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If you had to choose between a chicken sandwich from Chick-fila or Popeyes, which one would you choose? If you’re a coffee person and you…
Continue reading → The Primary Apologetic for the Christian Faith
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 part of an article series I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 4: Where is further research needed to accelerate the Great Commission? We…
Continue reading → Accelerating the Great Commission Where Do We Need More Research?
This is Article 2, in a series of articles based upon the Lausanne North America Listening Call, that I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 1:…
Continue reading → Remaining Opportunities in North America Toward Fulfilling the Great Commission
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…
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…
Continue reading → Shifting the Church: Simple Church May No Longer Be Effective in this New Reality
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…
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