Brno is the traditional capital city of Moravia and the second largest city in the Czech Republic. Brno is also administrative center of South Moravian Region and Czech capital of judicial authority. The population of the city is about 405,000 while the population of the greater metropolitan area is about 730,000. Brno lies at the…
Lately I have been contemplating the plight of our American pastors and how many of them are approaching and applying methodology concerning church growth. For my more hip brothers out there, I have been “unpacking it.” From what I have experienced in this arena, there are two major camps regarding attitude and execution. Let me…
Today we met to give an example presentation to the men of how they can use the I Am Second method or model to start small groups in their homes and be a source of encouragement to others. The weather was good and of course, it is getting colder here in December but it was…
Yesterday afternoon Dawn and I went to Olomouc to take a small group of Roma ladies to a ministry event. To be honest, we did not have a lot of details before hand… only that the Armada Spasy (Salvation Army) was involved and there would be music and testimony. We believed this to be a…
This is just a short video clip as I traveled from the area from Cejl Street back to the main train station in Brno. Just though I would let you get a sense of actually being here. Some of you will find this to be a bit old hat but some of you who are…
Here are just a few photos I snapped as we got up early and loaded our belongings into a rented van and drove the several hundred kilometers from Bucharest, Romania to Brno, Czech Republic. We were blessed to be able to hire a long time friend, Florian Corboveanu, to drive us there. He is a…
IMB’s (International Mission Board’s) mission is to make disciples of all peoples in fulfillment of the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20. Over 6,000 people groups – 1.7 billion people – still live with little or no access to the Gospel. IMB is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest evangelical denomination,…
I hope that unusual title gave you the urge to say “huh?” If so, then I accomplished what I intended… to make you stop and wonder what comes next. Actually, I will try to present to you a pretty simple idea and I hope to challenge your preconceived notions about where you are and where…
On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, I traveled to Prague to sit in on a forum / meeting regarding a Czech government agency / program which was designed to assist in helping to include Roma people into the fabric of Czech society. This forum was open to the public and there were people in the audience…