Refugee Ministry
This past weekend Impact 360 students visited two different refugee camps/apartment complexes in Clarkston, Ga. We spent all day Friday training for the day to follow, learning about the culture of the children we would be interacting with as well as practicing our activities, games, skits, etc., with one another to be best prepared for…
The Enlightener Mentality
I came to Brazil with the idea that the American Church was going to help the Brazilian Church and not vice versa. I will call this mentality the enlightener mentality. The enlightener mentality was warned to me throughout the preparation week for Brazil. However, I still fell into the trap. Within the first week of being in Brazil, I was shown the truth. The Lifeshapers and the…
Reaching our Progressive Christian Friends
Several years ago, I went through an intense time of doubt after my faith was rocked in a class led by a pastor who admitted he was an agnostic, and who would later identify himself as a “progressive Christian.” At the time, I had never heard of progressive Christianity. Our class was just a dozen…
