Create interest in mission—invite missionaries, have a world map in the church hall, mission information, adopt an unreached people group (prayer, info).

Three weeks before she died, eleven-year-old Ann Kumm told her younger sister exactly what she wanted for her funeral.  And she had told others she wasn’t afraid to die. She knew where she was going.

I would encourage you to look for more ways at your church to delegate responsibilities to others, including other leaders—as Moses did—so that you are less the go-to guy for so many things. I commend you for putting your family first.

My friend Doug Nichols, founder of ACTION International Ministries, wrote this article about the importance of orphanages, and why we can't just leave street children on the street.

The following are my answers to some questions on leadership I gave to Crawford Loritts for his new book called Leadership as an Identity: The Four Traits of Those Who Wield Lasting Influence. 

In our newsletter, we deliberately speak very little about EPM or our financial needs. Sometimes people wonder why. More than anything, we want to keep the focus on the Lord, and issues of eternal concern.

This is a picture of Charles Haddon Spurgeon at age 23. Only a year previously, an event happened that brought on a severe depression that he nearly didn’t recover from. 

In January 1999, Randy Alcorn spoke at the Generous Giving Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on the subject of giving to organizations. He gives us 19 questions to ask ourselves before we give. Download the PDF version here. In this clip, he gives us a fourth question to think about.