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Missiology Archive
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The Church-city of God
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsThe church began in the Garden of Eden where God instructed Adam to “multiply and fill the earth,” building cities and civilization out of the resources of Creation. The civilization of earth was intended to glorify God. Adam was given every gift needed to accomplish... -
The Church is an Outpost of Heaven
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsIn Acts 16, God called the Apostle Paul to go to Macedonia which is a territory that is commonly today called Greece. Paul followed God’s call and went to the city of Philippi which had received its name from Philip of Macedon (the father of... -
The City of God in Philippi
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsThere is an ancient Jewish prayer that says, “Thank God I am not a woman, a slave, or a pagan.” But according to a different worldview, the Apostle Paul went to Philippi in Acts 16 and built a church with a woman named Lydia, a... -
The Church Cultivates a Counter Culture
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsWe must be very aware of the great challenges that lie before us to help our people live out their faith. Christians are asking us the right questions and we are seeing our “philosophy of ministry” mature into actual “living ministry” right before our eyes!... -
Book Review: An Introduction to the Science of Missions
Posted on September 17, 2009 | No CommentsBook Review: An Introduction to the Science of Missions By J.H. Bavinck Reviewed by Andy Johnson An Introduction to the Science of Missions Presbyterian and Reformed, 1960. 324 pages. $16.99 The other night I told my wife I was going to begin this book review... -
What does it take to be an effective church planter?
Posted on September 10, 2009 | 1 CommentCharles Ridley conducted a study of church planters in the United States and Canada. His subjects in the study represented 13 Protestant denominations. Based upon his research and subsequent field testing, he developed a list of 13 prominent performance dimensions. For over a decade, these... -
Book Review: Church Planting Movements
Posted on September 9, 2009 | 1 CommentBy David Garrison Reviewed by Ed Roberts Church Planting Movements: How God Is Redeeming a Lost World WIGTake Resources, 2003. 362 pages. $18.95 Sometimes a book contains important biblical truths and helpful suggestions even though its theological methodology or hermeneutic is flawed. In that situation,... -
Book Review: Let the Nations Be Glad!
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 1 CommentBook Review: Let the Nations Be Glad! By John Piper Reviewed by Robin Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions Baker Academic, 2004. $14.99 Growing up in the United Kingdom, I always had an interest in what God was doing globally,... -
Seven Seasons of Church Planting
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Why and How I Am Tweeting
Posted on July 17, 2009 | 1 CommentBy John Piper, June 3, 2009 I see two kinds of response to social Internet media like blogging, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and others. One says: These media tend to shorten attention spans, weaken discursive reasoning, lure people away from Scripture and prayer, disembody relationships, feed... -
Is it Lying?
Posted on July 15, 2009 | No CommentsLying, Hostile Nations and the Great Commission By a missions strategist for Central Asia Can missionaries traveling to a country that’s hostile to Christianity and the Great Commission lie about their reasons for coming? Can they point to a secondary purpose for coming? -
Contextualization in the Muslim Context
Posted on July 14, 2009 | No CommentsPutting Contextualization in its Place By a missions strategist for Central Asia Contextualization is one of the hottest topics in missions today. Simply put, contextualization is the word we use for the process of making the gospel and the church as much at home as... -
Pragmatism, Pragmatism Everywhere!
Posted on July 13, 2009 | No CommentsBy Andy Johnson A friend and I were riding in his car after lunch vigorously discussing a controversial topic in missiology, and with good reason. We served together on the board of trustees for a mission sending organization, and a number of board members had... -
Will the Real Church Planter Please Stand Up
Posted on April 30, 2009 | 1 CommentMuch of the Church is in competition with the world for popularity these days. The world is very good at capturing people’s attention and affections because it targets and appeals to the pleasures of humanity. The church, on the other hand, tends to be very... -
Which is better stewardship of church resources?
Posted on April 14, 2009 | No CommentsWhich is a better use of Kingdom resources: saving a dead/dying church or starting a new vibrant church? Maybe the best use of resources is to encourage dead/dying churches to actually start new churches. Many such churches have plenty of unused resources. The whole process... -
How Do We Revitalize Dead Churches?
Posted on April 13, 2009 | No CommentsWe should help dying churches plant new churches. It very well may result in two vibrant churches; it will at least produce one vibrant church; it is doubtful that it will produce two dying churches. Why might this work? It will work because this is...