I have been a member of the Evangelical Missiological Society for many years. This Friday-Saturday (Oct 9-10), our annual meeting will be held on-line. Like the rest of the world, this Zoom reality will be a first for us too. Regardless, I am looking forward to the time. This year’s […]
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When Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison published When Everything is Missions, they drew attention to the Church’s present state in which she (particularly in North America) finds herself in relation to her global task. If you do not have a copy of their book, go HERE and get it now. […]
New Book: Conversations on When Everything is Missions
Our present pandemic has not only forced churches to host on-line worship gatherings, but led some to begin having conversations about transitioning to house church models. I have heard more discussions regarding house churches in the past five months than in the last several years. But what makes a house […]
What are House Churches?
“Many exegetical studies on mission fail to indicate which notion of mission is used or presupposed. Some authors operate with a vague concept of mission, sometimes linked with the term ‘mission,’ used in official declarations (e.g., that of the World Council of Churches), that describes comprehensively all aims, efforts and […]
Understanding Mission(s)–Beverly Hillbilly Style
New disciplines express themselves through neologisms. Missiology is no exception. One such term, heard infrequently today, is that of missiometrics. David Barrett notes this is the empirical and quantitative area of missiology that studies and measures “anything and everything in any way relevant to world mission and global evangelization” (Moreau, […]
Picture Worth a 1000 Words? A Video Worth 5 Billion?
In early August 1745, David Brainerd (1718-1747) observed an amazing awakening among the Native Americans living in Crossweeksung, New Jersey. A large crowd gathered to hear him preach, and the Spirit of God moved in a powerful fashion. Brainerd described his observations in his diary: “The power of God seemed […]