Where our church is located, it’s a community that’s largely Spanish-speaking immigrants, many of whom are very poor. And so we’ve had to think, how do we, as a people who don’t speak Spanish, reach out to this community.
Where our church is located, it’s a community that’s largely Spanish-speaking immigrants, many of whom are very poor. And so we’ve had to think, how do we, as a people who don’t speak Spanish, reach out to this community.
The work is difficult . . . at times it’s frightening. . . . I think, more cynically, there’s not much money to be made, and not a lot of resources flowing back into those communities.
I think growing local churches is the key to ministry in needy communities because it’s the key to ministry everywhere.
Erik Raymond is the senior pastor of Emmaus Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He also has a blog, The Ordinary Pastor, on The Gospel Coalition. In this video, shot at TGC 2015, Erik talks about the importance of committing to gospel work in poor areas over the long haul. . . . if it doesn't […]
There are a lot of unconscious signals or subtle signals that churches send that let people know whether you’re merely tolerated here or whether you’re actually welcome to be among us.
I think most Christians don’t know how to go about sharing the gospel in a way that makes sense. And they don’t know how to go about helping someone grow in Christ, period. But I think when you add in the distance that many middle-class Christians feel culturally from people who are in poor societies, […]
“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.” (Proverbs 19:21) It’s been a Proverbs 19:21 start to the year in Barlanark. In fact, our whole experience here is summed up in that one verse. 18 months ago, we left our roles as […]