinistryDavid LyonsOctober 25, 2019alongside, encouragement, pioneering, MENA, equipping

No Scrolls

Jesus was an oral disciple-maker. I’m pretty sure that He and the 12 were not carrying scrolls around Galilee.

MinistryDavid LyonsOctober 3, 2019scrolls, disciple, Lausanne, Orality

And To Us

This weekend we’ll begin meetings with our Regional Directors here in the Middle East to consider how God is leading us coming out of our Pioneering Forum and Global Missions Consultation.

MinistryDavid LyonsSeptember 27, 2019regional directors, middle east, leading, pioneering forum, global missions, unity, trust, readiness

Come Upon

According to Acts 1:8, when the Holy Spirit comes upon His people, they become His witnesses where they are (e.g. Jerusalem & Judea), where they are uncomfortable (e.g. Samaria), and to the ends of the earth.

MinistryDavid LyonsSeptember 23, 2019pioneers, witness, rebuild, forum

Breakthrough

Seventy-one of the 112 countries where we have Navigator ministries are in the pioneering stage, waiting on God to raise up a foundational generation of nationals to take the lead.

MinistryDavid LyonsSeptember 18, 2019Gordian, pioneering, ministries, breakthrough

Gordian Knot

Movements of the Gospel into the major religions often require new forms of faith communities to help new believers to flourish into spiritual generations while they remain among their families and relational networks.

MinistryDavid LyonsSeptember 3, 2019gordian, knot, gospel, faith, Middle East

Eyes On

How often do parents think about their children? Often! Four of our children are moving this month, to new jobs and/or new homes.

MinistryDavid LyonsAugust 27, 2019eyes, children, parents, moving, transition, missionary, instruct, forum

How is Your Faith?

I keep asking my fellow workers, what are you asking God to do that only He can do? I’m checking their faith, as Paul sent Timothy to do in 1 Thessalonians 3:5.

MinistryDavid LyonsAugust 19, 2019faith, strengthen, pioneers, leaders, missionaries