“In great areas of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, the church grows steadily and even spectacularly. But in the areas dominated by modern Western culture (whether in its capitalist or socialist political expression) the church is shrinking and the gospel appears to fall on deaf ears. It would seem, therefore, that […]
Church Planting
This week I begin a semester-long training course for church planters. I always look forward to it. One of the first things that the participants experience is that I quickly tell them that our work is not about church planting. Now, I recognize this is a strange statement for a […]
It’s not about Church Planting
I had the honor of spending the last two days in Hernando, Mississippi serving as one of the speakers for the first annual meeting of the One8 Network. Since several of the participants requested copies of my Power Point presentations, I told them that I would post them here on […]
One8 Network
The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College has just published a new book on church planting. Extending God’s Kingdom: Church Planting Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is a compilation of chapters written by church planters and missiologists. Over the years, these chapters appeared as articles in various volumes of the Evangelical […]
New Church Planting Book: Extending God’s Kingdom
Summer is here. And along with summer comes vacation. In light of my plans to experience rest and family and refrain from blogging, I thought I would leave you with a few of my previous posts from the past year-and-a-half. That way, whenever you are having problems sleeping over the […]
The Past in Review
The population of the United States currently stands at 311,641,092, making it the third largest country in the world. Today, the U. S. Census Bureau released the following information: Through 2050, the United States is projected to remain in third place behind India and China among the world’s most populous […]
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