Thursday, May 19, 2011

$400,000 Matching Fund

It takes all of us…
This spring, Christian business leaders from around the world joined together to create a $400,000 matching fund.

Their desire is that any contribution of $1,000 or more to Global Disciples by June 30th be matched dollar for dollar.

Will you join with the global Body of Christ through participation in this matching fund?

Help sustain this movement of indigenous churches who are multiplying disciples and reproducing Christ-like leaders.

And help reach the 2 billion people still waiting to hear the Good News of Jesus for the very first time.
 
You can learn more at our website of contact Jim.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Will it Help or Hinder?

by Galen Burkholder, international director of Global Disciples


In the book Profit For the Lord, William Danker describes how the Moravian mission movement in the 1700s effectively used small business in their church planting activities in areas with no witness to Christ. This history reminds us that some of what Global Disciples is doing is not new. The early Moravians benefited, as we do, from the model of the Apostle Paul in using small business as a tool for mission.

The Moravian’s mission leader, Count Zinzendorf, used one primary criterion for their pattern of economic support for their missionaries: “Will it help or hinder the function of mission?” That same practical approach guides our work as Global Disciples today.