Discipleship as Part of a Holistic Cross-Cultural Ministry - Part 1
Pastor Eric Costanzo and One Collective’s Scott White lay out the first three levels of cross-cultural discipleship: welcome, conflict and community. Why Jesus put a tax collector and a Zealot on one team.
Discipleship as Part of a Holistic Cross-Cultural Ministry - Part 2
Eric Costanzo and Scott White finish their six-level framework with advocacy, discipling others and partnership. Why Jesus sent his followers across cultures before handing them the Kingdom.
A Welcoming Community for Emancipated Foster Youth
DSF Werks brings emancipated foster youth together around classic car restoration, paid internships and Motor Mondays. Founders Joel Lueb and Marci Tasche on why relationships mattered more than skills.
What Is Social Entrepreneurship and How to Integrate It Into Ministry
Business is not just a way to get a visa or fund the real ministry. How social enterprise can be the ministry itself, with five practical steps and insights from Brandon Weidman and Scott Olson.
My Business is My Mission
Andrew Babyak, Messiah University business professor, on his years in Senegal and why half-hearted ventures erode trust. His case for building a real business, with local partners paid from its profits.
Getting People in the Same Room
In Elgin, Illinois, Catalyst Bobby Jackson and Alex Madrid pull nonprofits, churches and city officials into one plan to end chronic homelessness. Their odd measure of success: serving fewer people each week.
The Long Work
A One Collective engineer came to Central Asia to show women another path, and found water projects only reached men. How parallel women’s and men’s projects, and plenty of mistakes, are changing families.
It’s Not What You Think It Is
Researcher Joy Lee on why dramatic rescue stories distort Christian anti-trafficking work. The case for listening to survivors, protecting their agency and accepting that recovery is rarely a straight line.
Change-Maker
Libbie spent her life next to Chibolya, Zambia, and wanted a place where people could know God and learn to provide for themselves. She died in April 2022; the young women she helped carry on her work.
Listening to Local Leaders
Leaders in Masatepe, Nicaragua asked what Jesus would do as mayor of their town. Beto’s Coffee Co, built with artisan Don Beto Flores, is one answer: a social enterprise that grew from a few jobs to national renown.
Tables Instead of Walls
In one of Fresno, California’s poorest neighborhoods, youth whose parents fear deportation hosted a Love Feast and invited the police captain. Nancy Donat on choosing a table over a wall.