When C. Peter Wagner published his 1990 book, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, he included these famous words: “The single most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven is planting new churches.” The reality is this “truth” was not true in 1990 and it is not true today. Can church planting be […]
Acts 13-14
The most critical issue in church planting work today is an ecclesiological issue. Theology affects field practices. A team’s understanding of biblical ecclesiology shapes everything accomplished in the present and for years to come. Across the world, many church planting teams, partnering churches, and mission agencies are attempting to plant […]
Plant the Church that Is, not the Church to Come
One of the greatest challenges facing the Church in the West can be summarized with this question: “How does a Church with a mature presence co-labor with apostolic teams in the same geographical context?” Unfortunately, few imaginations are considering this question. Church life as we know it has come to […]
Apostolic Imagination: What Few Pastors have but We All Need
No one attempts to sell real furs at a PETA convention. Members of Greenpeace do not encourage one another to support more off-shore drilling and insecticides. Members of the NRA do not make motions to stop all guns sales in the U.S. Common sense says these things do not occur. […]