Churches and mission agencies have been thankful for the global work of the U. S. Center for World Mission. For almost four decades, the Center has been involved in Kingdom advancing labors. If you are familiar with the name Ralph Winter, unreached people groups, or the Perspectives course (to mention […]
Evangelical Missiological Society
To the Edge: Reflections on Kingdom Leadership, Mission, and Innovation was released earlier this month. If you have not purchased a copy, I hope you get one and share it with others. In this post, I want to share with you an excerpt from the book. Knowledge gained can lead […]
A Humble Missiology
Donald McGavran was one of the most influential missiologists of the twentieth century. He was a paradigm breaker and a paradigm shaper. He called the Church from one model to a new way of thinking about making disciples of all nations. While a doctoral student, I read most of his […]
Ministry of Redundancy
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
My latest book, To the Edge: Reflections on Kingdom Leadership, Mission, and Innovation, was published last week (Kindle should release soon) with a crazy deal for a new book: “Buy 1, Get 1 for Free to Give Away”! That’s two books for $16.00. That’s two books to get you and […]