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I’ve often written about the shifting centre of gravity of the world church, but I could probably have saved myself at least a thousand words by posting this map that I found on twitter. The picture was provided by Conrad Hackett and you can see the full thing either by clicking on the map itself or […]
The nice people at Wycliffe Australia have put my essay about the changing face of the World Church on their website. I suspect this is the last time that I’ll be listed alongside such luminaries as Patrick Johnstone and Philp Jenkins, but I’ll take the kudos while I can! The title of my essay isn’t […]
This is an essay which I wrote for my Contemporary Theologies of Mission Module. Sorry, it is rather lengthy, but it might be of interest to some – it takes a different spin on the issue of the relationship between the growing church in the South and the Churches in the traditional Western homeland of […]
Mission is God’s work, carried out in his presence, in his power and for his glory. Our role, is to participate in what he is already doing.
There are exceptions, but for the most part, short-term mission still has a west to the rest vibe.
Thoughts inspired by perhaps the most important Christian that you haven’t heard of.
The term evangelical is not a useful one globally. It is not used in some contexts and when it does it generally doesn’t mean the same thing as it does in the West.
Some suggestions for reading and places to look if you want to know more about what God is doing in the world today.
Britain is no longer a major economic or political force in the world. In the same way, the British church needs to learn to find a new place in a rapidly growing world Christian movement.
By the time Christianity was receding in Europe, the churches of Africa, Asia and Latin America were coming into their own. The movement of Christianity is one of serial, not progressive, expansion.