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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Boldly Leading the Church into the Future: Having a Brave Heart in a Blistering World
In every local church I’ve served, I’ve always wanted to lead them boldly into the future. When I think of leading boldly, Braveheart with Mel…
6 Questions, 4 Exhortations, and A Prophetic Whistle: A Christian’s Guide for the Coming Election
Well we are less than 48 hours to Election Day 2020. I’m sure you, like many, are ready for some respite from such a political…
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…
Changes and Shifts within the American Church: Learning to Operate from the Margins of Society
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Growing up I loved watching the Back to the Future trilogy. I’ve found myself over the years…
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 Impact of COVID-19 on Churches—Short-Term and Long-Term
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer and then later picked up by Outreach Magazine. As I write there are states, regions,…
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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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Political Partisanship in the Midst of the Crisis: What Role Does the Church Play in the Culture Wars
After almost two months of a nation-wide lockdown, states are slowly reopening—or at least some states. From all appearances, it seems the decision to “reopen”…
