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Miraculous Healing – Q&A
As a pastor, I get a lot of question about miraculous healing. These come in all varieties, from mere academic curiosities to the...
Nov 7, 20134 min read
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Miracles Point to the Mission
I know a lot of people who really get tripped up by miracles in the Bible. Even Christians aren’t always sure what to make of biblical...
Nov 5, 20133 min read
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Every Nation, Tribe, and Tongue . . . in Our Own Backyard
Despite the growing globalization of our world, there are still 7,266 unreached people groups (UPGs), ethnic groups with no indigenous...
Jul 31, 20133 min read
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Every Christian Is Either a Missionary or an Impostor
Ran across this convicting piece recently from Charles Spurgeon, in a 1873 sermon entitled “A Sermon and a Reminiscence”: Once more, he...
Jul 29, 20132 min read
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Getting the Gospel To Those Who Have Not Heard
For those of you looking for opportunities to serve internationally, don’t miss our next Overseas Missions interest meeting. For info,...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
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Seven Lessons for New Missionaries
I’ve been reading through a collection of letters from pastor, professor, and author, Jack Miller (The Heart of a Servant Leader). In a...
Jun 24, 20132 min read
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The Church Is God’s Demonstration Community
One of the things we say all the time at the Summit is that the church is God’s demonstration community. The church exists to share the...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
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Planting 1,000 Churches By 2050 – 16 and Counting!
Every church has a lifespan – the average church gets about 40 years. Occasionally, that gets extended. That was The Summit Church’s...
May 29, 20132 min read
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Your Labor Is Not In Vain!
This guest post comes from the Summit’s Pastoral Research Assistant, Chris Pappalardo: I am always moved by the stories of those who...
May 15, 20133 min read
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Don’t Plant a Toxic Church: The Value of a Training Residency
Most church planters feel a burning desire to innovate, a restlessness with the status quo, and an urgency to fulfill their calling as...
Apr 30, 20132 min read
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How To Get Your Children Involved In Missions
Almost daily, my wife and I pray that the gospel would give our children a God-sized vision for the world, that they would be inspired to...
Apr 22, 20132 min read
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College Students: Study Abroad for the Great Commission
One of the greatest challenges for the advancement of the gospel among the unreached in this day and age is gaining and maintaining...
Apr 20, 20132 min read
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The Mind-boggling Simplicity of the Great Commission
I ran across this post from John Piper today: How Much Is Left to Do in the Great Commission? This is a challenging reminder of (1) how...
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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College Students: The Mission Awaits!
College students, many of you are trying to find the will of God for your life. (I know, because you ask me all the time.) While I cannot...
Jan 27, 20133 min read
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The Beauty of Sharing Jesus’ Death Sentence
We continued our series through Matthew 1–2 this weekend by looking at how Jesus’ birth impacted the lives of Mary and Joseph. We often...
Dec 11, 20123 min read
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Perhaps the clearest story of God’s grace I’ve seen at the Summit
#Missions #SummitStoriesandTestimonies
Oct 25, 20121 min read
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Durham: It’s Not For Everyone… But It Is For Us — An Incredible Story of @SummitRD
I think this video is nearly perfect in its balance between missional living as the norm for disciples of Jesus and sensitivity to God’s...
Oct 16, 20121 min read
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The Conversion of Adoniram Judson
If you know me well, you know that Adoniram Judson is one of my heroes. He was the first American missionary, and would undergo...
Oct 8, 20123 min read
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30 from Summit deployed overseas in last 3 months, 40 more in the pipeline!
Yesterday Curt Alan, our Missions Pastor here at the Summit, gave me this report. Wow. Praise God. We believe that God’s primary strategy...
Aug 24, 20121 min read
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The Story of ‘Clara’: “apart from faith in Christ, there is no explanation for suc
The following is a powerful story from one of our Summit members who spent several years in Central Asia. This story exemplifies a life...
Aug 16, 20124 min read
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