FOUR-PART SERIES: Toronto Mission Team Training

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This post was published by the NECPCoalition on 02-20-2013. It is re-posted here with permission.

Mission | Toronto | Canada: Mission Team Training with Dan Collison

It’s context. It’s culture. It’s Canada. Welcome to “Mission | Toronto | Canada: Mission Team Training with Dan Collison,” a resource for everyone interested in the contextualization of the Gospel for different cultures; and especially for those involved in or considering a partnership in Greater-Toronto.

Join your host Dan Collison as he and his fellow pastors prepare your teams to be effective for Christ in this, one of the most strategic and most diverse regions in North America.

Produced by the Northeast Church Planting Coalition for the Office of Great Commission Partnerships of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, this four-part video series takes a look inside 1) Canada, 2) Toronto, 3) Church Planting, and 4) a posture called F.L.U.I.D. Each of the 20-minute sessions is designed to be viewed in order, but may also be useful as a stand-alone training.

Special thanks to Mike Sowers and Chuck Reigster of the BSCNC, and to Dan Collison and all of the faithful friends in Canada who made this project possible; Andrew Lamme, Brett Porter, Greg Alexander, Seba Vasquez, Robin Vasti, Daniel Smith, Jarret Hamilton, Tim Heerebout, Jason McGibbon, Ken Wiliams, Sath Arulvarathan, Darryl Weinberg, Rudy Geronimo, Ken Stravens and Arnold Wong.

Session No. 1 – Canada: Holy Poutine. It’s a Whole Different Country

mtt1It’s just a short ride across the river, but this where Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie turns into Hockey, Tim Hortons and poutine. Things may look very similar, but mission teams will need to know a few things before crossing the border.

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Session No. 2 – Toronto: Understanding the Most Diverse City in the World

mtt2From the city of Toronto, where 52 percent of the residents are immigrants, to the GTA and the rest of the Golden Horseshoe, Southern Ontario is home to 11 million people; roughly a third of the Canadian population.  Who are they? And how should mission teams think about the city?

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Session No. 3 – Church Planting: Creating Christian Community with the Never-Churched

Praise the Lord, Toronto Church Planting Network has grown to meet the needs of a growing Toronto. Check in with Dan and a host of planters as they discuss different types of church plants geared for reaching all types of people.

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Session No. 4 – F.L.U.I.D.: A Culturally Appropriate Posture for Gospel Effectiveness

Sharing Christ is at the core of the Great Commission and at the heart of every Christian. Yet, in order to be the most effective witnesses, mission teams must have a crystal clear understanding of who exactly they are going to be witnessing to, and what results they should expect.

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mtt_dvd11-211x300This series is available as a two-disc DVD set.

Email Abby Edwards in the Office of Great Commission Partnerships.

NACP Partnerships: Supporting Church Planting & Reaching the Lost in the Northeast and Toronto

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NACP Partnerships: Supporting Church Planting & Reaching the Lost in the Northeast and Toronto

Planting new churches is the most effective way to reach the lost – and there are more than 60 million people in the Northeast and Toronto who are living and dying right now without Christ

Boe and Connie Ellis through a ministry called North American Church Planting Partnerships are supporting Southern Baptist church planters and church planting leaders by providing a catalytic, church planting need – that because of the lack of churches in these areas, there just isn’t local funding for.

We invite you to expand the mission of your church, your organization and your family by partnering with us. You can adopt a planter, a church plant, a city or the whole region.

Your prayers, your teams, and your financial giving through the Metro-New York Baptist Association and the Baptist Convention of New England will not just support our ministry but it will underwrite the work that we are giving away to planters who are not equipped to tell their stories and create new partnerships.

Thank you for helping us help them reach their neighborhoods and the nations. nacppartnerships.com/partnerships

Northeast Church Planting Coalition and CJEllis partner to launch new site

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis are pleased to announce today the release of a new Web site created out of a new partnership with CERICDigital CJEllis and the Northeast Church Planting Coalition. Special thanks to the church planting strategists in Boston, New York and Toronto for participating, and to Mike Sowers of the office of Great Commission Partnerships of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina for their support.

Please visit the site here – www.necpcoalition.com.