Every month Advance publishes a range of movement updates, stories from partner churches and interesting articles on our social media channels. We have compiled a short summary of January news, in case you missed it! This month, we feature PJ Smyth’s new book launch, inspiring stories of Gospel advance during nationwide lockdowns and Advance community updates from around the world. … Seguir leyendo
Planting a church during a national lockdown
In late March 2020, as the COVID-19 virus swept across the globe, the South African government implemented a strict national lockdown which went on to last through April until early May. The lockdown was one of the most severe implemented globally, shutting all businesses and restricting the movement of citizens to weekly grocery shopping trips. Exercise and outdoor activities were … Seguir leyendo
Update: Church Planting training in South Africa
Dave Adams, Advance Church Planting Course facilitator for South Africa, updates us on their activity in 2020. 2020 was the eighth year that ACPC has been running in South Africa. Despite the significant challenges that we’ve all experienced in 2020 with lockdowns that have disrupted so much of what we do, ACPC has continued to help equip those in our … Seguir leyendo
Advance Global Conference Rescheduled for 2022
Hello Advance Family I hope this letter finds you well as we approach Christmas, which is a welcome joy in an otherwise difficult year! I wanted to reach out to let you know that we have decided to shift our Global Conference, which was originally scheduled for May, 2021 to May, 2022. This was a difficult decision, but with so … Seguir leyendo
Reuniones de culto seguras con Covid
El Reino Unido está atravesando un segundo bloqueo. Tras varios meses de relajación de las restricciones, muchas iglesias iniciaron nuevos planes y se atrevieron a imaginar más reuniones en persona, eso sí, sin saludar a tu hermano con un beso sagrado. El anuncio de un bloqueo invernal tuvo el efecto de una orden de cese temporal de muchos de esos planes; pero, en ... Seguir leyendo
The first Advance church plant into Canada
Lawrence and Elizabeth Keen are planting out of City Gates Church, into the small town of Quesnel, in Western Canada. We caught up with the Keen’s and Vic Stander (City Gates) for some background to this exciting move. City Gates has put together a great introductory clip. Check it out and then read up on some of the details below. … Seguir leyendo
The Way to Heaven via St. Louis
Erik Santiago, Operations Director for Advance Global & North America, wrote us a great summary of the recent North American Central Hub gathering in St Louis, Missouri. By the time I touched down in St. Louis for the Advance Central Hub Conference I had cancelled trips to Nashville, Portugal, France, Luxembourg and the UK this year due to COVID. What … Seguir leyendo
Political Polarization In The American Church
In this presentation, Erik Santiago chats to Brett McCracken, Vaughn Jarrett and Donnie Griggs about the challenge of political polarization in the American church. They discuss the rise of politics as religion, the challenges of pastoring a church in this climate, divisions along age and race groups and preparing for the post election season.
Tentmaking in 2020
Newcomers to Paul’s life in the New Testament could be forgiven for believing his last name was ‘the Tentmaker’ – after ‘the Apostle’, of course. Paul is still the go-to example for balancing ministry with employment, whether for practical reasons, to relieve financial pressure on the church, or purely preference. Scripture provides plenty of other examples of balancing ministry with … Seguir leyendo
A review: Empowered Children’s ministry conference for leaders and parents
The Gauteng Hub recently ran a 4-week training series for children’s ministry leaders and parents with young children. We caught up with Helga Schneider, God First Parks, who was part of the organizing team. Helga, who was the training aimed at? In 2019, we had our first children’s ministry conference for the Gauteng hub. This arose out of a need … Seguir leyendo