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This post continues my Rethinking Contemporary Missions series. If you are just joining, you may find the other posts linked below. Context is king. Some of your questions related to today’s post may be answered in one of these previous writings: Rethinking Language in Mission Rethinking Purpose in Mission Rethinking […]

Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Identity in Mission

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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

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I launched Strike the Match on March 12, 2015 (“Who was St. Patrick with Ed Smither”). Season 4 concluded last week. I have enjoyed these four seasons of 64 episodes. Thank you for listening and sharing. You are in 139 countries, with the U. S., Japan, U. K., India, and […]

Strike the Match Turns Four

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In this post, I continue my Apostolic Imagination series with some thoughts on rethinking purpose and missions. You may find the previous two posts HERE and HERE. Biblical Purpose is in Biblical Language As long as we continue to use extra-biblical language to describe the work of the Church, we […]

Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Purpose and Mission

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I recently started a series addressing the need to rethink contemporary evangelical missions. In this post, I ask that we rethink our language. The language of mission, missionary, and missions finds its origin in the sixteenth century. Originally applied to the Jesuits, such language is rooted in Latin referring to […]

Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking the Language of Mission

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