Cox Prayer Letter February 2022 is a prayer update on the Cox Mexico City missionary ministry in Mexico.
Flawed Modern Missionary Methods
Flawed Modern Missionary Methods Summary: This article is my view of why some of the way we do things in missions today is just wrong.
Topics are:
1) Missionaries are distanced from church people.
2) We expect missionaries to put on a song and dance show for the church people, but the churches never let them actually do what is their ministry.
3) We are locked into a Madison Avenue mentality that says, only with spending a lot of money can you do anything serious.
4) We have distorted and destroyed biblical spirituality.
5) We are experts at missions, all the while never “producing” or “reproducing” ourselves.
Marks of a Healthy Church
Summary: Some perusings about what is a “healthy church.” What is “vitality”? Where are churches “going” today?
Attendance and the Mission Church
Attendance and the Mission Church is an opinion piece about the problem of attendance and our churches in Christianity.
Cox Prayer Letter January 2022
January 2022Cox Prayer Letter January 2022 is the most recent prayer letter for David and Tule Cox missionaries in Mexico City.
Cox Prayer Letter January 2022 is the most recent prayer letter for David and Tule Cox missionaries in Mexico City.
The 6 Rules for More Effective Slide Presentations
The 6 Rules for More Effective Slide Presentations I would like to recommend this video. Excellent for missionaries who make slide presentations. There are six simple rules. Very helpful. Click here to see the video on this same page.
Competition between missionaries
Competition between missionaries is an opinion from David Cox, a full time missionary since 1983 about competition that I have seen between missionaries.
Do we need to “Remake” “Church”?
Do we need to “Remake” “Church”? People reject God’s vision of the church for their own, and try to remake God’s church
There has been a movement afoot for many years now, and it is gaining more and more popularity today. This movement is a move to “remake” what we know as “church.” In this article, I am going to examine the movement against the light of the Bible. Consider Bert Farias’ Unchurch the Church.
Unlike the beginnings of the early Church, much of the Church today is set up like a corporation with lots of organization and structure, programs and budgets, which are useful, but often with so little emphasis on prayer and the Holy Spirit’s workings, as well as relationship with one another in the context of kingdom culture
Duarte – The Secret Structure of Great Talks
Duarte – The Secret Structure of Great Talks is a good listen for all preachers.
http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks
This is Nancy Duarte’s TEDS speech (18 minutes) about Great Talks. Although there is nothing really “Christian” about this video, it has made a big impact on me. While I watch this video I realized that a lot of the things she is saying is just good preaching. It parallels biblical preaching, i.e. present the need (sinner is under the condemnation of God), present the end result (sinner saved, living in Christ), and then present the bridge between the two, i.e. how do we get from the first point to the conclusion. Excellent speech!
Books on Missions: Bob Patton on Missiology
A recommendation for books of missiology.