Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Scripture • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • New Testament • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: CLTP • Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • Discipleship • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • New Testament • Northwest • Old Testament • Religion • Seminary • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
Program Outline
FIRST STAGE: Diploma in Cross-Cultural Leadership - (30 credits)
Fall Semester (12 credits)
This Semester is completed in a Canadian intercultural ministry setting
CCT 401 The People of God and the Practice of Ministry (4)
CCT 402 A Biblical Theology of World Missions (4)
CCT 403 World Religions (4)
Spring Semester (12 credits)
This Semester is completed with the Gateway Trax [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Holy Spirit • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Scripture • Seminary • Translation
Categories: Book Reviews • Leadership • MinistryTalk
Dan Allender has provided a provocative look at several serious aspects of ministry leadership in his book “Leading with a Limp.” He writes primarily out of his experience as the founder of Mars Hill Graduate School located near Seattle. His thesis is clear: “to the degree you face and name and deal with your failures [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry
Categories: NCLD
When we first began to address the health of church leadership through the Best Practices for Church Boards workshops, it didn’t take long to realize the wide range of potential that existed. Soon after the first workshop, the need to train individuals for board leadership was expressed … answered by the [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Leadership • Missiology
The Power Distance Contrast
In Pakistan there is a strong tradition of "holy men" who are called Pirs. One day I had a visit from a young man who informed me that he was the Pir of his village. I was puzzled by this because he was dressed in modern clothes and did not have the [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Leaders • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Church • Missions
Best Practices for Church Missions Workshops Photos
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Immanuel Abbotsford
“Thank you for the great workshop. Our missions focus is struggling and we found it to be so helpful and encouraging. The questions and exercises were well thought out and gave us good direction, as well as the prayer focus throughout. We [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Theology
Categories: Ministry • Preaching
One of my greater joys comes from time shared with my “A-Team” which I affectionately call the tiny band of brothers and sisters in our CLD Affinity Group. The group has grown over the years to several dozen, each called by God into a wide array of ministry in the church. They study hard. The [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • God • Jesus • Leaders • New Testament • Religion • Seminary
Categories: Christian Life • God's Love • Godliness
I came across an interesting theory. People act according to their conviction about the nature of God. If God is perceived as an autocratic patriarch whose rules must be followed without question, then that is how the leaders of that group will act. If God is viewed as a stern judge who is inflexible concerning [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership
Categories: Board • BoardTalk • Church • Leadership • Ministry
When you are seeking additional people to serve as part of the church board, what aspect should receive most attention – skill, experience, character or attitude? Certainly Paul warns us not to ask a novice in the faith or someone who has not had experience in leading a family to fill this role. So experience [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • God • Holy Spirit • Leaders • Prayer
Categories: Prayer
When I had once mentioned that I collected prayers, a friend quickly sent me a copy of the Prayer of Jabez, a book written by Bruce Wilkinson in 2000 based on a prayer found in I Chronicles 4:9-10: And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed and [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Bible • Church • Fellowship Baptist • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: NCLD
In November of 2005 we held our very first Best Practices for Church Boards workshop. At the time, it seemed to be the right thing to do and the right way to do it. Two years later, what seemed to be right has proven to be monumental. As of November, 2007 we [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Gospel • Holy Spirit • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry
Categories: ChurchTalk • Leadership • Seminary
In 2007 Amal Henein and Francoise Morissette published Made in Canada Leadership. Wisdom from the Nation’s Best and Brightest on Leadership Practice and Development. They argue that "in each of us rests the potential for leadership, but the response and measure depend on us….We are all called to lead"(58). They discovered that parental influence and [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • God • Leaders • Leadership • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
All of the Editions of the Best Practices for Church Boards are designed to equip Congregational leaders to serve with excellence. The Advanced Edition focuses on one key, critical issue. This year we will address the role of the Board and the Pastoral staff in the crucial process of making good and [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Fellowship Baptist • Leaders • Leadership • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
The focus of the Best Practices for Church Boards: Basic Edition workshop is on three elements: giving clarity as to the function of a church board; offering practical ideas about ways to help a church board to function effectively; providing an opportunity to spend concentrated time on seeking solutions to key issues critical to [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
…NOW THAT I’M A CHURCH BOARD MEMBER…
**Best Practices for Church Boards: **The Personal Edition Workbook
NOW THAT I’M A CHURCH BOARD MEMBER: Workbook for New or Prospective Church Board Members (Book on CD, recorded lectures covering 5 chapters on DVD]
By Dr. Larry Perkins and Dr. Lyle Schrag
List Price: $30.00
Editors Comments:
Serving [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest
Categories: _Uncategorized
“Leadership Training for the sake of Ministry…”
The Leadership Culture Church: What are the marks of a Leadership Culture Church? How does a congregation design a blueprint for developing leaders from the ground up?
