Collaborative Contextual Theology: Lessons from Thailand
By Steve Taylor | Contextualizing theology is challenging, and discernment is needed to know the difference between biblical truths and cultural belie…
Tag: Missiology
Toward a Theology of Arts and Mission
By James R. Krabill | Artistic expressions are reshaping Christian mission and worship globally. As global churches increasingly contextualize their f…
Why Should We Still Do Evangelism?
By Ted Esler Happy New Year and I trust this year will be a “big year” for you! Whenever I get the chance to speak…
De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What’s Next
Big churches are not the problem. Bigness is the problem. Bigness is an obsessive mindset” (page 12).
The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will it Take to Bring Them Back
This book presents the results of a quantitative national U.S. study on the dechurching phenomenon (i.e., regular Christian worshipers nationwide have…
Downward Discipleship: How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum
This book defines downward discipleship as a life of surrender and embodies it through the author’s weaving of her stories of service in an Indonesi…
The Age of Global Giving: A Practical Guide for Donors
This book is a 10th anniversary edition that continues to focus on the emerging trends in donor giving and behavior.
The Good News of Re-Inheritance and Disability
By Chris Masiscoming* | As a Christian working in disability ministry, I’ve discovered profound connections between Psalm 82, Jesus’s mission, an…
Grafted Together to Fulfill God’s Mission
By Christi Trimbur | Kinship unity develops when diverse members graft together to form one entity. When those groups choose to humbly reach out to ea…
The Kingdom’s Embrace of People with Disabilities
By “Amos” Ming Raj Gurung | Every person, with or without a disability, matters in the kingdom of God. God has a special focus on those who are we…