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Reflecting on Ministry and Mission

  • Insights into Preaching (Part 1)

    What are QB Pastors aiming to achieve through their preaching? For Queensland Baptist (QB) pastors preaching has always been core business. That it remains so is evidenced by the fact that the majority of pastors commit a minimum of one full working day to the task (some more than two!). These many hours of preparation… Read more

  • 10 Things I learned Doing a PhD.

    I have often heard it said that pursuing your PhD is more like a marathon than a sprint race. In truth, it can feel more like an ultra-marathon, but there is hope. There is a finish line! Really, I can’t complain. Through steady application and sometimes plodding progress, I was able to submit the final… Read more

  • Navigating Ambiguity: Authority and Accountability (Part Five)

    This is the fifth in a five-part series that considers the important relationships between cross-cultural missionaries and the churches that send them. The discussion is born out of the findings of a post-graduate research project I undertook while working for a global mission agency. I found that some key areas of these relationships contained an… Read more

  • Navigating Ambiguity: Missionary Support and Care (Part Four)

    This is the fourth in a five-part series that considers the important relationships between cross-cultural missionaries and the churches that send them. The discussion is born out of the findings of a post-graduate research project I undertook while working for a global mission agency. I found that some key areas of these relationships contained an… Read more

  • Navigating Ambiguity: Motivations and Expectations in the Church/Missionary Relationship (Part Three)

    This is the third in a five-part series that considers the important relationships between cross-cultural missionaries and the churches that send them. The discussion is born out of the findings of a post-graduate research project I undertook while working for a global mission agency. I found that some key areas of these relationships contained an… Read more

  • Navigating Ambiguity: How Churches View the Ministry of Missionaries they Support (Part Two)

    This is the second in a five-part series that considers the important relationships between cross-cultural missionaries and the churches that send them. The discussion is born out of the findings of a post-graduate research project I undertook while working for a global mission agency. I found that some key areas of these relationships contained an… Read more

  • Navigating Ambiguity: Biblical Foundations for Sending Missionaries (Part One)

    This is the first in a five-part series that considers the important relationships between cross-cultural missionaries and the churches that send them. The discussion is born out of the findings of a post-graduate research project I undertook while working for a global mission agency. I found that some key areas of these relationships contained an… Read more