We now come to the final post in this series. I believe this is one of the most difficult posts to write, because I know how personal this material will be to many people. Remember, I’m right there with you. But while some of you may not be able to […]
Church Planting
We now come to the next post in this series on Apostolic Missiology. In case you missed it, you can read the first and second posts HERE and HERE. This series is taken from a portion of a presentation I did at the Church Planting Missionary Forum for the North American […]
Apostolic Missiology: Part 3-Missiological Shift in Western Contexts
In the first post in this series, I began by raising several questions. Keep thinking about these; we’ll probably see them again. I also noted that the main point I’m attempting to communicate in this series is: in any context, the Church must operate from an apostolic missiology when it comes to missionary endeavors. […]
Apostolic Missiology: Part 2-What is It?
Okay. I realize this post is a little longer than what I normally do, but it is critical issue #1. Let’s quickly review: Critical Issue #5 Stress on the Family Critical Issue #4 The Challenge of Contextualization Critical Issue #3 Turfish and Apathetic Churches Critical Issue #2 Need for Leaders And Critical […]
Critical Issues in North American Church Planting: #1 Money
And now critical issue #2–the need for leaders to assist in the work. Of the 190 participants surveyed, leadership development came in as the second most critical issue in North American church planting circles. Church planters are finding out that it is very difficult to locate solid leaders who are […]
Critical Issues in North American Church Planting: #2 Need for ...
Continuing to countdown the five most critical issues in North American church planting (see HERE and HERE if you have not caught the other posts in this series), we now come to #3. Church planters in the study noted that Critical Issue #3 involved the reality of turfish and/or apathetic […]