World Missions & Evangelism, Inc.

Obedience based discipleship is fundamental to all church planting movements. Jesus told us to "teach them to obey all things I have commanded you" in the great commission. George Patterson, who may be considered the "granddad" of the church planting movement trend that has exploded in the last 20 years, wrote about this in his article in the Perspectives reader. Writing about "The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches" he identified teaching obedience as one of 4 strategies that missionaries should employ in attempting to see a spontaneous movement. And in that category, he identified 7 New Testament basic commands. Those 7 are (1)Repent and Believe, (2) Be baptized and continue in the new life it initiates, (3) Love God and neighbor in a practical way, (4) Celebrate the Lord's Supper, (5) Pray, (6) Give, and (7) Disciple others. Patterson is a pioneer in this kind of thinking in our day and I am in complete agreement with him. But as I w

The Honduras project has just entered its 4 th year. The team entered the first villages to begin looking for persons of peace on July 23, 2008. Today, through both the direct and catalyzed wings of the project, there are over 60 churches and another approximately 160 locations where discovery Bible studies are happening. Somewhere around 4000 people are being impacted we think. The warfare has been intense, souls have come to Christ, leaders are being mentored, at least 5 persons connected to the overall work have been killed violently (3 murdered, 2 in a crossfire with police and drug dealers), there was an earthquake that did much damage , flooding that devastated the country, a government overthrow and 5 months on the brink of civil war, and the Kingdom of God is advancing. In the process I have learned some things....or learned some things I already knew much better. 1. God answers prayer. I recently found a copy of the original strategic plan that Randy Travis, our strate

Philippians 4:6 is one of my favorite Scripture verses. God's word says: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. That is an amazing verse. I have thought a lot about this and tried to practice it, and claimed the promise in the next verse, but I don't think I have ever come close to plumbing the depths of this. I am still learning so much about prayer, and I thank God for every prayer He has answered. But I think there is something basic and yet profound about this word. Here are some thoughts on this passage. 1. Don't worry about anything, but rather pray about everything. 2. Handle everything with prayer. 3. Your prayer has 3 parts: Prayer (addressing needs to God), Supplication (earnest pleading from a great sense of need and/or want), Thanksgiving (telling God thanks for what He has done, and even what we expect Him to do). 4. Prayer is not a formula, learned from religion....it is Yo