This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the...
https://youtu.be/jfSi20UGYTA The longer you walk with Jesus, the more you realize how much you need Jesus. Often in life when you get better at something you can begin to lean on your own skill set. But in our faith it doesn't work that way. This is the idea that Erik...
God’s sovereign will is unfolding all around us everyday in thousands of different ways we will never see or fully comprehend. Occasionally, He gives us a little glimpse into how He is orchestrating His Story in the world. This was one of those moments. Stone Table...
My wife and I packed up our life in one city and started over in another place. After a year learning Arabic and immersing ourselves in Arab culture, it was time to put these things to use. In some ways we felt very blessed. Here in our new city, we are taking up the...
https://youtu.be/OHYFCNR6U2k It's never fun when you know you have to make a decision that will not only affect someone's life, it has the potential to damage the relationship altogether. Leading through these kind of decision is tough and not always fun. This week we...
When I looked at my calendar last week I noticed something unusual. There was nothing, literally zero little colored blocks, on the Saturday column. It was glorious discovery and I embraced it fully. I slept until I naturally woke up (which unfortunately isn’t very...
During the General Council for the Assemblies of God, Erik was able to sit down with a few leaders in the business as mission charge. Their stories are humbling and call us to action in new and important ways. Today you are hearing from a business as mission attorney...
I took one for the team gentlemen. Hugh Jackman’s world tour came through Indianapolis this weekend, and I decided that taking my wife of 24 years to see this handsome triple-threat heartthrob was a great anniversary gift. She seemed to agree. It was 2 1/2 hours of...
What happens when pastors and businesspeople come together for kingdom purposes? We believe that it can change the Kingdom of God when they do. This week we sat down with Rod Loy to talk to him about what he sees when pastors and businesspeople come together to push...
This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world you can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done there, we will not share the...
It’s easy to look through the filter of social media and say “they” are the problem, but what if we took a moment and began to turn issues we have into people. How would that change the situation? How would it change us? Well, that’s the exact idea we are exploring in this week’s video.
Within a small 48 hours window churches had to figure out how they were going to learn new technology and take their weekly services online. Now that states are slowly re-opening, what should the church do to protect the most vulnerable as well as start meeting together again? Pastor David Wigington had a unique opportunity to speak into it all.
The Coronavirus has changed everything and it’s stirred up a lot of emotions for everyone in the process. Whether it’s about the health of our communities or the desire to reopen the economy, everyone is talking. As a faith and work organization we wanted to speak up and clarify because what we have been talking about for years is now on full display. That’s what Erik shares in this week’s video.