We’re all in debt—and it’s not a bad thing
One of the terms I heard repeatedly at Gathering 2019 from June 29 to July 1 in Abbotsford, B.C. was “institutional church.” As in, “The institutional church would do things that way, but I’m different.” Or, “The institutional church is dying, but thankfully my friends and I have our own thing going.” Or, “Don’t blame…
Insights from abroad
Since I began as director of intercultural studies (ICS) at Columbia Bible College in 2013, the college has sent out 45 young adults to serve in a variety of contexts—Mongolia, Mexico, Mayotte, Myanmar, Macedonia, Moldova—and those are just the countries beginning with “M”! After two years of academic learning, leadership equipping and spiritual preparation on…
