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 […]
Strategy
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 […]
Strategies Must Embrace a Philosophy of Multiplication
I am beginning a series of posts on the topic of missionary strategy, particularly related to North American church planting strategies. The matter of missionary strategy is regularly on my mind. Recently, however, I have been thinking, writing, and speaking about it more frequently. My former professor and friend, Dr. […]
Most North American Church Planting Strategies are Inadequate for the ...
As promised, I wanted to provide some commentary to the initial study posted on January 14. While I’ll offer more related posts later, I wish to begin by stating we must do more up-to-date and better research. If you have not downloaded the report and the corresponding Power Point presentation, you can check […]