Text by Jason C Dukes, Church Multiplication Minister I sit in coffee shops a lot. Sometimes in meetings. Sometimes writing and creating and strategizing. Occasionally, I’m simply answering emails, all by myself. In those alone times, I don’t eavesdrop, but it’s impossible not to hear the conversations around me. If I had to boil down…

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In 2007, I went on my first of several trips to Costa Rica.  We were going on mission to connect with a church with which we had previously.  The project – to build a bathroom facility adjacent to their church building.  Apparently the government was cracking down on churches that didn’t have these types of…

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We’ve been lied to. It’s unclear where the deception began. Somewhere along the line, though, we all started thinking that we couldn’t work together. Couldn’t serve side-by-side with people who were different from us. We separated. We segregated. As a people, as a nation, and as individuals, we stopped collaborating with anyone who wasn’t exactly…

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Whether you have people who are working on houses, doing follow ups, or canvassing neighborhoods, CPR (Community Powered Revitalization) offers multiple ways for your church to impact the city. I often tell pastors that CPR is one of the best ways for a church to flex its local-mission muscle.  The predominate reason for that is…

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One of the first stories I ever captured for 6 Stones involved Foundation Baptist Church. In the dead heat of Texas summer, only a few weeks into my career here, I joined the resilient little church body in an empty field behind their new (old) building. At the time, the congregation was small. Fledgeling, even.…

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