Newsletter #503 – Why Care About Culture? by Gary R. Collins, PhD In response to an earlier newsletter, Ruedi Giezendanner referred me to a fascinating article with a long title, “Cross-Cultural Mentoring: A Brief Comparison of Individualistic and Collectivist Cultures.” The author, SunnyRead more…
Creating Cultures of Generosity in Europe
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, to facilitate the European Generous Churches Leadership Community. The ultimate goalRead more…
Creating a culture of generosity
A very good graph explaining how to create a culture of Christian generosity
A Missionary Responds to Mark Snowden
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 the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
On Syncretism
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 churches in pluralist situations than the term syncretism. – Stanley Samartha[1] VeryRead more…
Integrity and Partnership in Mission
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 pure, proven, without cracks. When we speak of mission,Read more…
Start Here: Understand the Culture Shift
Understanding the Culture ShiftNews from the Mission America Coalition Annual Gathering 2006 Surprising Stats in in New Church Research: Nationwide Church Attendance Less than Half of Previous Estimates Transforming the Culture from Within: Mission America Coalition Focuses on a “Prayer-Care-Share” Strategy ofRead more…
Global Mission and Cultural Transformation – William Carey
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 life, does not allow us to pass by him soRead more…
Church – Do You Know What it Means?
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 of church could be very helpful and enlightening. Basic toRead more…
Church Failure
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 want to hear what their research has uncovered. “As recentlyRead more…