In a recent conference about technology in church ministry, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, California, USA) said, “Every time there is an advance in technology, the kingdom advances.” Technology has a huge impact on our mission—not theRead more…
About the Lausanne Global Conversation
The Lausanne Global Conversation was an online platform for connecting participants in the Lausanne Movement's Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa (Cape Town 2010) before, during and after the Congress.
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The Inseparable Bond of Technology & Mission
In a recent conference about technology in church ministry, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, California, USA) said, “Every time there is an advance in technology, the kingdom advances.” Technology has a huge impact on our mission—not theRead more…
Technology and Gospel Sharing
The German theologian Helmut Thielicke once commented, “The Gospel must be constantly forwarded to a new address because its recipient is repeatedly changing his place of residence.”1 This is a very challenging yet true observation about the nature of missionRead more…
A Great Misconception-Music the Universal Language
“Ethno-what?” People always say that when they hear what I do. I sigh, knowing the familiar script that will unfold, like one I recently had: “I’m an ethnodoxologist.” Eyebrows raised, the quizzical look ensues. “What in the world is that?”Read more…
South to North; language, power, gospel.
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 with (say) using English in their countries, but rather manyRead more…
Presumptuous Consent
Since organ donation became the recommended treatment of choice for many patients with end-stage organ failure, the controversy over the number of available organs for transplant and the solutions to addressing the shortage of much needed organs for those on waiting listsRead more…
Orthodox diaspora and mission
MISSION AND EMIGRATION — THE DIASPORA Orthodox diaspora has been established in Southern Africa by immigrant communities, and this is true of many other parts of the world as well, particularly Australia and the eastern parts of North America. WhereRead more…
My Bumpy Road to Orality
The careful exegetical preaching of professors at Dallas Theological Seminary drew me to that institution in 1975. During the next four years I was trained to be a critical thinker who could analyze the minutiae of a textRead more…
Povos Indígenas
Este é um pequeno documentário q fizemos na Aldeia El betel, em barra do Corda, Ma.
Have you met Jesus?
Have you ever been asked who was the person who had the most influence over your life? I seem to be asked that question a lot. My answer is always the same. My grandfather is the one person who taughtRead more…