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By Joshua Project | Research
This map shows the status of world evangelisation indicating which people groups are unreached/least-reached (few if any Christians), which groups have a formative/nominal church and which groups have an established/significant…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
[FULL ARTICLE ON MY BLOG] Not long ago, I was asked to speak on the topic of “Starting Church Planting Movements among Diasporas”. Oddly enough, though I have been well…
By Connie Wragge | Blog
We have been given great power to act, and we have a great story to tell. This is one of many in my life.
By Brian Miller | Sermon/Message
Redeemer Presbyterian has been a model church for engaging the culture. The online sermons are excellent, and other resources are also very helpful. The church planting school is a great…
By Cody C. Lorance | Presentation
Attached to this post, you should find a copy of the PowerPoint presentation from the panel discussion that I participated in at the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2012 North Central States…
By Andrew Jones | Article
I visited a number of Asian countries in 2011 and was amazed at the dynamism and commitment of the young Jesus followers. One network, in a country that I will…
By Cody C. Lorance | Article
Recently, I’ve noticed a couple interesting posts related to church planting along the lines of “here is why you shouldn’t try to plant a church”. As a church planter and…
By Mats Tunehag | Article
In just 100 years, this country went from ‘unreached’ to ‘churched’, with approximately 90 percent of the population attending church as members. It is the ultimate success story in the…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
[The following article was something that I posted earlier on my blog. It was intended as a rebuttal to an article by American church-planting pastor and author Darrin Patrick. Patrick…
By Victor John, Aychiluhm Rahmato and Liz Adleta | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Victor John ( India), Aychiluhm Rahmato (Ethiopia) and Liz Adleta (South Africa) describe church planting movements among missing peoples, noting elements shared between the different contexts. The Church must be…
By Aboutalib | Article
Question: Why were Joseph’s brothers pasturing the flocks in Dothan when Jacob sent him to find them in Shechem? (Genesis 37:13-17) Answer: Because they were nomads, and nomads move to…
By J. D. Payne | Blog
Today, October 19, 2010, an article (http://bit.ly/deOGHo) was published in Christian Today citing a report released on Monday from the Salvation Army (http://bit.ly/cgrnPQ), noting that 1 in 10 (2 million)…
By Aboutalib | Article
Working toward successful church development among nomads. The goal is to find out what works.
By Cody Lorance | Research
Attached here are two forms that we provide for our new church planters to encourage them to begin engaging in meaningful research in their respective mission fields. The forms are…
By The Apostle Paul | Article
The attached PDF is a handout which features three of Paul’s evangelistic sermons printed side-by-side. We use this handout in training events especially for new church planters to teach them…
By Cody Lorance | Article
The attached PDF is of an article that we use especially in training events to introduce new church planters to the concept of contextualization. It provides a very brief definition…
By Lex Loizides | Article
Urban Mission and Reconciliation – Jubilee Community Church Since the birth of the new South Africa in 1994, the country has been affectionately referred to as the Rainbow Nation. This…
By Mary DeMuth | Blog
I wrote this piece this week. You can also view it here. It’s about telling the truth in ministry failure, in seeing God’s hand when success isn’t there. I can…
By James B Carroll | Blog
It was the beginning of a journey of faith on behalf of the church I serve. The small Caucasian congregation is in the heart of a community that has…
By S. Kent Parks and John Scott | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by S. Kent Parks (1) and John Scott as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the…
