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By Tony Watkins | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By krish kandiah | Research
I must admit I get nervous when people start telling me that the culture we are living in now is radically different from previous times. At one level nothing has…
By Chris Willard | Article
To address the increasing need to build a culture of generosity in churches throughout Europe, Leadership Network is partnering with Stewardship (UK), Crown Europe, Christians Against Poverty (CAP), and the Lausanne Committee,…
By Brian Kluth | Presentation
A very good graph explaining how to create a culture of Christian generosity
By Billy Coppedge | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Cody C. Lorance | Article
Perhaps no other word in the ecumenical vocabulary has aroused more fears, created more unnecessary controversy, and, more often than not, succeeded in sidetracking urgent issues in the life of the…
By Carlos Scott - Misión GloCal | Article
The idea of “integrity” is something that is complete. It is whole, without missing parts, full, perfect, with appropriate weight and measure. When referring to a person, it’s about the…
By Lex Loizides | Blog
It is not accurate to merely mention 18th/19th Century missionary William Carey as an inspiration for global mission. His legacy, and the breadth of his involvement and influence in Indian…
By Phillip A. Ross | Article
Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell wrote an article, Walking away from church, for the LA Times (10/17/2010) summarizing their recent book, American Grace. It seems that churches might…
By Celia Cook | Article
See Website article Does anyone else feel we live in a toxic world or is it just me because I’m so sensitive? I hope these are helpful thoughts. I’d appreciate…
By Mark Meynell | Research
First given at an Evangelical Alliance/BibleFresh initiative in March 2010, this is a talk which seeks to embrace the culturally alien nature of the Bible rather than avoid or marginalise…
By Mark Meynell | Sermon/Message
It seems to me that the cultural context of ancient Corinth significantly resembles many aspects of the west - and in particular London, where I work. This is a talk,…
By nic paton | Blog
To many in the evangelical fold, certain expressions of contemporary faith, be they "missional", "post-modern", "emergent" or "post-evangelical", may appear irrelevant at best and downright heretical at worst. But what…
By Chris Kidd | Blog
As part of my preparation for attending Cape Town 2010 I’ve been reading the advance papers. The latest is Rediscovering the Gospel of Reconciliation by Antoine Rutayisire. Below are a…
By Jetteke N. | Article
Over the years I have worked with several groups of young people, who were about to step out in evangelism in the Netherlands (and other countries), mainly to be in…
By Danny McCain | Article
This morning I received an email from a good friend in the US who asked me two or three questions about the way the prosperity gospel is presented and perceived…
By Rod Green | Article
The strategic power and potential of cities was clearly demonstrated by Paul’s strategy of focusing on urban evangelism in his journey from to Athens, to Corinth, to Ephesus, to Rome.…
By Shelley Taylor | Article
We find ourselves today in need of new paradigms for responding to globalisation. From time to time I glimpse something of God’s big picture, see the grand view, catch the…
By RCW | Article
If we seek to apply the biblical axiom ’love your neighbor as yourself’ to ethnic communities, then we can phrase it ’love your ethnic neighbor as yourself’. This fundamental idea…
By Steve Evans | Blog
[NOTE: Bhutan is a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalaya Mountains.]Dasho Kinley Dorji, former chief editor of Bhutan’s Kuensel News Corp, feels his country is going through difficult times, on…
