All evangelism is important but all evangelism is not equal. There is a difference between a church having an evangelistic invitation (e.g., altar call) during a worship gathering and a church sending members to share the gospel with unreached people groups. Yet, most people would say both of these churches […]
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If you were unable to attend the Reaching the Nations in North America Summit, then I want to share this post with you. The Divine Maestro orchestrates the movement of the nations (Acts 17:26-27). Will you and your church join Him in this amazing journey of global disciple making? If […]
Videos from Reaching the Nations in North America Summit
Roland Allen (d. 1947), best known for Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? and The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, was one of the most influential mission thinkers of the twentieth century. As a High Church Anglican, he had great respect and value for Church tradition but was quick to confront cultural preferences […]
New Missions Book: Roland Allen’s The Ministry of Expansion
This is one of my favorite book titles. I was a seminary student when asked to read this work on the role of listening in evangelism. Though just listening to others will not bring them into the Kingdom, it is vital to making disciples. A one-size-fits-all method of evangelism was […]
How will They Hear if We Don’t Listen?
Roland Allen’s The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of the Laity is to be released by William Carey Library on September 15. It will be at the Evangelical Missiological Society’s meeting in Dallas that day. If you are attending the event, stop by the book table and be one of the […]
When Traditions are Unable to Keep Up with the Spirit
The Moravian Church has been described as “one of the most remarkable missionary churches in Christian history” (Ruth Tucker, From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya). In a day and time when few people were thinking about missionary activities, the Moravians were going to the most remote places on the globe and […]
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