Externally Focused Quest Kudos

April 13, 2010

We are very grateful for the endorsements we received from a few key leaders who read pre-released copies of The Externally Focued Quest.
I started a casual reading of this book, then couldn’t put it down, then decided my whole leadership team needed to read it with me. This book won’t just change your ministry; it [...]

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The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church FOR the Community

April 7, 2010

I was excited to get a box of books in the mail–a new book, just released on April 5 by Jossey-Bass called, The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church FOR the Community written by Rick Rusaw and me as part of Jossey-Bass / Leadership Network series on leadership. The most convenient way you can purchase it [...]

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A Thicker Gospel

March 9, 2010

Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, tells us that “every ‘world-view’ has to answer the question: ‘what is wrong with life and how can it be fixed?’ Every world-view singles out some part of the good creation as being the main source of the problem (thus ‘demonizing’ something) and singles out some other part [...]

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Movements Everywhere

March 8, 2010

In the summer of 2005 Campus Crusade president, Steve Douglass gave a clarion call…a vision for the direction of Campus Crusade going forward. It was inspiring and inspired. This was the phrase God gave him as he was seeking direction–”Movements every so that everyone knows someone who truly folows Jesus…it all counts…it all matters.” I [...]

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Global Connections Leadership Community 1.1

March 4, 2010

This week we launched the first gathering of the Global Connectons Leadership Community in Dallas. We have 13 great churches that are passionate about global missions. More importantly each church are living in the new paradigms of what the future of global missions will look like. Each church brings a strength that they can contribute [...]

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Eight Trends That Will Shape the Future of Global Missions

March 1, 2010

Eight Trends That Will Shape the Future of Global Missions
by Eric Swanson
The following article first appeared in Leadership Network Advance on 2/23/2010 – to subscribe to Advance, click here.
“The future is already here–it’s just not evenly distributed.”
– Author William Gibsoni
During 2009, I personally interviewed fifty leaders of large churches that were effectively engaged in global [...]

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Thailand

February 3, 2010

Liz and I just got back from a week with Andy and Natalie, Jenda and Blaise at Patong Beach in Phuket. Andy and Natalie had a conference near Thailand so it was a natural way to meet up and get some time with the kids and grandkids. And Thailand has such great food–everything is good. [...]

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Can an Artist Change a Nation?

January 3, 2010

The recognized “father of English pottery” is Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795).[i] Wedgwood’s practical and innovative work graced the tables of English and Russian royalty and his glazing techniques revolutionized his industry. His work is on display in some of the greatest museums of the world and his company has been thriving for over 200 years. But [...]

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Can a Soap Opera Change a Nation?

January 3, 2010

Can a soap opera change a nation? During the 2007 elections in Kenya, tribal protests over exteme poverty and corruption left almost 1,500 dead and 300,000 people displaced. Political leaders use tribal factions to their advantage in pitting one tribe against another. But there are those from the media domain that think that their success [...]

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Can Sports Transform a Country?

January 3, 2010

Before Christmas Liz and I went to see the movie Invictus, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. It’s a story that is so good that it is hard to believe that it actually happened–in post-Aparteid South Africa. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in Prison, he was the first President elected in the [...]

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