This is post 3 of 23 in the series “Whiteboard animation” New DMF Feature: Whiteboard Animation Core Doctrines of a New Religion … animated version Reconciliation vs. Restoration Wisdom is Better than Knowledge … the animation Is Social Justice About Equality or Equity? … animation version The Meaning of America
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “discipleship” Discipleship: A More Effective Great Commission Strategy Is Your Church Discipling Its Nation? The church is called to make disciples. In part 1, Bob showed that Jesus’ great commission mandates discipleship, and argued that our great commission efforts typically fall
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “discipleship” Discipleship: A More Effective Great Commission Strategy Is Your Church Discipling Its Nation? It’s time to recover discipleship. Jesus told his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth … you are the light of the world.” So how much
Love, someone said, makes the world go around. Maybe so. But I know this: sacrificial love makes the kingdom of God appealing to others. Love wins people, sometimes when nothing else will. I have often said that the irreducible minimum of God’s commands is, Love your neighbor as yourself. But
by Bob Moffitt The youth in a church in Central America wanted to provide a day care for their community. They knew that single mothers, with no place to leave their children to find work, were prostituting themselves in their homes in order to feed their children. With the encouragement
People are always asking me: “Where did you get these ideas that you write and talk about?” “What books or articles have you found to be helpful in your understanding of worldview as it relates to poverty and development?” To answer these questions we compiled an annotated bibliography and a Resource
One of the key terms used in DNA circles, a word that sometimes evokes reaction, has two spellings. In the following discussion, Bob Moffitt, DNA co-founder and chairman, and executive director of Harvest Foundation, explains why DNA chooses to use one spelling in particular. In the context of Christian ministry, the
I received the following paper from a friend and mission leader with many years of experience. As I read I was challenged, not over whether to measure, but what we measure, and why. As the leader of Harvest, a global mission supported by prayer and financial partners, I have made
“Transformation” is a current hot topic in the church and in missiological circles. In general Christian usage, the concept reflects a movement from darkness to light – from individual and societal brokenness caused by sin toward the healing of that brokenness. This healing expresses itself in the relative presence of
At a recent Harvest Foundation staff meeting we discussed the end purpose of Jesus’ Great Commission: discipling nations. Even though we know this, it is too easy to overlook the macro implications. We don’t always “connect the dots” between the discipleship of individuals and the discipleship of nations. Christian discipleship has two