For too long we have been guilty of making church planting a ministry for only the high capacity, high caliber leaders. These are the individuals that I describe as the 8-, 9-, 10-caliber leaders. Now, while I am all for equipping and mobilizing such church planters (I have done this […]
Earlier this week I was doing missionary training in Auburn, Alabama. It was a great blessing to work with a wonderful group of guys who have a heart for planting churches across North America, and throughout the world. One of our sessions included an extensive discussion on rasing up leaders […]
Raising Leaders from the Harvest and for the Harvest
You might be a Roland Allen fan if. . . you are interested in church planting movements you think about church multiplication you have strong convictions about the role of the Holy Spirit in missions you you prefer contextualized church planting over paternalism you believe in raising up leaders from […]
You Might be a Roland Allen Fan If…
The following refugee facts were released last week by the U. S. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Do we see the sovereign hand of our Father at work? If so, how now should we live? The number of refugees resettled in the United States reached 3 million on February […]
3 Million Refugees in the United States
I want to share with you about a new book that was recently released. Enoch Wan has produced the first comprehensive textbook on the new–yet burgeoning–area of missiology that examines the global movements of peoples. Diaspora Missiology: Theory, Methodology, and Practice is a collection of chapters by different contributors addressing […]
Interview with Enoch Wan on Diaspora Missiology
In my last post on leadership development, I addressed the fact that many of us are looking toward unhealthy paradigms for equipping others. This problem should not surprise us. We reproduce what we know, and we know what has been modeled before us. And what is often set before us […]
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