I am pleased to share my next book, Understanding Evangelism: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, Contemporary Applications, is now available for pre-order. It is scheduled to be released in September 2025. As of now, I have been able to locate the lowest price (30% off) at the publisher’s web site. However, […]
Theological Education
A few days ago I posted on social media my desire to host a series of Zoom meetings with professors to discuss best practices in missions education in the academy. As promised, I am following up to provide more details and extend an official invitation. I have been in the […]
Best Practices in Missions Education
I encourage bloggers to use their posts to work through new ideas, concepts, and theories. Most do not engage in such experimental writing. Rather, they believe their ideas and arguments must be airtight before they push the publish button. While there is much commendation for this practice, I follow this […]
Is It Time to Call “Missions” What It has become: ...
This year’s theme of the Evangelical Missiological Society is “Ecclesiology and Mission.” While I am writing this post for my EMS friends (or those on the cusp of joining), I want to encourage all readers to check out the society’s site and consider if this is a group for you […]
Ecclesiology and Mission
Today is the long-awaited day! The ninth season of Strike the Match launches with this episode. This season will be brief and will include a series of special episodes. . . unlike any I have posted in the past. Long-time listeners know from the intro this podcast is about “missions, […]
AI Alan and Annie Discuss Payne on Decline in Seminary ...
The Fourth Lausanne Congress is underway in Seoul and released “The Seoul Statement” this week. The congress marks it origin in 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland when John Stott and Billy Graham gathered global evangelical leaders for an “international congress on world evangelization.” Similar meetings occurred in Manila (1989) and Cape […]