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 11th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Culture • Missions
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Evangelism • Missiology
NOTE: A companion workshop to these articles is available to multi-ethnic churches that provides information, exercises and interaction to encourage the implementation of those disciplines that promote healthy intercultural relationships. Please contact Mark at mark.naylor@twu.ca
Whose rules rule?
In the innovative cultural simulation game, Barnga, created by Sivasailam Thiagarajan, groups of people play a simple card game [...]
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 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Missions
Categories: Calendar
[ Saturday, February 28, 2009; 12:00 pm; ]
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Missions • Seminary
Categories: Calendar
[ Saturday, February 21, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] Code of Best Practices for Church Mission Mobilizers
Best Practices Workshop information
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: God • Missions • Seminary
Categories: Calendar
[ Friday, February 6, 2009 12:00 pm to Sunday, February 8, 2009 12:00 pm. ] Serious Missions:
“Reaching Ahead”
at Camp Qwanoes
Click Here for more information
For adults 50+ who want to make a difference
by being involved in God’s mission to the world
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Cross • God • Ministry • Missions • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Serious Missions:
“Reaching Ahead”
at
Camp Qwanoes
1148 Smith Road, Crofton BC
Friday Supper February 6, 2009
thru
Sunday Lunch February 8, 2009
For adults 50+ who want to make a difference
by being involved in God’s mission to the world
What will this retreat do for you?
1) Help you discover what your role in God’s mission to the world should be
2) Inform [...]
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 March 11th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • God • Missions • Prayer
Categories: _Uncategorized
Further comments from the March 1 (Victoria) and March 8 (Lower Mainland) workshops
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 found it [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Church • Missions • Northwest • Prayer
Categories: Internet • Website 101
WordPress is a great CMS (Content Management System) platform for a church website and web design as it is extremely flexible and very easy to use. Part of this flexibility comes from WordPress’ ability to take advantage of the programming skills of people from around the world who have designed various small add-on applications for [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Cross • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
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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 November 5th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Gospel • Missions • New Testament • Old Testament • Translation
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Missiology • Seminary • Translation Issues
I am slow. I have come to the realization – at least a full decade after more perceptive and observant thinkers – that we are no longer in the information age; we are in the networking age. Facebook is not about information, but about connecting. Due to the ease of access and overwhelming quantity of [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • God • Gospel • Jesus • Ministry • Missions • Scripture • Seminary
Categories: Christian Life • Discipleship • Evangelism
Five aspects of evangelism common to our churches that need to change if we are to make a gospel impact in our communities:
a. The individualistic nature of evangelism. People commonly view Sunday worship as their expression of church, while the rest of the week is lived without church involvement. For example, I have seen [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Leaders • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
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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 • Jesus • Ministry • Missions • Prayer • Scripture • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Significant Conversations
… where “heaven overlaps with the earth.”
God loves words
He started the world with words
Let there be light!
His words became conversations
Adam, where are you?
And his conversations continued
I am the LORD your God, I delivered you. You are my people
But when God wanted to speak his deepest message of love, [...]
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 14th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Church • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Schedule
The following is a proposed schedule of courses for the duration of the Youth Leadership Training Program. Students are free to customize their own schedule with the advice of both the Seminary and the church. It should be noted, however, that the Diploma must be completed (minimum G.P.A. 3.0) before the [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Culture • God • Ministry • Missions • Religion • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
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Posted on September 7th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: God • Ministry • Missions
Categories: _Uncategorized
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Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: Cross • God • Gospel • Jesus • Missions • Old Testament
Categories: Bible Study • Church
Our house has been a-hum with guests most of this month. But as busy as we’ve been, the joy has been greater. Sitting around the crowded dinner table laden with good things this week, I’ve been reminded of how many times in the past my family and I have been the beneficiaries of God’s great [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Northwest is building an on-line ministry resource centre at this website. Our goal is to develop a library of portable articles, lessons, teaching materials and other resources for the benefit of the local church - pastors, youth workers, Sunday School Teachers etc.. Check the links to the left for resources already available.
Instant Search of all [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Bible • Church • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Seminary
Categories: Boomers • Leadership
In the February edition of the Leadership Connections newsletter, I recorded the results of some research that I’ve been doing on emerging leaders: [When Emerging Leaders go BOOM! http://leadership.nbseminary.com/ncld_011.htm - check it out.]
Twice this week, the issue has come up as both the Seminary – and our Churches are beginning to witness this phenomenon. So, [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Ministry • Missions • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
It is anticipated that the student will be a full-time intern working with a support package determined by FEBI for the duration of the study period, a period of three years minimum. The student, under the direction of FEBI, would be responsible to raise that support from their home church and other supporting churches. [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
The world of Christian missions as an expression of God’s mission to the world is constantly developing. Churches struggle to understand their role in this swiftly changing landscape. How can their efforts make a difference in cross-cultural ministry? How can priorities for support, prayer and participation be established? How can people be [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Director of the Northwest Centre for Leadership Development (NCLD)
Dr. Lyle Schrag is the first Director of the Northwest Centre for Fellowship Leadership Development at the Northwest Baptist Seminary. His responsibilities are to create a collaborative process between the resources of the Seminary and the congregations of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches.for the development of [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Old Testament • Seminary • Theology • Translation
Categories: _Uncategorized
Coordinator of the Centre for Intercultural Leadership Development (CILD)
Mark served along with Karen, his wife, in Pakistan among the Sindhi Muslim people for fourteen years, doing evangelism, church planting and leadership development. He continues with his responsibilities as the supervisor and primary exegete for the Sindhi Old Testament translation project. Here at Northwest Mark’s responsibilities [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Fellowship Baptist • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary • Translation
Categories: _Uncategorized
International Leadership Development Coordinator
The role of Coordinator for International Leadership Development was created to serve Fellowship Baptist churches on behalf of both FEBInternational (the Fellowship Foreign Mission agency) and Northwest Baptist Seminary. Mark Naylor has served as the Coordinator for International Leadership Development since 2003. His responsibilities include:
Coordinating the professional development of Fellowship missionaries [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Discipleship • God • Gospel • Ministry • Missions • Prayer
Categories: _Uncategorized
First semester:
The student
has developed an understanding of the worldview of the ethnic group with whom they are working
has a positive relationship with their mentor who has made an impact in personal, intellectual and spiritual development
recognizes the need to contextualize biblical truths
has established positive and challenging non-Christian and Christian relationships within the ethnic community.
