Today is the official relaunch of my 2008 book The Barnabas Factors: Eight Essential Practices of Church Planting Team Members! Last month, I wrote about the publisher going out-of-business and my plans to roll this book out at a later date. For those of you not familiar with this work, […]
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Roland Allen’s writings have had an influence on my missiology. This is a bit humorous–a high church, Tractarian, Anglican making a major impact on a fourth generation Southern Baptist from the Appalachian foothills in Kentucky. Crazy. With 2012 marking 100 years since the publication of Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or […]
The Legacy of Roland Allen
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released an important report on the religious affiliations of international migrants. I sent out a few tweets linking readers to Pew’s site and the fascinating interactive maps. If you have not seen them, you need to check them out HERE and […]
Missions To, Through, and Beyond the Diasporas
I recently received notice that Missional Press is ending operations as of April 5, 2012. While I did not enjoy hearing this news, I understand. It is a difficult day for smaller publishers. I consider it an honor to have published The Barnabas Factors: Eight Essential Practices of Church Planting […]
Update on The Barnabas Factors
Earlier this week I was doing missionary training in Auburn, Alabama. It was a great blessing to work with a wonderful group of guys who have a heart for planting churches across North America, and throughout the world. One of our sessions included an extensive discussion on rasing up leaders […]
Raising Leaders from the Harvest and for the Harvest
You might be a Roland Allen fan if. . . you are interested in church planting movements you think about church multiplication you have strong convictions about the role of the Holy Spirit in missions you you prefer contextualized church planting over paternalism you believe in raising up leaders from […]
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