Utica, New York. That’s not a city that has a cool ring to it. Tell people you are going to Utica and watch the look on their faces. Why would anyone want to make disciples and plant churches there? Two reasons: unreached people groups and least-reached area. The world is […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
Some people are anti-structures. They think it is cool to be against “the man,” but all for movement. However, there is no movement without structures. Structures are necessary for health and multiplication. It was true in the first century; it is true today. But, not all structures will do. Some […]
Tweaking the Structures for Movement
We reproduce what we know. And, we know what is modeled before us. If such is the case, then what happens when what we know is not accomplishing what needs to be done? We end up repeating ourselves, doing the same things with a slightly different variation, expecting new results […]
We Reproduce what We Know
I am in Wake Forest, North Carolina this week at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary teaching a doctoral seminar on contemporary issues facing the Church. So, I’ve been a little slack in my blogging this week. In fact, I’m taking a break from grading papers to write this brief post. I […]
Promise Keeping God
The missiology necessary to advance the gospel in a post-Christianized context is not the same as the missiology that brought us to a Christianized context. Certainly, this does not mean a complete overhaul, but rather a building upon that which has gone before. Some things must change while we return […]
Missiology of the Moment
In our desire to see results happen in the Kingdom, we are often too thrilled to have the Gideons lead us. We are many times satisfied with Samsons. If he can defeat such an army with 300, then we want him as our leader! He needs to be on our […]
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