I Think This Call is for You

“After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.”

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleApril 10, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

Why Bad Times for Cultures are Good Times for the Gospel

Why are some places open to the gospel and other places closed? Why does freedom of religion and prosperity seem to erode the power of the church, and persecution seems to purify and empower the church?

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleMarch 24, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

The Irony and Imperative of Cleaning the Cleaner

I’m not big on household chores, but at the top of my “hate to do” list is cleaning my instruments of cleaning.

What does this have to do with global missions? Read on to find out!

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleMarch 14, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

The Power of Speaking from Silence

Ken Shumard graduated to glory last week. If you don’t have connections with Churches of Christ in Atlanta, you likely don’t know who he was, but Ken was a powerful man of God who liked to work in the background. If you didn’t know his name, he would be pleased about that, but he did want you to know Jesus’ name and follow him.

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleFebruary 22, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

The Vision That Gets You Going Won't Take You All the Way

“Well, that didn’t turn out like I expected.” – every Christian worker ever, everywhere

Ministry in any country rarely goes as planned. We had a picture in our head of what God wanted to do, and we moved in concert with that vision only to find out that our expectations were off. Frequently they were way off. Maybe that is because we didn’t have the right vision. Perhaps we were projecting our ideas on God’s call. Or maybe we just don’t understand how God works with limited creatures like ourselves.

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleFebruary 13, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

The Bethel Syndrome

“You really need to go visit the Holy Land! Nothing will make God come to life like walking where Jesus and all the other biblical characters walked. God is present there like nowhere else.”

I’ve heard countless statements like this for nearly 40 years of my ministry life. They come from people who have experienced massive life changes at some place/event and are so grateful that they become evangelists for the particular ministry that blessed them.

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleJanuary 30, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity

Immeasurably More

God’s dreams are bigger than ours, and his work is not bounded by our imagination. His time frame is not ours, either, and when he delivers on his promises, we often find it looks very different from what we imagined.

Dan's BlogDan BouchelleJanuary 17, 2023Christianity, Christian, missions, Church of Christ, church missions, Christmas and Christianity