has had opportunity [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
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A number of key partners are involved in this integrative learning process. Each brings specific resources to help the entire network succeed in its mission. Supervision of the CLTP is provided through the Center for International Leadership Development at NBS. Mark Naylor is the current coordinator, a position jointly sponsored by Northwest Baptist Seminary and [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Ministry • Missions
Categories: _Uncategorized
Per Semester Financial Breakdown NOTE: all FEBI raised items include a 15% administration charge.
Year One - Semester One September through December (12 credits)
Fees (student personal): $700
Fees (NBS scholarship): $700
Fees (FEBI - raised): $805
Books / supplies (FEBI - raised): $0
Living expenses (FEBI - raised): $575
Ministry expenses (FEBI - raised): $0
Year One - Semester Two January [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
The initial application will be submitted to NBS. Certain conditions must be met for acceptance into the program:
Affirmation of the candidate’s potential for ministry in a cross-cultural setting.
The candidate is a participating member in good standing of a local church which will provide unreserved endorsement of the student for cross-cultural training. The local church [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Ministry • Missions
Categories: _Uncategorized
Year one - Semester one
During the first semester of ministry the student is appointed to a cross-cultural or ethnic ministry within a mentored environment. The coordinator of the program will arrange this with the student’s home church and the participating ethnic ministry. Distance learning, module, reading, and online courses are assigned through NBS as a [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Fellowship Baptist • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Religion • Seminary • Theology
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Professor Emeritus of Missiology and Church Growth
Dr Vern Middleton earned a B.A. degree from Western Washington University, a B.D. degree from Northwest Baptist Seminary, a M.Th in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Middleton has been a church planter for the Fellowship Baptist Churches throughout [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Northwest Baptist Seminary is at the nexus of an exciting network of academic ventures. In keeping with our vision statement Northwest endeavors to create and sustain cutting edge educational opportunities for our students.
Graduate Studies through ACTS Seminaries
Northwest is a founding member of the ACTS Seminaries consortium. Six denominational higher theological education institutions have joined resources [...]
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Missions • Seminary
Categories: Membership
How do people belong? This is an important issue in missions, particularly for a church planting mission such as FEBInternational: What does it mean to belong to a church? There are many different ways to express and value belonging, and these vary from culture to culture. A college student from Azerbaijan informed me recently that [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Fellowship Baptist • Leaders • Leadership • Missions • Northwest
Categories: _Uncategorized
Meet Northwest’s Board Chair
Larry Nelson
Larry is a member of South Delta Baptist Church. CA; Financial Business; Coquitlam School Board Trustee; former Baptist Housing CEO, CCCC Board Chair; TWU School of Business Advisory Board Member; Fellowship Baptist Stewardship Services Society Chair
Board Members
Paul Beckett
Paul is from Albion Fellowship. He is a medical doctor with BC Corrections.
Dale [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Alumni • Bible • Church • Cross • Discipleship • Fellowship Baptist • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary • Theology • Translation
Categories: _Uncategorized
What is a Seminary?
What is Northwest Baptist Seminary?
What is Northwest’s Mission and Vision?
What Programs Does Northwest offer?
How does Northwest Contribute to the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches?
How can Northwest Help You Personally?
What are Northwest Alumni Saying?
How Can You Help Northwest Fulfill its Vision and Mission?
What is a Seminary?
a graduate resource centre for training pastors and [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Fellowship Baptist • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Northwest’s mission is to prepare effective leaders for Kingdom ministries through the provision of quality, innovative, biblically-faithful education. We accomplish primarily through our leadership development work among the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches, an indigenous group of conservative Baptist churches numbering around 500 and spread from Newfoundland to British Columbia. The Fellowship is a [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Church • Culture • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
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Introduction to Northwest Baptist Seminary…
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“They teach best who both do and teach”
You’ve no doubt heard them; those clichés about professors like, “Those who can’t do, teach.” and [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Missions • Seminary
Categories: Church • Missiology
Is it just me or has the concept of “belonging†to a church become more fluid lately? I remember growing up in a churched context and it was very obvious who was “in†and who was “outâ€. Membership was an important concept and there was a sense that unless a [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Missions • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Missiology
Just what is a church missions team expected to do? Because of the way church missions has developed in recent years this question has become increasingly important for those who desire to be effective mission mobilizers. In some churches the missions committee’s primary role consists of passing on the prayer letters of missionaries to the [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Jesus • Ministry • Missions
Categories: Missiology
I said goodbye to my baby girl this week. Becky and I, along with a number of other friends and relatives saw her off from the Seattle airport in the wee hours of Monday morning as she and her team of 7 began their missions odyssey to Thailand. She is only 23 and from this [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • God • Missions • Prayer
Categories: Missiology
I have been spending some time interviewing pastors and key missions committee personnel to discover the areas they would like to improve in the area of missions One frustration that a number of people expressed is in knowing how and when they are to keep mission agencies and missionaries accountable. One pastor provided the following [...]