Roland Allen died sixty-seven years ago today. Best known for his books Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours (1912) and The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes which Hinder It (1927), Allen has been tremendously influential in shaping modern missionary practices of the second half of the 20th century to the present. This Anglican […]
Evangelical Missiological Society
Recently, I attended the Southeast Regional Evangelical Missiological Society in Columbia, South Carolina. It was here I presented a paper that Bryan Galloway and I coauthored: “More than Strangers Next Door. . . Our Neighbors: The PeopleGroups.info Initiative to Research the Nations within the United States.” If you are not […]
PeopleGroups.Info
I wanted to share with you a book that was just released a few weeks ago. Craig Ott and I co-edited Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities (William Carey Library) as a part of the Evangelical Missiological Society Series. 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of Roland Allen’s […]
New Book Missionary Methods
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
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Roland Allen’s Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours?. This work is a classic in mission literature. It has been a significant influence on countless missiologists, missionaries, pastors, and believers from all areas of the Kingdom. For example, if you have ever […]
Missionary Methods: One Hundred Years Later
I’ve been in Arizona for the past few days. The annual meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society took place in Scottsdale. It was great to catch up with old friends and hear from some of today’s greatest missiological thinkers and missions leaders. I gave a presentation this year titled, “Examining […]