Creating A City-Reaching Movement
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…
Shifting the Church: Simple Church May No Longer Be Effective in this New Reality
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Change: Simple church may no longer be effective in this changing environment. Shift: Churches need to…
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The Messy Middle of Christian Cultural Engagement: Two Reasons Why Evangelicalism Continues to Fracture
When it comes to the church’s cultural engagement—how the church participates in the missio Dei—there’s not one clear and cut definition or description that Christians have…
The Convergence of the Missio Dei and the Imago Dei: A Way to Understand Discipleship
This article originally appeared on The Exchange withe Ed Stetzer. You can access the original post here. I’ve had many conversations over the years with…
The Church’s Prophetic Witness in a Post-Christian World
This post originally appeared first in Outreach Magazine and later posted to their website. We live in an interesting cultural moment. The church, which once…
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Criminal Minds, the Story of Easter, and the Critical Role of God’s People
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. To access it, click here. During the current “shelter in place,” I’ve found myself catching…
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The Church’s Missional Moment in the COVID-19 Crisis
The current crisis sure has created a lot of movement for the church especially in the case of churches (many of which were not prepared)…
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From a Country Club to a Commissioned Church—PT 1
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Recently I had a two-part series (on The Exchange) describing features of a church being…
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“Well”-Done Evangelism
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2019/december/well-done-evangelism-evangelism-lessons-from-jesus-encounte.html I think we’ve all seen bad evangelism. In fact, I’ve been a culprit of bad…