“The Local Church is by design the most effective incubator of spiritual leaders [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Bible • Church • Discipleship • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
I think that God may be calling me to take my ministry to another level…
I sense that God may be calling me into some kind of ministry…
I can’t help but think that God has something more for me…
BUT HOW CAN I KNOW FOR SURE?
Questions like this are being asked by men and women of all [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Cross • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Over the last couple of years I have compiled a massive list of internet resources. The amount of material that is available is huge. Some of it is helpful, a lot of it…well, it’s the internet after all.
As I’ve looked for material to use in Leadership Development, one of the best sites I’ve found comes [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Fellowship Baptist • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
In March, 2003, the FEBBC/Y Theological Education Taskforce issued an executive summary of ways to enhance the effectiveness of pastoral training in Fellowship Baptist churches. The first and primary recommendation addressed the issue of Ministry Leadership Development: that the Seminary [Northwest Baptist Seminary] and FEBBCY expand their focus and adopt the integrative, competency-based model for [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Cross • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Centre for Leadership Development (NCLD)
Director: Dr. Lyle Schrag
NCLD operates at the intersection between the Seminary, local church and denominational ministry centre and serves to support good relations among these entities, so that together we can encourage the equipping of emerging ministry leaders within our churches. The traditional Seminary serves a very small percentage of the [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Leaders • Ministry • Northwest • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
Northwest and ACTS Seminaries
Northwest is a founding member of the ACTS Seminaries consortium. Six denominational higher theological education institutions have joined resources to create a unique educational context with a rich complex of study opportunities.
As such all registrations for Northwest Baptist Seminary programs are managed through the ACTS Admissions process. All of our graduate level [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Alumni • Church • Cross • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Welcome Alumni! Our hope is that you will find this website a great resource for you. Click on the links to the left or follow the drop-down menu from the top to select areas of interest to alumni. Here is a greeting from Dr. Larry Perkins, our president.
Northwest is enjoying its 66th year of educational [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Jesus • Leaders
Categories: Christian Life
Over the last couple of years, I’ve found myself increasingly distressed by the quality of evangelical worship, or lack thereof. It’s gotten to the point where I have to discipline myself from ranting over the loss of the deep symbols of our faith, the absence of holy moments and spiritual drama, and the general illiteracy [...]
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • New Testament
Categories: New TestamentTalk
Considerable discussion is occurring about the appropriate way to define an "Evangelical". John Stackhouse (Church and Faith Trends volume 1, issue 1, EFC website) proposes a definition that includes the following elements: orthodox and orthoprax, crucicentric, biblicist, conversionist, missional, and transdenominational. There is much to commend such a definition, although personally I think it emphasizes [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Jesus • Leaders • Ministry • Seminary
Categories: Church
As full disclosure, I should confess that I’ve been a fan of Willow Creek before Willow Ceek was Willow Creek. In the mid-1970’s the youth pastor of my home church in Park Ridge, Illinois was a Trinity College student named Bill Hybels. I always enjoyed coming home on holidays from Seminary just to see [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: CLTP • Church • Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Leadership
Joy’s (1) emotional pain was evident as she related her move from her family’s mono-ethnic Chinese church to a multiethnic congregation. She felt guilt as if she had somehow betrayed her home church.
Bob pastored a multi-ethnic congregation but was frustrated by his inability to recruit leadership from certain groups.
Jane enjoyed belonging to a church [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Prayer
Categories: BoardTalk • Leadership
At our recent "Best Practices for Church Boards Workshop" held in Langley, one of the groups attending had also participated in the first workshop we presented two and half years ago. What was remarkable to note was that none of the members of that church board were the same. Over that short period of time [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Bible • Church • God • Gospel • Holy Spirit • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Prayer
Categories: BoardTalk • Leadership
Dr. Lyle Schrag, director of our Northwest Centre for Leadership Development, led our sixth Best Practices for Church Boards workshop this past weekend. Seven churches participated. As I gave one of the presentations and facilitated a conversation among one of the church boards, the centrality of relationships to good Church Board operations became absolutely clear. [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Theology
Categories: Church • Preaching
The following is a response from my wife, Karen, to a couple of recent blogs found on this site:
In his Oct 17 blog "The Foundation for Hearing God," Loren Warkentin wrote:
We Christians have become acculturated to this [fast-paced] style of living and I believe it has affected our spiritual lives. We are easily bored. If [...]
