In This Issue: Living Life on Purpose
- EVENT – Passion Conference 05
- MINISTRY – Intercessors Arise
- BOOK – ‘Live Life on Purpose’ by Claude Hickman
- EVENT – Commission 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya
- WEB SITE – Missions Interchange
Missions Catalyst is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom all over the world. Please forward it freely!
Resource Reviews, edited by Marti Smith, are published once a month.
EVENT – Passion Conference 05
From: Passion Network
Passion Conferences presents Passion 05 – A Generation United for His Renown. On January 2-5, 2005 thousands of college students will converge on Nashville, Tennessee, USA to spend four days worshipping together and considering what it really means to live for the glory of God on their campuses and throughout the world.
Lead worshippers include Louie Giglio, John Piper, Beth Moore, David Crowder, Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, and others.
For details and registration information, visit Passion Network.
MINISTRY – Intercessors Arise
From: Missions Mobilisation Network – August 13, 2004
Intercessors Arise is a ministry with a vision to unite and network the corporate power and vision of intercessors in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and worldwide in order to see a release of God’s power and glory for the furtherance of world evangelization.
They also sponsor a weekly e-mail network to train, encourage, motivate, inform, and release individuals, prayer groups, and churches in global intercession.
For more information, visit Intercessors Arise.
BOOK – ‘Live Life on Purpose’ by Claude Hickman
From: Missions Mobilisation Network – August 13, 2004
Live Life on Purpose: God’s Purpose. Your Life. One Journey, by Claude Hickman
Your life only makes sense in the context of God’s plan to finish the Great Commission. God has given us the direction we need to make our lives count and leave our mark on eternity. When we find it, we move from merely existing to truly living life on purpose.
“Awash in spiritual truth and marinated by a God-centered life, Live Life on Purpose is an invitation to humanity to comprehend why they are breathing.” – Neil McClendon, Obed’s House Ministries.
The author, Claude Hickman, is the assistant director for The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He and his wife, Rebecca, travel ten months of the year, speaking to thousands of students at college campuses, conferences, and churches in the U.S., casting vision for the evangelization of the world.
Available from Winepress.
EVENT – Commission 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya
From: Missions Mobilisation Network – August 13, 2004
Commission is a mission convention organized once every three years by FOCUS, primarily for African college and university students. It seeks to expose the importance and urgency of God’s mission in the world and thereby assist delegates who are seeking God on what they can do in his mission.
How would Jesus execute God’s mission in Africa today amid all the challenges facing the continent? In exploring the model of Jesus in mission, the thrust of the convention is to draw the delegates’ attention to the urgency of mission, the context within which that mission has to be accomplished, and how best to do it.
The latest student mission convention for delegates from East, Central, and Southern Africa is scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from December 29, 2004 to January 4, 2005.
The main Bible expositor will be Dr. Lindsay Brown (U.K.), General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Other speakers include Peter Kuzmic (Croatia) – “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution,” Ambassador Nancy Kirui (Kenya) – “Governance and Mission,” and Caeser Molebatsi (South Africa) – “Mission in the Context of Poverty.”
For further details, send an e-mail to FOCUS-KENYA, or visit FOCUS-KENYA.
WEB SITE – Missions Interchange
From: Melody Maxwell
A new web site, Missions Interchange, is helping collegiate women discover the joy of missions. The site was developed by the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) as a way to offer college women a place to learn about being Christ followers and to participate in missions and ministries on campus, in communities, and around the world. New articles related to missions are posted on the site every week.
Some of the features included on the Missions Interchange web site are:
1. WorldView – articles about current topics in missions and ministry work around the world.
2. Going Deeper – Bible studies related to missions.
3. Exploring the Call – information to help you explore God’s call to missions.
4. Student Spotlight – highlights a student involved in ministry on campus and in her community.
5. Praying and Giving – missionary prayer calendar and ideas about praying for and giving to missions.
6. Events – information about upcoming missions events for collegiate women.
7. Scholarships and Internships – information about missions scholarships, internships, and job opportunities.
Questions? Problems? Submissions? Contact publisher/managing editor Marti Smith.