A network of Reformed believers who want to see an increasing number of Christians, pastors, and missionaries in Southeast Asia grounded in a Reformed worldview and able to apply the Scriptures faithfully to life and ministry in Southeast Asia.
One of the perennial questions about Christianity in Thailand is why the church has traditionally grown so slowly compared to other countries where Protestant missionaries arrived around the same time. Ultimately, we don’t know for sure why the church grows
On an idyllic Saturday morning, a husband was heard saying to his wife: “Honey, this morning I will scrub the toilet for you!” in a tone that intimated a flying kiss to the wife. This might be expected to trigger
If you had 12 missionary families (or pairs of singles) and an unreached people group numbering millions of people spread over a large geographic area, how would you place them for optimal church planting effectiveness? Would you pick 12 key
At the Southeast Asia Reformed Network (SEARN) Conference this month, the first two sessions will address specifics about what a local church should look like and how it should function. The final session will place all of our variegated, local churches
Summarizing our last discussion regarding what constitutes a church, we can say genuine churches are those visible, physical groups of disciples of Christ who agree to submit to the authority of Scripture and meet consistently in a particular location. These
Jim and Tara have been serving as missionaries in Southeast Asia for the past 10 years. They are grateful for the opportunity to not only proclaim the gospel in the city they are living in but to also serve the
“What is the Church?” “What is a church?” In some ways it’s easier to answer the first question because we can keep it theoretical. The second question is messier. It is more specific and conditioned by our experiences of actual
“Making Disciples, Cultivating Healthy Churches within Southeast Asia” – this is the theme for the 2015 Southeast Asia Reformed Conference, which will be held on November 12th to the 14th in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is very exciting to be hosting the conference