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This article originally appeared on OutreachMagazine.com. According to the Bible, Christians have dual citizenships. While we may be a citizen of the country of our…
Continue reading → Appealing to Caesar: Leveraging the Rights of our Earthly Citizenship
Most church leaders have read the account of Peter cutting the ear of the high priest’s servant (John 18:10; Luke 22:49–50). What’s fascinating about this…
Continue reading → Crisis of Faith: What We Can Learn from Peter’s Crisis of Faith
The words “church” and “innovation” have been lumped together for quite some time. In fact, Ed Stetzer co-authored the book, 11 Innovations in the Local Church,…
Continue reading → Helping Churches Think through Innovation and Technology in Today’s Context
America is caught up (and has been for quite some time) in a culture war of the kind of nation it will be or become.…
Continue reading → When the Cultural Climate Gets Political How Does the Church Stay Missional?
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change—secularism, science, technology, communications, migration, generational differences, political pendulum swings, and more. Within this tornadic environment, the church…
Continue reading → There is a Balm in Gilead: A Missional Strategy for Churches in the 21st Century
This is Article 3 that I wrote with Ed Stetzer regarding a Listening Call we hosted with evangelical leaders across North America. Reminder about the…
This is a post that I co-wrote with Ed Stetzer regarding our "Listening Call" with Lausanne Movement leaders from across North America. As part of…
Continue reading → The Most Significant Gaps in Reaching North America
This article originally appeared in OutreachMagazine.com. Paul exhorts believers, as they offer their bodies as living sacrifices, to not be conformed to the ways of…
Continue reading → Renewed Thinking in Post-Everything Society
This post originally appeared on The Exchange. To access the original article, click here. COVID has, at the very least, forced churches to think about…
Continue reading → The Church in the Digital Age: Various Ways the Church Can Step into this New Age
Many missiologists, mission-minded church leaders, and practitioners have talked about the church engaging in the seven spheres of society. To refresh your memory on the…
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