Pressing On

I have been fascinated recently at the increase in attention given to what I have always taken/assumed to be the fundamental purpose of the ministry of the Church ... discipleship. In a recent article I read of five changes that the author believes the Church need to make. From Reaching to Making From Teaching to Modeling (from Leading to being Led) From Attending to Participating From Connecting to Transforming From Attracting to Deploying An article that is worth reflecting on to see what changes could be made to any current practice. At the same time I was somewhat amused by the initial comment ... "God is doing a new thing with Christians around the world and it’s finally coming to the United States. Of course, it’s not really a new thing, its actually an old thing. It’s called “making disciples.” A very godly man said to me recently "God is always doing the same thing differently!" So how is good doing this today?   I have been pondering th...

The next instalment in my very occasional series comes from some workers in South Korea ... Enjoy and, if inspired, get stuck in yourself! We have been here, in South Korea, just one year – my husband Paul and myself, Kim.   Our ministry is teaching, training, mentoring, mobilising. We currently live in a city called Yeosu which is made up of three ‘downtown’ areas and is not really a city at all. But it is a beautiful area with a large coastline that reminds me of my hometown in Devon. Yeosu happens to be the base for MTI, the only Missionary Training College in Korea that teaches English in a community setting where the students speak English all the time, whatever their level. The teachers are all native English speakers that come as volunteers for ten weeks. You do not have to be a qualified teacher to volunteer (...