Finding Direction to Redeem the Nations: Navigating Missions Misconceptions
Don Dent addresses the everybody is a missionary and missions is everything adages through clear responses to 40 missions misconceptions. He identifie…
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Evil: A North Korean Christian Refugee Perspective
Dr. Ryan Klejment-Lavin’s interview-based research on North Korean refugees in South Korea breaks some very interesting new ground in the study of t…
Why Study History? Reflecting on the Importance of the Past
It is almost cliché to note how few people care about history, at least in the United States. John Fea, history professor at Messiah University, coun…
Missions on Point: The Local Church at the Heart of Ecclesiology and Missiology
There is a problem with missions in the local church. In fact, according to David C. Meade, the local church has abdicated its “biblical role and re…
Understanding Spiritual Abuse: What it is and How to Respond
The reality of living in a fallen world gives rise to the human capacity for harm and abuse, leaving individuals with the lasting effects of trauma. F…
A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality
After immigrating from Ethiopia to the United States to attend university at a Christian college, Haddis shares her perspective on what it truly looks…
Should I Be a Missionary?
Should I Be a Missionary? by Andy Johnson is a concise and accessible guide published as part of the 9Marks series of Church Questions. This short, in…
Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church
“The point of the church is not the church” (86). Stephen Bevans – widely regarded as one of the leading missiologists of our day and professor …
A New and Ancient Evangelism: Rediscovering the Ways God Calls and Sends
Evangelism in much of the Western church is often associated with intrusive strangers on airplanes, formulaic salvation sales pitches, or street preac…
The Art of Goodbye: How TCKs Navigate Friendship and Loss in an Ever-Changing World
By Corinne Kelley and Anthony Casey | This article presents the findings of research focused on the processes and emotions utilized to cope with good…