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 26th, 2008 by nav
Other tags: Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by nav
Other tags: Church • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
General Videos
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Best Practices for Church Boards
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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 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 May 1st, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: God • Gospel • Holy Spirit • Jesus • Seminary
Categories: Biblical Languages • New Testament • New TestamentTalk
The Psalmist declared “Since my youth, O God, you have taught me” (Psalm 71:17) and he desires that God continually would teach him to do his will (Psalm 143:10). His experience and expectation is that God does instruct him, with the result that he knows God and his ways. While this [...]
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 April 15th, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Culture • Discipleship • God • Gospel • Jesus • New Testament • Old Testament • Seminary • Translation
Categories: Bible • Blogs • Ethics • New TestamentTalk
Paul’s choice of words in his letter to Christians in the province of Galatia reflects careful intention. The issues he confronts are extremely serious, the opponents powerful and persuasive, and his audience somewhat befuddled. Strong warnings mingle with cries of frustration as he encourages these believers to keep running well 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 April 4th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Seminary
Categories: Church • Culture
In the book UnChristian (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007), which deals with research from the Barna group, David Kinnaman refers to a survey which asked the participants to agree or disagree with the statement, “Christian churches accept and love people unconditionally, regardless of how people look or what they do” (p. 185). 20% of [...]
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 7th, 2008 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: God • Scripture • Seminary
Categories: Christian Life
The Christian life is filled with delightful "coincidences"–confluences of life events with Scripture that give an unmistakable impression of the active oversight of God.
Conformity to the world is as deeply and extensively damaging as transformation by the renewing of our minds is deeply and extensively beneficial and God-honouring.
This past week I had an email interchange [...]
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 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 31st, 2008 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Gospel • Scripture • Seminary
Categories: Bible • Bible Story
My friend and mentor, Grant Lovejoy, sent me a link this morning to the new website for Chronological Bible Storying. The website offers the methodology, research, and reports from the field into this powerful way of preaching to oral and indigenous cultures.
According to the website, "Chronological Bible Storying (CBS) is the process of encountering [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Missiology
It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on a personal level
I am uncomfortable with direct methods of evangelism that early on present the hearer with an invitation to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. Part of my unease has to do with my Canadian upbringing. It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2008 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: Church • God • Marriage • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Bible Study • Discipleship • Faith • Marriage
Over the Christmas holiday, Rita and I received a long distance call from our eldest daughter Trish in Aberdeen, Scotland . With great excitement she announced, "Pete and I are engaged!"
The journey to this moment of family joy has been nothing if not exciting and a challenge to faith.
From their very earliest years, we as [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • New Testament • Scripture • Seminary • Translation
Categories: Bible • Hermeneutics • Missiology • Translation Issues
section headings … can be misleading
I like section headings in Bible translation. They are not part of the original text, but added by the translation team to assist the reader in three ways: “1. to help those already familiar with the Bible to find a passage they know; 2. to help those unfamiliar with the [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Northwest • Seminary
Categories: ACTS Seminaries • Leadership
Northwest is a founding member of a consortium of six evangelical, denominational seminaries called ACTS Seminaries. Together, these six seminaries, form the graduate theological division of Trinity Western University.
Tuesday’s chapel saw the inauguration service for our new principal here at ACTS Seminaries. Dr. Ron Toews was officially inaugurated as the second principal of ACTS Seminaries [...]
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: 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 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 15th, 2007 by nav
Other tags: Northwest • Seminary
Categories: _Uncategorized
Students, welcome to the Northwest website. We trust you will find all the information you need here - from Academic Program Descriptions to whom to contact - from Registration Forms to Local Information - from Academic Transcripts to Student Financial Aid Information - this is your starting point! So welcome! If there is anything that [...]
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Culture • Gospel • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Evangelism • Hermeneutics • Missiology
Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends
Edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, Michael J. Sleasman. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007. 285 pages, $29.99, paperback.
Most of our churches in the Fellowship are not missional, but communal in orientation. That is, their primary orientation towards the community in which they are placed [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Missiology
The Common hunger of Humanity
What we as human beings search for and value in life is the “meaningful” and the “good.”
With regard to the “meaningful,” we are always trying to make sense of our world. Hopelessness, which is what we seek to avoid, is the antithesis of the “meaningful” and happens when the [...]
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 28th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • God • Scripture • Seminary • Translation
Categories: Preaching
I’ve just completed Eugene Peterson’s improbably titled, Eat This Book and I cannot recommend it highly enough. This “conversation in the art of spiritual reading” both values Scripture while helping us see its accessibility. The book argues for the validity and necessity of exegesis for spiritual growth. It describes in detail the practice of Lectio [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Church • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: Internet • Website 101
WordPress is a web authoring software package that is designed to be easy to use and free for the downloading. The creators of the software describe WordPress as follows: "WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless [...]
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 19th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Church • Seminary
Categories: Preaching
One of the problems I have observed is that some of us think we preach better than we actually do. Truthfully, most of us probably suffer from that problem. If I’m honest, I’d probably have to admit that I have a higher sense of the effectiveness of my own preaching than what the listeners might [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • Culture • God • Jesus • Seminary
Categories: Bible • Cultural Issues • Culture • Hermeneutics • Missiology
Three ways to understand the Bible
My wife, Karen, heard a message by a young woman with no theological training on Jer 29:11, “I know the plans I have for you….” The young woman spoke of the verse as if it was addressed to us today and talked about the plans God has for us. Although [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • Church • God • Seminary
Categories: Preaching
_Preaching with Variety: How to Re-create the Dynamics of Biblical Genres_. By Jeffrey D. Arthurs. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2007, 978-0-8254-2019-1, 238 pp., $15.99, paperback.
Several years ago I embarked upon a project. Having been given a short interim preaching opportunity at a nearby church, I decided to choose a different biblical genre for every sermon [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Church • Cross • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: Internet • Website 101
…where does one start when planning a church website?
Today I am launching a series of articles for churches on the topic of church websites. Have you grappled with how to start, develop and maintain a good church website? Have you learned some great secrets that you would be willing to share? I hope to add a number of [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Church • God • Gospel • Seminary
Categories: News • Preaching
Yesterday my wife participated in our pastor’s sermon by illustrating his sermon with a simultaneous sermon painting. What’s that, you ask? Let me try to explain.
Brian Stewart was preaching from Philippians 2:15 about how we are to shine as lights for Christ in the places we’re located. He had a lot to say about light [...]