Church Planting


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In C. Peter Wagner’s book, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, he offers five “chief reasons” why we should plant churches. The second reason on the list is that church planting is a means to denominational survival. Many denominations in North America agree with this point. And with many denominations in […]

Why Denominations Should not Focus on Unreached People Groups


The conversation regarding local and global missions is an ongoing and important one. I was asked by the folks at The Upstream Collective to share my thoughts on this topic. I want to direct your attention to the full post that went live today. Inquire about missionary activity and you […]

The Where of Missions




Discussions related to the topic of orality and missions often focus on contexts outside of North America. However, in 2003 half of the Untied States’ citizens struggled with literacy. Few college students read books on a regular basis after graduation. And according to my guest, Mark Snowden, after work and […]

Mark Snowden on Orality in the United States


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We want to be on the edge of Kingdom advancement. Where should our church or agency focus? Is it urban? Is it orality? Is it unreached peoples? Unengaged-unreached? Is it disciple making and church planting? Is it combating trafficking? Combating poverty? Is it social development? Justice issues? Is it partnering […]

Diasporas: The Nexus of the Issues