Sincerity is not sufficiency. We have a heart for the lost. We want to reach the unreached peoples living in North America–and the rest of the world. We need to be students of the Word. We need to walk in step with the Spirit. We have a heart for the […]
Strategy
We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together […]
Three Areas of Missional Adjustment in Our Flat World
Of course, when my family and I visited Mouse-Land over Spring Break, we had to ride “It’s a Small World”–twice. My socio-anthropological tendencies helped make this attraction worth the $50,000 price tag to visit the Magic Kingdom. “It’s a Small World” satisfied my multicultural desires for the day. While I […]
It’s a Small World
Several days ago I began a series on the reasons why I believe that much of the mission strategy behind North American church planting is not sufficient for reaching the 75% of the unbelievers in the U. S. and Canada (est. 254,250,000 people), and over 4 billion others across the […]
The Ecclesiological Conundrum
Now we come to the third post in this series on the inadequacy of most North American church planting strategies. If you did not catch the first two, you can find them here: Post 1 and Post 2. The next shift in our countdown is a methodological shift, in order […]
Methods Must Be Highly Reproducible
In this second post of this series, I am continuing to discuss why I believe that most church planting strategies to reach North America are inadequate for the great task of reaching the estimated 75% (U.S.) and 88% (Canada) of lostness today (As I have written before, I believe the actual percentages […]