Lord willing, the Christian Ministry Department at Samford University will be hosting a meet and information session on-line this Thursday, September 24, 7:00-8:00PM Central Time. If you are a high school senior (or know of one) and interested in a degree in Christian Ministry, with a focus on disciple-making, then […]
Pastoral Training
Here is a live stream event you do not want to miss. Next week, seventeen missiologists with the Send Institute will address near-term, mid-term, and long-term matters related to the following topics: Relaunching Decentralized Churches Holistic and Locally Present Engagement Gospel and Culture in the Twenty-first Century Church Planting Churches […]
Post-Pandemic Missiology for North America
When churches are unable to meet on their properties, ecclesiology suddenly trends in a radically biblical direction. After the sanctuary is flooded, the pastor tells the people the church is not the building. The worship center burns to the ground, but the pastor informs the news reporter the church is […]
“Since Your Church is Closed, be the Church” (2 Hezekiah ...
If you follow me on social media (or have recently read this blog), then you know Jon Hirst and I took the past six months to offer webinars on various topics related to innovation and mission. It was a great journey as we interacted with this matter and several participants […]
Free Innovation in Mission Training
The first Sunday in November marks the Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. On this special episode of Strike the Match, Dr. Gregory Cochran is my guest. Greg is a professor of theology at California Baptist University and author of Christians in the Crosshairs: Persecution in the Bible and […]
Gregory Cochran, Persecution in the Bible and around the World
Conversations about sexual immorality and pornography are often challenging to have within the Church’s fellowship. My guest in this episode is Dr. David Parks, Director of the Global Center at Beeson Divinity School. We address the impact of the pornification of societies on the Church and Her mission. Why is […]