Erik Fish
Jesus. Sends. Apostles. Today.

Jesus. Sends. Apostles. Today.

APOSTLES!!!!! If you want to skip the rest of this article, just read the following three lines: Jesus was an apostle. Jesus sent apostles. We need apostles today. Now, if you want to keep going .... I would love to have you read further... A couple years ago I was...

Sponges, Organizations, and The Kingdom of God

“I know God is moving this direction. I just don’t know how our organization can change. I feel stuck and I don’t know how to respond to what we sense God saying to us.”

Over the last few years, I have heard this multiple times from ministry leaders. From local church pastors to international campus ministry leaders, the same symptom seems to affect all of us – sometimes our organizations collide with the kingdom of God.

Movement or Spiritual Family?

“The Lord sets the solitary in families.” Psalm 68:6 Q: Lots of multiplication and reproduction. What do you call that? A: The answer is two-fold. You can call it a movement or you can call it a growing family. When lots of kids are born – it’s a great thing. However,...

When Students Travel For Jesus

You and your two friends walk on to a campus. You’re nervous. You’ve never been here before. You just drove overnight to get to a new campus you felt God putting on your heart. You pray for God to lead you, but you don’t sense anything yet. After you pray again, you...

5 Step Strategy for Student Church Planting

After returning last week from a month-long trip in Central America, I noticed the above ad at the top of the mountain of mail awaiting our attention.  It was advertising a "new church" was starting in town. (I covered up the church's name at the top). The...

Traveling Teams

"GO" are the first two letters of God's name! Since the beginning of history, God's purposes for the earth have been spread through traveling teams. Abraham, Jonah, Isaiah, the apostles, the 72 others, Paul and Barnabus... oh yeah, and Jesus. They all traveled on...

Keeping Control

Keeping Control An entire Native American family heard the gospel today as a student in their family was baptized. Brothers, parents, aunts, and friends. But it wouldn't have happened if I'd had my way with things. Let me explain. One of the most difficult things...