Yesterday would have been Roland Allen’s 154th birthday. I assumed Google was not offering a Doodle, so I shared several posts on Twitter throughout this week. If you did not get to see any of the links or quotes, you may go through my feed HERE. Allen has been an […]
Steven Rutt
Roland Allen was born on this date in 1868. He turned the world of missions upside down. Allen (1868-1947) was an Anglican, priest, missionary, author, and provocateur. While his influence was felt in the latter twentieth and twenty-first centuries, his views were often disregarded during his lifetime. Books such as Missionary […]
Roland Allen’s Birthday
Roland Allen died on this date in 1947. Allen was an Anglican, priest, missionary, author, and provocateur. While his influence in missions was felt in the latter twentieth and twenty-first centuries, he was often disregarded during his lifetime. Books such as Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? (1912) and The […]
Roland Allen
Dr. Steven Rutt has written the definitive works on Roland Allen. And both of these books were published in 2018. Roland Allen: A Missionary Life is an outstanding biography on the man behind such books as Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? and The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church. And […]
Steven Rutt on Roland Allen’s Life and Work
Steven Richard Rutt is the leading Roland Allen scholar. I got to know him while editing Roland Allen’s The Ministry of Expansion where Steven contributed a chapter. I had him on Strike the Match two years ago to talk about Roland Allen’s life and missiology. Lord willing, we shall have […]
Two Roland Allen Books for Your Library
Two of the most influential missiological books of the twentieth century were Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? and The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, both written by Roland Allen. Even today, Allen’s missiology greatly influences missionary activities. In this episode, Steven Rutt and I continue our two-part conversation about Roland Allen. What were […]