GALLOP POLL

GALLOP POLL

Donna Robertson, dear friend and B4T advocate sent us the following. In 2007, Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, published an article revealing the findings of the polling organization’s first ever World Poll. In making the decision to undertake this gargantuan...
JARS OF CLAY

JARS OF CLAY

This week I read in Romans 9 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? Near our old house, there’s a place which sells pottery.  When I drove by recently, I admired the large clay...
FAILURE, A WAY FORWARD

FAILURE, A WAY FORWARD

I attended a meeting recently where a number of Christian leaders were sharing about the programs their organizations were promoting for their overseas workers. Some of these programs centered around improving the workers ability to share their faith, others on...
THE MISSING JESUS

THE MISSING JESUS

About a week before Christmas the family bought a new nativity scene.  When they unpacked it they found 2 figures of the Baby Jesus. “Someone must have packed this wrong,” the mother said, counting out the figures.  “We have one Joseph, one Mary,...
TRANSPARENCY IN B4T

TRANSPARENCY IN B4T

Every business needs a business plan, and most of us recognize this need when starting a business.  But in planning and starting the business, we need to also include an exit strategy. I’ve been coaching a team that is restructuring its current business model to...

Haiti – We Failed! What Can We Learn?

In my own life time, Haiti may be the best example of the failure of traditional mission strategies.  Church after church has poured time and money into Haiti and in 20+ years what has changed?  There are churches everywhere, but poverty and corruption continues to...