I serve on the board of a sister organization that has been on the ropes financially. This group pursues our Navigator calling, but does so as a development agency in very challenging contexts where others cannot go.
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Starting and sustaining movements of the Gospel requires 4 contributions: pioneers, local workers, local leaders, and alongsiders. The alongsiders help to sustain the others. My team and I are alongsiders.
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Your prayers played a crucial part. That’s what Paul said to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 1:11, and that¹s what I would like to say to each one who prays for us.
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Matèriaux Ministère is French for ministry materials. Eighty years ago The Navigators was a mono-cultural, monolingual group.
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This week I’ve been chewing on letters from two friends in difficult circumstances. One is dealing with harsh criticism and rejection from friends he is trying to serve. Another is dealing with harsh opposition from others outside of his work.
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I just got off the phone with Ralph and Tim, two Navigator missionaries from the UK who will be going into an Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia this weekend. I told them that what they are doing is a model of Navigators at their best.
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There are hard places in the harvest. There are places where hard ground is being plowed. There are places where the ground is fertile but dangerous, where Gospel workers risk their lives every day.
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Apparently, according to Matthew 17:21, there are some things that generally don’t happen except by serious prayer and fasting. Several members of my family have become quite serious about the spiritual discipline of fasting. This has been a strong pattern among the people of God down through the ages.
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There’s nothing like friendships that are deep and lasting, especially friendships with those who are working with us for the progress of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul felt that.
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Today I have a number of things to do that seem both urgent and important. But I sense that mobilizing prayer is more urgent and important than anything else on my plate. So, I am writing to you.
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Business leaders know that it’s hard to make money. It’s even harder to make money and make disciples. It’s exponentially harder to add making a difference in the community.
The other night I walked out of my office and Renee took one look at my face and said: What happened to you? What had happened was that I had watched a video that moved me deeply: From Heartbreak to Heaven.
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