When I look at the spiritual needs of the UK, I see a need for the spiritually vibrant, expectant Christianity that is more typical of Africa than the UK.
Category: Church: World
What Should We Call Them?
Some thoughts on the language that we use to describe people from different parts of the world than our own.
Lamin Sanneh: 1942-2019
One of the most important Christian thinkers and influencers in the world died yesterday. Sadly, most evangelicals in Britain will not even have heard of him.
World Christianity
A short post linking to an excellent video.
Is A Shoebox Enough?
How should churches respond to the needs of the world at Christmastime?
I have seen the future of mission and it speaks Spanish
In a changing and increasingly globalised world, we have much to learn from Christians in other contexts, but we can only really gain from their insights when we read them on their own terms and not on ours.
Across Time And Space
Some thoughts about how the long history of the church should impact the way that Evangelicals look at other traditions.
We Don’t Look Like That!
If the church is young and based in the Global South, why are Evangelical Christians generally portrayed as middle aged, right-wingers?
The United States and World Mission
Some thoughts about the future of the US world mission movement.