I was laying in bed late Saturday night flipping back and forth between the Indianapolis Colts’ third preseason football game and other mindless drivel when my phone rang. It was my son calling. From the basement. “Dad please tell me it’s not true about Andrew...
Faith and Work. Business as Mission. The Gospel and the Marketplace. These are all phrases we throw around regularly in our discussion of how the Kingdom of God collides with our day jobs. It’s a big topic theologians and missiologists have wrestled with for...
This week we asked Stone Table board member, Pastor Rob Ketterling, about the heart of global missions. Rob is the founding pastor of River Valley Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the top missions giving church in the Assemblies of God fellowship. When we hear...
A few years ago, I read The Poisonwood Bible, a fictional story about a missionary family who left Georgia for the African bush in the late 1950s. The patriarch was the stereotype of a typical southern Evangelical obsessed with converting the tribal heathens to...
Our SUV bounced mercilessly over the rugged ground. To call these dirt paths “roads” would’ve been a generous misnomer, as stretches of definable terrain quickly gave way to an obstacle course of potholes and extreme turns that pushed our vehicle’s suspension...
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” –Revelation 22:13 Have you noticed how many superhero movie series today are turning backward to show the origins of the character and the storyline? These prequels give us...
This is an excerpt from “God of the Long View,” a new book from Pastor David Wigington and Stone Table Publishing. This timely book is filled with beautiful stories of a God whose agenda is worth waiting for. The Yunnan Province is one of the most unreached...
It’s fascinating to watch these talent-oriented reality shows today. Each week, there always seems to be a contestant that bursts into tears after a great performance. Amidst the cheers of the crowd and accolades of the judges, the performer’s sentiments...
This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world we can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be sharing...
I’ve never been connected to more people in my life. Social media has made it possible for me to peer into the lives of old friends I haven’t seen since 10th grade, connect behind the scenes with inspiring leaders I like to follow, even message missionaries in...
In this interview with Tim Shrout, we will talk about how to build God’s kingdom by investing in the right businesses.
Senator John Crane shares 3 ways faith transforms your everyday work
What is missiology and why is it important today? Let’s talk about it.