In our first post, we defined what ethnocentrism is, its pattern in missions history, how the Bible confronts ethnocentrism, and gave some questions for reflection. In this post, we’ll talk about reasons why ethnocentrism can be extremely damaging to your vision to multiply, and practical ways to address ethnocentrism. Do I Have to be the […]
Category: Be Barnabas
‘Be Barnabas’ is what we call the role of the outsider in finding, equipping, and empowering a national apostolic visionary who is a cultural insider to catalyze movements.
“You can’t work with the Thai church.” “They’re lazy, they don’t show up on time, and they lie to you by saying they’ll do something and then not do it.” This was the repeated sentiment we heard from experienced missionaries during our early years in Thailand. We had learned that most CPMs are started by […]
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The Be Barnabas Series
One of the important realities in movements around the world is that the vast majority of movements are started by cultural insiders as opposed to outsiders that directly share and multiply. This means that outsiders have a strategic role in catalyzing movements, which we call ‘Being Barnabas.’ ‘Be Barnabas’ is what we call the role […]
Spiritual Gifts and Apostolic Series In this series, we’ve discovered what the word “apostolic” means, given the 5 essential elements of an apostolic leader, and discussed potential indicators of an emerging apostolic leader. In this final post, we’ll talk about how to partner with and develop these proven or emerging apostolic leaders. We’ve previously given […]
In our last two posts, we’ve defined what the “apostolic” is, and 5 essential elements of an apostolic leader. An apostolic leader needs to have all 5 elements of big vision, risking faith, foundation setting, leader developer, and surrender to God. If you can find a clearly apostolically gifted, mature, national believer to partner with, […]
In this series, we’ve explored spiritual gifts and their importance in missions, in the field context, and on missions teams. In the preceding post, we dove into the word ‘apostolic,’ what it means, and why it’s important for movements. In this post we will get more practical with the 5 essential elements of an apostolic […]
In the last few posts, we’ve given a broad overview on why spiritual gifts are important for the mission field and how they can apply to the field context and on missions teams. In this post, we’ll try to address the term ‘apostolic’ and the critical role this concept plays in catalyzing movements among the […]
One of the topics that I’m most passionate about is empowering women towards leadership in missions. Half of the people among the unreached are women, and in many contexts, women are both the early adopters of the gospel and the ones who pass faith and discipleship onto their families. Currently, women make up ⅔ of […]
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Be Barnabas – Life Together
————- The last few posts have been more instructive about the process of what to do to begin partnering with a National Apostolic Visionary to pursue movements. We wanted to focus on the first few practical steps in partnering with NAVs, as we feel there is a lack of training around how to start. However, […]
I: Be Barnabas – Intro + Mint’s StoryII: Why Be Barnabas?III: Who was Barnabas from the Bible?IV: Be Barnabas – What is a NAV? V: Be Barnabas – How to Find a NAV? ————- In our previous post, we introduced how a goer might start the process of networking and finding potential NAVs to partner with. Many times, goers […]