The biblical example of church leadership in any context reveals the necessity of the Holy Spirit, character, and practical training.

by Jessica Scott - #NPLOKC Church Planting Resident After a semester of church planting residency, cross cultural engagement in my own city, and harvest time here are a few thoughts about what God taught me about himself and His mission... Immediately before ascending to Heaven, Jesus commissioned His disciples to be His witnesses in all the world through the power of the Holy Spirit Who would come upon them. (Acts 1:8)  The Church has since been held responsible for this sam

by Jessica Scott - #NPLOKC Church Planting Resident One conversation with a neighbor turned into an interesting cultural experience.  My neighbor is originally from China, and since I spent a semester in China, my mom felt compelled to initiate a conversation with her, during which she called me to join.  The next time I was able to see her, she invited me to a gathering at her friend’s house that Sunday, saying that they would be talking about their religions. I eagerly agr

By Ben #NoPlaceLeftOKC Church Planting Resident When I started the No Place Left residency over a month ago, I was filled with pride. Luckily, I am super humble now… just kidding. The first time I tried to go prayer walking, I ran into one person; they said something to me, and I said something back. Then I just kept walking. No mention of prayer or Jesus. I spent the rest of my walk confessing fear, feeling terrible and ashamed. A few days later, my mentor sent me the Desiri

by Jessica Scott #NoPlaceLeftOKC Church Planting Resident Hudson Taylor has long been an inspiration to many, although the impact he would have went unnoticed by his contemporaries.  The extreme faith which he exercised, his fervent prayer life, and his innovative approach to cross-cultural work laid the foundation for much of the work to come within the world of missions.  Nevertheless, this missionary’s story reveals the humbling truth that God alone accomplishes His missio

By Ben - #NoPlaceLeftOKC Church Planting Resident You may have read the works of others who have impressive resumes: theologians, seminarians, doctors of disciple-making, church-planting-movement-catalysts, or the pioneer missionaries of old. But I’ve got a different kind of skillset: 29 years of being afraid of new social situations. I don’t mean that meek little nervousness you get at your first middle-school dance—I’m talking gasping-for-air kind of fear. This is the kind

By Dave Miller Timothy Tennent pointed out a mega trend in world missions, ‘The Collapse of the "West-Reaches-the-Rest" Paradigm’’ In his work Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-first Century he wrote, “Western Christians have been slow to grasp the full missiological implications of the simultaneous emergence of a post-Christian West and a post-Western Western Christianity.” Simply put, white western people are no longer the majority sender

By Dave Miller Great Commission Cooperation Series Introduction If we want to see #NoPlaceLeft, it will take all of God’s church new and old, together. However, we must be realistic about unity. Over the next few weeks we will share some thoughts on how we are trying to navigate the terrain from our team in #NoPlaceLeftOKC. We are striving to cooperate in mission as much as possible, while also not asking each other to compromise on deeply held biblical convictions that diffe

By Dave Miller Every disciple we have the opportunity to train and teach will come with a theology, whether an existing believer, newly passionate about God’s mission, or a brand new believer with little to no church background. In the American context, understanding of the Bible and church may be little or much. One thing you can be sure of, they will all have an opinion. Even more so when the kingdom work begins intersecting multiple denominations and faith traditions. So h