The biblical storyline reveals a God who remains faithful to His promises which require the ongoing sending of Himself and His servants into a tragically suffering and deeply needy world to accomplish His mission of redemption and restoration. Mission began with God, is sustained by God, and will culminate with […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
The Gospel Coalition just announced the winners of their 2022 annual book awards. A few months ago, I was notified Apostolic Imagination had been nominated, which I never expected. And I never expected the book would receive an award. While it was not the winner in the Missions and Global […]
Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards
Somewhere along the way, we decided it was impossible, or at least improbable, for the Church to experience rapid numerical growth and significant sanctification. I started marking such conversations in my journey as I heard them in the United States in the early 1990s. Many of you can provide earlier […]
Pick One: Church Maturation or Multiplication–for We Can’t have Both, ...
Today is the first day of Season 8 of Strike the Match! Over the past seven seasons, I have addressed a variety of topics related to missions, innovation, and leadership, but we will focus on one topic this season: theology of mission. Earlier this year, I published Theology of Mission: […]
Theology of Mission
Here is a quick update for you regulars (and newcomers) related to Strike the Match. Lord willing, season 8 will launch very soon! Last season, I promised much of season 8 (possibly all) would be devoted to mission theology. When I published Theology of Mission earlier this year, I wanted […]
COMING SOON! Season 8 Strike the Match
“At the sound of the tone, the global population will be seven billion.” I was driving to the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to teach a class when I heard these words on the radio. The year was 2010. The world reached another record this week–8 billion people. […]