The Necessity of Modeling Reproducible Spiritual Leadership
“We can’t plant a church there. We don’t have sponsorship and funding to do things for people to get them to come to church. No …
Posts tagged missions philosophy
Whose Ministry Is Our Paradigm for Missions, Jesus or Paul?
Is it legitimate to use Jesus and the accounts of His ministry as a pattern for cross-cultural missions? If a missionary understands that following Jesus …
Faithful Evangelism that Communicates Effectively Across Cultures
One of the final charges the Apostle Paul gave to Pastor Timothy was that he “do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothy 4:5). Certainly, …
Healthy Skepticism Tests the Spirit of Disciple Making Movements
All of us are aware of the need to consume information discerningly. This is nowhere more important than when we are evaluating sources claiming to …
The Priority of Training: A Revolutionary Idea from 160 Years Ago
Truly, there is nothing new under the sun. As I read the biography of John Livingstone Nevius, I stumbled across a letter he wrote to …