Denny Spitters, Pioneers VP of Church Partnerships God is doing some incredible work in the nations of the world that are “unreached”! For example, in many Muslim contexts He is preparing the way with nation-state changes like the “Arab Spring” and using other...

 Join Sixteen:Fifteen for a FREE Webinar with Pioneers! "Church Planting Movement - Making Disciples & Church Planting in Difficult Places"  July 24, 2013, 12 Noon to 1PM MDT (WEBINAR HAD ENDED) Sixteen:Fifteen:  Well, hopefully you've whet readers' appetites with...

The Danger of the Term “Missionary” By Larry Sharp Missionaries have been identified as the ones tasked with making disciples, planting churches and witnessing cross-culturally to the grace of God. But there are three reasons why I think the word missionary has served...

Sixteen:Fifteen is honored to swing swords with the Upstream Collective, and blessed to have them  as a strategic ministry partner.  You'll definitely want to "lean in" to hear what they have to say...we trust that it will encourage your heart and equip your mind....

As a child, I suppose my favorite holiday was Christmas.  An explanation probably isn’t necessary, right?  What child doesn’t love Christmas?But now I am 42 years old…the reality that life can be hard and painful and that we all have an appointment with death can no...

Guest Blogby Larry SharpMy wife, Vicki, and I have been career missionaries for over forty years.  Being a missionary has been my identity, both overseas in Latin America and in my executive position in North America.  Churches and individuals have supported us...

Should the local church in America still be sending missionaries to the ends of the earth?  Let's continue the conversation.....In many cases, sending just a portion of our surplus, $50 to $100 each month, will provide support for one full-time national worker.  While...

by Jeff Jackson, Shepherd’s Staff Missions FacilitatorsThe statistics seem overwhelming when reviewing the global status of evangelical Christianity. While work is continuing among the unreached, thousands of people groups have not heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ in...

In April of 1993, Pastor Jeff Jackson returned to the United States after 5 years of church planting in Cebu City, Philippines. While serving on the field, Jeff and his family received exceptional missionary care from their home church which left an indelible...