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry
Categories: Church
Quick note, helpful tool: Check out the resources of Leadership Transformations, Inc. Actually, go directly to their ministry resource outlet entitled HealthyChurch.net [just add the www. before the title, and you’re there.]
One of the things that I’ve discovered in the last two years is that most churches wait until a crisis to assess the health [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Scripture • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Evangelism • Faith • Preaching
J. P. Moreland of Talbot Seminary was the keynote speaker at this year’s meetings of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. He took the opportunity to offer a proposal for “apologetic preaching.” While such an approach is not new, Moreland seemed to suggest that apologetics could and should take a much higher place in our thinking about [...]
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • New Testament • Prayer • Scripture • Translation
Categories: Bible • Bible Study • Christian Life • Culture
There is, today, a proliferation of articles, books and speakers discussing the topic of “hearing God”. Several well known evangelical preachers and leaders have weighed in with their contributions. I did a web search on the words “hearing God” and was fascinated by what came up. Page after page listing web sites, books, articles and other [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • God • Gospel • Leaders • Ministry
Categories: Leadership • MinistryTalk
According to Robert Quinn in Deep Change a legitimate vision must exceed perceived resources. If our vision fits neatly within our current resources it is merely a plan, not a vision. Planning is important, but it will not result in "deep change", according to Quinn. Only vision enables an organization to discern a future that [...]
Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry
Categories: Church
I posted a note back in July with a bit of a warning – that the Middle-Adult ministry today is not the same as it was 30 years ago, and that if the church doesn’t address the aging Boomer generation, it is missing a huge opportunity [July 5, 2007: Here They Come.] I don’t know [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry
Categories: Church
Christianity Today International publishes the result of an annual survey on church salaries. This year’s copy of The 2008 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff has not yet been published, but a few of the results have been reported – as surprises. Senior editor, Kevin Miller, has posted an article in Leadership online entitled 3 Surprises [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Leaders • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Best Practices For Church Missions
Developing effective and impacting Missions participation in FEBCC Churches
Basic Workshop:
Vision, Strategy and Planning
The workshops held on March 1 (Vancouver Island, Victoria), and March 8 ( Lower Mainland, Langley), 2008 were a success. A total of 13 churches participated guided by competent and enthusiastic facilitators experienced in missions.
"[The workshops have exceeded [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Missions • Religion • Seminary • Translation
Categories: _Uncategorized
The following are resources that are particularly helpful for those with responsibility to facilitate their church’s involvement in missions.
The FEBInternational resources and servicing churches pages provide a number of resources and helps that have proved valuable for our FEBBC churches
David Mays provides excellent resources from missions in churches on his website. His CDs, Missions Trip [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Leaders • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
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Support, Workshops and Resources
Many churches are presently involved in short term missions projects. These STM trips provide “teachable moments” that can be utilized to expand a person’s commitment to what God is doing in the world. Northwest Baptist Seminary and FEBInternational would like to be of service to our FEBCC churches by enhancing their efforts [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary • Theology
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Contact Mark Naylor at mark.naylor@twu.ca for further information. All workshops, seminars and interactive programs are available to our FEBBC/Y on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland upon request and dependent upon Mark’s schedule. There is no fee attached to these programs, although there may be some incidental costs.
Resolving Intercultural Conflicts
Gleaned from the experiences of [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Religion • Translation
Categories: _Uncategorized
Resources
Intercultural Network Canada has a number of interesting and innovative resources for developing effective cross-cultural relationships. Their mission is to cross cultures to reach, resource and release ethnic leaders for Jesus Christ. For those who like to throw parties as a means of creating new friends, check out the Party Hints Package.
How does one Grow as [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Leaders • Leadership • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
The following code of best practices for church mission mobilizers is provided from a desire to start a conversation about how Church mission mobilizers can be most effective in engaging their congregations with the global mission. Please contact us for your input.
Code of Best Practices for Church Mission Mobilizers
A guide for facilitators of church [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Based on a minimum of 2 years undergraduate studies as a prerequisite to entering the program, the student will first earn a one year diploma which can sequence into the MACS program at ACTS.
Northwest Baptist Seminary curriculum is coupled with practical leadership development in the context of ministry.
CLTP’s experienced based training provides opportunity for the [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Bible • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Ministry • New Testament • Theology • Translation
Categories: Bible • Bible Study • Biblical Languages • Hermeneutics • Ministry • New TestamentTalk • Preaching • Theology • Translation Issues
No, this is not an attack on any Bible translation. But it is a serious question — how do our translations of the Bible influence the forming of our Christian worldview? We believe that God intended his Word to be translated into every language. Yet as we make the transition from Greek or Hebrew text [...]