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Jarvis Ward and I are visiting Christian leaders today in Boston to consider the possibility of holding the 2008 City Impact Roundtable (CIR) in Boston. The City Impact Roundtable is a peer-to-peer learning group for those facilitating collaboration between Christians in cities and communities for greater kingdom impact. It has been meeting in national and regional settings since 1998. Jarvis

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September 6-8, 2006 -- Charlottesville, VAThis past Wednesday through Friday, thirty leaders met with their focus on advancing the cause of city transformation with the local church. Aproximately half were trainers and coaches with years of experience in both community and church transformation work. The other half were folks employed by their churches to work on city transformation in cities

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1144184073926365192006-04-04T13:53:00.000-07:002006-04-04T13:54:33.943-07:00

In Dayton, Ohio a small church composed of primarily elderly members, has decided to change their community. Over the past six months Harvest Grove Church has been cleaning up neighborhoods, eliminating drugs and violence. This sleepy church has come alive and is changing their community for the better.This is the leading edge of the work of City Gates, a group of Black and White pastors and

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1143996133092079872006-04-02T09:37:00.000-07:002006-04-02T09:42:13.113-07:00

On Wednesday Morning this week, I will be leading a panel discussion on Preparing your Community for a Crisis. Here are ten key principles that anyone in leadership can apply.Principles for Preparing Your Community for a Crisis1. Have a personal preparedness plan. If you are not ready when a crisis comes, you will not be able to serve others.2. Influence needs to be leveraged by the church in

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After a couple of months at home and working out of my Tentmakers office, I'm back on the road. This time, it's Cedar Rapids, IA for the City Impact Roundtable. Not really the same as Africa or the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast, but as a friend once said to me, using his best John Wayne impression, as I left for a call to a pastorate in Indiana, "Muncie, Indiana...I hear there's a lot of sin out

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1138228288807227552006-01-25T14:09:00.000-08:002006-01-26T11:56:34.203-08:00

I'm on my final leg home on Northwest Airlines flight 41 from Amsterdam to Minneapolis. I was flashing through my digital photos to trigger my memories of this trip and people from behind me came up the aisle to share their Africa experiences. Some were on safari (one group for 17 days in tents!); others had some combination of missions and safari. One Evangelical Free Church of America pastor

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1137697556103697072006-01-19T10:24:00.000-08:002006-02-15T02:43:31.326-08:00

These last few days seem to have flown by. Classes by day and dinners at night. These students have been so receptive to the teaching I have provided, I am truly humbled by their desire to be better equipped for ministry. As they share their lives with me, it is clear that the resources they have are so meager and the need here is so great.Did I mention that Lois Chege was pregnant? Yesterday,

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1137525057958596462006-01-17T11:05:00.000-08:002006-02-15T02:36:10.756-08:00

The Colonial Team left on Sunday after Jeff Lindsay preached in a local church. I was preaching in a different church that morning, so I said goodbye to them as they left the ICM campus around 7:30 a.m. They were heading off on Safari to Sweetwater National Park. They will then go on to visit refugee camps in neighboring countries.On Sunday afternoon, I met Dick Barnley of Sirikwa Safaris about

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1137421340569557742006-01-16T06:19:00.000-08:002006-02-15T02:29:33.986-08:00

Friday, January 13, 2006The Mission Team from Colonial Church of Edina (my home church) arrived last evening. It was great to see Greg and Deb Snell, Jeff Lindsay, Naida Grussing-Nietzel, Joyce Schwartz, Suzie Berge, Dick and Kit Schmoker and Connie (????). With the team was a young woman named Allison from Victoria, BC.They came in tired from their nine-hour car/van ride and a little sleep

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1137420673432247172006-01-16T06:07:00.000-08:002006-02-15T02:21:33.756-08:00

Last night I spent the evening with Kibii and Esther Maiyo at the Pinewood Restaurant. Kibii is the Academic Dean of ICM Seminary and Esther is a seamstress. They are tall, almost regal in their appearance. Kibii wore a light blue African suit with white embroidery and a cap with embroidered patterns to match his suit. Esther wore a long yellow dress with a red and blue patterned scarf. They are

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On Monday, January 9, at 8:00 a.m., Philip Amoi came by the Snell’s home in Nairobi with ICM’s driver Francis Muthui. Off we went out of Nairobi on Route A104 West along the North rim of the Rift Valley. Cars, trucks, buses and overflowing Matatu vans filled the roadways. People walking; everywhere walking in rural areas and cities.With side trips to the equator, a drop-in visit to world renowned

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1136748678756747982006-01-08T11:28:00.001-08:002006-02-15T02:16:31.086-08:00

I arrived at the Nairobi Kenyatta International airport last night after almost twenty hours of travel from Minneapolis. I was greeted by my friend Greg Snell, who serves as the Programs Coordinator for International Christian Ministries. Greg saw several people he knew before we left the airport and introduced me as he often does as his former boss at Colonial Church. I am humbled by this, for

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1136486952434946142006-01-05T10:47:00.000-08:002006-01-05T10:52:05.136-08:00

Thank you for praying with and for my ministry with Tentmakers. In many ways, I consider this “our” ministry because your share in it through prayer, encouragement and supporting gifts is so important. The work that we are about is intensely spiritual as we carry the torch of the gospel in this generational relay that has its roots in the beginning of time and has burned ever more brightly since

Glenn Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556397.post-1136393043785244002006-01-04T08:21:00.000-08:002006-01-04T08:51:40.886-08:00

Sixteen new houses are being built in McComb, MS by Voice of Calvary Ministries of Jackson, MS with a completion date of June 2006. The homes are 1100 to 1400 Square feet with 3 BR and 2 bathrooms. After this initial work, they will begin to build housing developments in Moss Point, Biloxi and Mendenhall.Needs include: volunteers, finances and names of people who need a home. Local involvement by

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