We are asking for answers. We need them now. But what happens when the Church finds herself in a situation where there is no solution manual to purchase, no webinar to attend, and no book available? While I am all for collaboration, meetings (even on-line), and seeking the council of […]
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Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison recently published the provocative book When Everything is Missions. You can tell by the title these authors took on some sacred cows with this writing. I have written endorsements for many books. However, this is the only book to date I believe every North American […]
How did Everything become Missions?
I frequently hear pastors say, “Our church is a church plant.” These days I have to ask what “church plant” means. The best I can discern is that being a church plant possibility has something to do with the age of the church. However, even with duration of existence there […]
What Do You Mean When You Say Church Plant?
I am continuing my Apostolic Imagination series started a few weeks ago. If you have not read the previous posts, I recommend doing so before reading today’s post: Rethinking Contemporary Missions Rethinking the Language of Mission Rethinking Purpose and Mission Missions are multifaceted; apostolic purpose is singular. Few people desire […]
Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Function in Mission
The 20th century was called the Age of the Refugee due to the numbers of forcibly displaced people. Presently, 69 million individuals have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Twenty-five million of these are categorized as refugees. Matthew Soerens, U. S. Director of Church Mobilization with World Relief, is my […]
Matthew Soerens on Refugees and Immigration Today
Evangelicals often talk about church planting. However, given the way most people speak about church planting and apply such methods to the field, I wonder if a great deal of evangelicals either prefer to avoid biblical guidelines when it comes to this ministry or simply do not know of the […]
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