Brian has just posted some interesting facts and figures from which he draws some excellent conclusions. I particularly liked his second point. Western Churches have a two-fold task. Western Christians must (re)embrace mission locally. For too many Western Christians, the mission field is overseas.Today’s mission field is one’s workplace, school, shopping centers, and most crucially […]
… where do we find any justification for imagining that by rightly under taking what the New Testament commands us to do, we are absolved from doing what the Old Testament commands? Why should we imagine that doing evangelism in obedience to the New Testament excludes doing justice in obedience to the Old? Why have […]
The latest edition of the Lausanne World Pulse is out and has some very well worthwhile articles. The introductory piece has this lovely story: Through Alpha leaders, I learned of a Chinese woman (PhD student studying in the U.S.) who agreed to attend an Alpha course. An atheist, she nevertheless attended each week. After each […]
Most people who are involved in mission work from an Evangelical perspective know the famous phrase from John Piper: Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over and the countless millions […]
Why then did early Christianity spread? Because early Christians believed that what they had found to be true was true for the whole world. The impetus to mission sprang from the very heart of early Christian conviction. If we know anything about early Christian praxis, at a non- or sub-literary level, it is that the […]
There was a fascinating article in The Times yesterday by Matthew Parris who describes himself as an atheist. Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem… Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government […]
Brian has just updated his list of posts on a reading the Bible from a missional standpoint. This really is an excellent resource and I strongly reccomend you to take a good look at the things he has posted. You can find the list here. While on the subject, don’t forget to look at Michael […]
This short video is well worth watching – I’ll try and get the whole DVD series when it is released and review it here. HT KrishK
This looks like it might be worth attending: >The Bible promises that the earth would be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea: yet we are living in an age in which church attendance seems to be falling dramatically, and respect for the Christian faith and […]
You can download the latest Fresh Expression’s journal (Mixed Economy) here (or you can get a print copy for a couple of pounds if you are feeling flush). There is some good stuff in there and it is probably the first time in history that a Christian magazine has had reports from both Sue’s and […]