Elders are the most influential people when it comes to churches going to the nations. However, such pastors are busy and often so focused on established church ministry they do not take time to develop the needed apostolic imagination. In this episode, I share 14 thoughts to help church leaders […]
Great Commission
No shortage of news this week. But, in other news. . . the 5 billion remain. . . . in case we get distracted and become more zealous about less urgent matters.
My Shortest Post Ever
The Church has been told to go into all the world and make disciples. The world is a big place. Where should she begin her apostolic work? How does the apostolic imagination relate to the Great Commission and geography? Most mission work occurs among reached people groups. But with 7000 […]
Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Location
I completed the draft of my fifteenth book (The Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Contemporary Missions) yesterday. Stay tuned. It is now off to Baker Academic for the editing process. I am a strong believer in writing and publishing. I attribute this value to what was modeled before me as a graduate […]
Doing Missiological Writing
I often keep my Instagram posts and blog posts separated. What shows up there usually does not show up here (a good reason to follow me on IG). 😁 However, every now and then something is worthy of redundancy. Yesterday, I posted a couple of photos from Stephen Neill’s 1959 […]
If Everything is Mission
Recently, I have been sharing thoughts about the importance of the Church using arts to advance the gospel. Last week at my YouTube channel, I posted a video on this topic. Here I discuss four ways the Church has historically approached the arts and offer some suggestions for shepherding artists […]