What's moving in missions
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2014 Fall Anthology
Redemptive Risk In travels along an open road in a closed country and by immersion in the secret waters of law-breaking baptism, the Great Commission…
The Personal Persistent Presence of Jesus
We live in challenging times. The other day I was listening to a talk show while driving when a caller asked the host, “What should…
Spanish Spirituality: Who Is Most Open to Christ?
After looking through a September 1998 survey conducted by the Center for Sociological Research, I was intrigued and began wondering, Who should we be spending time with as evangelists?
Seeing “Inside” the Insider Movement: 9 Theological Lenses
On closer examination, insider missiology and movements (IM) are like a fiberoptic cable: Multiple theological threads are bundled together to present a singular case for retaining Muslim identity. This complicates the theological assessment of what IM advocates “say.”
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Participation in God’s Mission: Learning to Shine like Stars
The stories of Paul in Philippi and of the issues that little church faced are stories for our churches today. God’s call on them is God’s call on us.
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: The Great Shift: Africa in Missions
History and theology of God’s mission inform the philosophy and practice of mission. Among mission historians, Andrew Walls is credited with prompting the realization that the center of gravity for Christian witness has shifted from the North to the Global South. This missiological phenomenon has implications for the Global Church today, particularly in Africa.
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Every Person (From Everywhere)
In many traditionally “resistant” parts of the world (where we must keep our missionary work discreet), it is indigenous diaspora kingdom workers who are reaching other indigenous diaspora workers who in turn reach out to their “resistant” hosts, and it is they who are returning to their own countries as “reverse migrants.”
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: A Discernable Quintet Impacting Church and Mission
I believe we can look at certain trends and surmise what God might be up to in the next ten years. Historians have suggested that the agendas set within the first two decades of a new century generally carry the gravitas for the remainder of that century.
The Importance of History to Missiology
If handled properly, history provides a picture of both what was done well, and what was not. It also has a way of showing us quite explicitly how God often achieves his purposes without us, and even in spite of us. History is the great revealer and the great adjuster of applied missiology.
Contextualisation and Mission Training: Engaging Asia’s Religious Worlds
by Jonathan Ingleby, Tan Kang San, and Tan Loun Ling, eds. Regnum Books International, 6HR, UK, 109 pages, 2013, $16.00. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton,…
Bridging the Diversity Gap, Leading toward God’s Multi-Ethnic Kingdom
by Alvin Sanders Wesleyan Publishing House, P.O. Box 50434, Indianapolis, IN 46250, 240 pages, 2013, $15.99. —Reviewed by Jeffrey Fussner, who had twenty-six years of…
A Missional Orthodoxy: Theology and Ministry in a Post-Christian Context
by Gary Tyra IVP Academics, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 393 pages, 2013, $30.00. Reviewed by Daniel Shinjong Baeq, adjunct professor and director,…
50 Years of EMQ: Looking Back and Forward
The Evangelical Missions Quarterly was conceived in an ice cream bar called the Eskimo Inn at Winona Lake, Indiana. After the day’s evening session at the first joint meeting of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association (EFMA) and the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) in October 1963, a small group of us sat around the table talking about what we would like to see as lasting outcomes of this historic gathering.
Every Member on Mission through Churches Everywhere
E VERY MEMBER ON MISSION! Every member on mission!” These words by Pastor Rick Warren captured the hearts of three thousand Saddleback Church members attending the first offering of the famous first Class 401 in 1999. That day and event began a new era of church-to-church missions that would transform not only Saddleback, but countless other churches around the world. Saddleback would ultimately commission hundreds of career missionaries and church workers, plant thousands of churches, and send out over 23,800 of its congregation on PEACE plan missions to 197 nations.
A Vision for Partnership: Radio as a Case Study
For agencies to thrive in the future, partnerships must be more and more at the core of strategy, and those partnerships must focus on deeper involvement with local churches.
The Importance of Communication in Establishing a Hispanic Ministry
Just as a building is only as strong as its foundation, a ministry is only as strong as the vision and resources behind it.
Practicing the Welcoming Gospel: Hospitality in Cross-cultural Ministries
Hospitable cross-cultural ministries go beyond simply providing a warm and inviting atmosphere.
“Adopting a New Life”
There is one unreached people group that surpasses all of the above: the orphaned children.
What is Truth? Religion, Relationships, and Reality in Postmodern Spain
In the postmodern West, however, it has become increasingly common not only to question what is true, but also what we mean by truth in the first place.
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Missiographic: 50 Years of EMQ: A Decade by Decade Overview
Just how versatile is the gospel? Does it have to change in order to stay ‘the same’ in a new context?
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Navigating Post-Christendom Cultures: The Future of Mission in North America
In large parts of North America, there is not only a new public ignorance or casual disregard of Christianity, but there is a disdain for Christianity and its perceived record of judgementalism and divisiveness within the culture. Christianity is no longer the consensus religion it once was in the West.
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Missio Nexus is passionate about taking the gospel to every people, tribe tongue and nation that has yet to have opportunity to hear a clear…
Leverage Events for Maximum Impact
A blog post on Fast Company’s web site shared about a group of young entrepreneurs who filled a large Silicon Valley auditorium to hear a…
Forward Thinking: the Fourth Foundational Value of Missio Nexus
This is the last in my series of presenting the four values that drive what we deliver at Missio Nexus. The four we have identified…