North American Missions


Yesterday was International Migrants Day. I shared several important stats particularly related to the United States. In October, I had the honor of speaking to the gracious saints of Providence Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama. They wanted me to discuss migration and mission during their annual theology conference. We had […]

Resources for You: Reaching the Strangers Next Door


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December 18 marks the annual International Migrants Day. We live during a time that has been called the age of migration. While people on the move is as old as the exodus from the Garden, today’s numbers have brought the world into uncharted waters. 281 million people reside outside their […]

International Migrants Day


The biblical storyline reveals a God who remains faithful to His promises which require the ongoing sending of Himself and His servants into a tragically suffering and deeply needy world to accomplish His mission of redemption and restoration. Mission began with God, is sustained by God, and will culminate with […]

The Apostolic God



The Gospel Coalition just announced the winners of their 2022 annual book awards. A few months ago, I was notified Apostolic Imagination had been nominated, which I never expected. And I never expected the book would receive an award. While it was not the winner in the Missions and Global […]

Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards


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Somewhere along the way, we decided it was impossible, or at least improbable, for the Church to experience rapid numerical growth and significant sanctification. I started marking such conversations in my journey as I heard them in the United States in the early 1990s. Many of you can provide earlier […]

Pick One: Church Maturation or Multiplication–for We Can’t have Both, ...


U.S. Religion Census released very important data today. I’ll be brief as I have not had time to examine it but wanted to share this with you as soon as possible. Such is very important information. Go HERE to find it. In 2010, I launched this blog to share my […]

US Religion Census Data Available