“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand” (Prov 19:21). Leaders are called to lead, but they must lead in light of the Lord’s desires. It would be a terrible situation to put much energy and effort […]
International Missions
I started this “Apostolic Imagination: Re-Thinking Missions” series earlier this year. I am presently writing a book with Baker Academic titled Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Contemporary Missions, and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you before its publication. Context is king. In case you missed the previous posts, I’ll […]
Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Location
We know the end of the story–all peoples gathered around the throne (Rev 7:9). We look forward to this day. We pray and labor for this day. There are 7,000 unreached people groups in the world. What if we knew there was one group who never had one followed of […]
Reaching the Nations: Thinking about Highest Priority
One year ago today I joined the faculty of Samford University to teach missions in the newly developed Christian Ministry program that would quickly become the university’s Christian Ministry Department and home to Samford’s Ministry Training Institute. It has been a wonderful year, filled with excitement and challenge and saturated […]
Samford’s Christian Ministry Department: 1 Year Later
Forty-five years ago this week (July 16-25, 1974), 2700 participants, from 151 countries, gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland for the International Congress on Global Evangelization. This gathering was the result of a great deal of planning with much leadership provided by Billy Graham and John Stott. The desire: bring global evangelical […]
6 Contributions of the Lausanne Movement
I was recently asked to record two videos on innovation for the Lausanne Global Workplace Forum held in Manila, Philippines, June 25-29, 2019. Forty-five years ago, global evangelical leaders with hearts for disciple making birthed the Lausanne Movement. This movement, along with the Lausanne Covenant, has had tremendous influence on […]
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