To the Edge: Reflections on Kingdom Leadership, Mission, and Innovation is a book I have been working on for a few years. It has been fun to write. And, Lord willing, it will be released this summer. I am very excited the time is near! Since you are a reader […]
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It has been said that since Gutenberg the Christian faith has walked on “literate legs.” And while we are very thankful to have the Bible in our language, we often operate from the assumption that the majority of the world also prefers to learn through literate means. However, close to […]
Samuel Chiang on Orality and Missions Today
One reason churches do not participate in church planting is because they believe it is beyond their abilities. And I would agree that church planting is beyond most churches as long as we use the typical western definition of church planting. When we turn to the Scriptures, we do not […]
Your Church is Closer to Planting than You Think
I am pleased to share with you that Developing a Strategy for Missions (co-authored with John Mark Terry) is now available in Korean. When I served as a seminary professor at Southern Seminary from 2002-2012, I was both surprised and delighted to see the number of first generation Korean students […]
Developing a Strategy for Missions–Korean Edition
When it comes to a proper understanding of mission, most of us are quick to begin with the New Testament. We are not alone here for Köstenberger and O’Brien noted: Many biblical scholars (as distinct from missiologists), who have written on mission in the New Testament, have failed to examine […]
In the Beginning…Mission
There is much in the Bible that addresses the topic of shame (referenced more than twice as often as the notion of guilt). This is good news as we labor among the 4 billion! For most of the world is not as individualistically-oriented as we in the West. Matters such […]
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