By WordTruth authors | Article
Medical experts can evaluate a person’s physical condition by reliable observation and testing. In the spiritual dimension, a biblical diagnosis can also reveal the spiritual health of the church (ekklesia)…
By Peter Houston | Blog
I may be wrong but I think many of our churches face a clash of two leadership paradigms. One that works well in a centralised hierarchy of power. And another…
By WordTruth authors | Article
Is your understanding of church primarily associated with buildings, programs, worship music, missions, pastors, fund-raising, corporate structure, scheduling, and age-level ministries? If so, then a review of the biblical perspective…
By Alice Tlustos | Testimony
What a pity if prayer is a means to achieve something, if it is just a "magic" way of using one’s spiritual power. I am convinced that, as we embrace…
By Elke Werner | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
German author Elke Werner, co-leader of Christus-Treff, says the Church must model the relationship between men and women as intended by God. Download Options PC users: Right click a link…
By Nagina Victor | Article
My main point was and is why church is so weak in third world countries? And now I can add are these 3rd world so poor and undeveloped because church…
By Various | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
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By Various | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…
By WordTruth authors | Article
Forgiveness is known but not readily understood, which is a profound disconnect. The numerous misconceptions about forgiveness create difficulty for believers and unbelievers with regard to relational well-being. Believers who…
By Leslie & Chad Segraves | Blog
Leslie and Chad Segraves are members of Alliance 2.29, the Lausanne Special Interest Committee that works on issues of empowering women and men to work together for the Gospel.…
By Jeff Bleijerveld | Article
They say that old habits die-hard. And I suppose that’s true. My wife Charlene and I have always founds ways of connecting with non-believers whether we were serving in the…
By Rebecca Pippert | Blog
Do we have a universal model for how to obey Christ’s command to “go and make disciples of all the nations”? Do we have a universal model for obeying Christ’s…
By Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman, and Megan Laughlin | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman and Megan Laughlin as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the…
By Rebecca Pippert | Blog
When you consider the vast differences that exist amongst the cultures of the world - are there common fears that believers share, regardless of the country or culture, when it…
By Leslie Anne Neal Segraves, Chad Alan Neal Segraves | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Leslie Anne Neal Segraves and Chad Alan Neal Segraves as an overview of the topic to be discussed…
By Jon HIrst | Blog
If the 20th Century is defined by propositions and concepts, it seems that the 21st is being defined by community and context. If this is true, it has huge potential…
By Jim Harries | Blog
This article first appeared in the July 2009 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ). Inter-personal conflicts frequently trouble missionary endeavours. Solutions advocated often emphasise the importance of missionary relationships. Without…
By Jim Harries | Blog
That many African people (and those from the global ‘south’ in general) love to use European languages should not surprise us in the slightest. Many do not see the problems…
By Jim Thomas | Blog
What do we learn in cross-cultural relationships? How does our understanding of God’s kingdom expand by spending time with people who see the world differently than we do? I was…
By Wha-Chul Son | Article
A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ The technological transformation that Koreans have gone through since the last century is unprecedented in terms of…
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