This year’s theme of the Evangelical Missiological Society is “Ecclesiology and Mission.” While I am writing this post for my EMS friends (or those on the cusp of joining), I want to encourage all readers to check out the society’s site and consider if this is a group for you […]
Agencies
Today is the long-awaited day! The ninth season of Strike the Match launches with this episode. This season will be brief and will include a series of special episodes. . . unlike any I have posted in the past. Long-time listeners know from the intro this podcast is about “missions, […]
AI Alan and Annie Discuss Payne on Decline in Seminary ...
I promise, I am a human being. Nothing can mimic this algorithm–yet. If you have visited my site or my writings over the past several years, you have likely encountered my view of a stewardship of innovation (see HERE, HERE, HERE). While innovation is much broader than AI, I want […]
AI and J. D. Payne
The Kingdom stewardship of evaluation requires a 360 degree approach when considering our methods and strategies. We must not take a cafeteria-style, pick-and-choose what we want to critique. Honest, and sometimes hard, conversations are necessary when it comes to Great Commission labors. Jesus has commanded us to bear fruit that […]
The Double-Edge of Evaluation
The Fourth Lausanne Congress is underway in Seoul and released “The Seoul Statement” this week. The congress marks it origin in 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland when John Stott and Billy Graham gathered global evangelical leaders for an “international congress on world evangelization.” Similar meetings occurred in Manila (1989) and Cape […]
The Seoul Statement
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Lausanne Movement. Evangelicals throughout the world are planning to gather for the fourth congress in Seoul. Earlier today I participated in the movement’s release of the “State of the Great Commission Report.” This precursor to September’s gathering is to provide an account […]