Everyone gathered around the table as we presented a decadent fudge chocolate oreo cookie brownie cake lit with candles, loudly singing “Happy Birthday.” He smiled while looking slightly uncomfortable from all the attention, yet simultaneously glad about all the fuss...

These next few blog posts are not meant to be negative or controversial. Honestly, I am just a little worried that many are calling groups “missional communities” when they are not missional at all (by Campus Renewal Ministries’s definition at...

Ambassadors represent their kingdom, and in order to accurately represent the Kingdom of God, we must be rooted in its ways. We get this foundation from Scripture.

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. The Way It Used To Be For a long time campus ministries mostly functioned as safe places for Christian...

The other day I got punched in the gut. Well, not literally, but it was definitely a wake-up call. Have you ever had one of those moments where you see or hear something and immediately go “Oh my gawd, what...

The other day I found myself thinking back to a particularly interesting conversation I had with one of my former co-workers a couple of years ago. “I used to be really awkward around non-Christians…” He said. “What?! No way, you’ve...

Last week I chanced upon a testimonial given by Janice and Sonia Lee. If you’ve never heard of them, they’re a pair of Korean Australian twins who have become big youtube sensations especially in South East Asia. I like them...

For the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.”  These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. Proclaim the Gospel The...

For the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.”  These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. Prepare the way for...

Joe Fox: “It wasn’t… personal.” Kathleen Kelly: “What is that supposed to mean? I am so sick of that. All that means is that it wasn’t personal to you. But it was personal to me. It’s ‘personal’ to a lot...