What a pleasure to spend time with the pastoral team in East Michigan this week. I had the privilege of speaking on wholeness, wellness, and holiness (not to mention happiness)—which always go together. I put the question to the colleagues: Do you want to be well, whole, holy and happy? Do you believe God wants …
Author Archives: David Kendall
Strategic Events
This week I was privileged to share with two strategic groups within our branch of Christ-followers. Persons new (relatively so) to ministry among us convened in Indy to become acquainted with our sense of mission as a church, a church trusting to be in a position to catch the winds of the Spirit of God …
A Visit to Prison
During the week of August 24 I was privileged to join three others (Bishop Keith Elford of Canada, Bishop Elie Buconyori of Burundi, and Supt. Allan Ellershaw of the United Kingdom) in visiting our Church in Rwanda. Our visit was on behalf of imprisoned Bishop Munyagisaka Philemon. Since May of 2006 Bishop Philemon has been …
THE “HIS-STORY” MAKING CHURCH
A people who together are authentically church understand that history is "his-story," that is God’s story brought to fullness in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, what Jesus began to do and teach they continue (Acts 1:1). It’s not so much that they have a story to tell, but that they …
MISSIONAL FOCI
I am on the home stretch of my annual conference circuit this summer. Everywhere I’ve been I’ve shared my three-fold expression of mission. To be and help others to be like Jesus Christ. This is at the heart of God’s call to be holy and loving people! To love the world the way God did …