Futurist Patrick Dixon calls the church to understand the signs of the times and beware of institutional blindness. He gives a compelling look at the decade ahead by using the acronym FUTURES to identify seven key trends. Patrick Dixon isRead more…
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is a publication of the US National Intelligence Council that aims at providing a framework for thinking about the future. It intends to stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and potential discontinuities. The reportRead more…
Sustaining Mission Work in the Light of Funding Challenges
An article on mission giving in difficult times
Christian generosity in Europe
Presentation given at European generosity discussion, 20 April 2012
Minority Report
Listening to voices of dissent and discontent can be hard. Listening to them well can be painful. Listening to people express tension when you have planned and worked so hard toward unity can be almost impossible. The voices are there. TheyRead more…
The United Nations and the Global God
How does the work of the United Nations relate to the work of the Kingdom of God, and vice versa? Do they overlap? Do you have some practical examples to share? Consider these two brief quotes below as a launchingRead more…
Church Free or Fearful?
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 is weak here? When I was working with a ChristianRead more…
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own (The Prayer of Oscar Romero)
The kingdom is not only beyond our own efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s word. Nothing that we do is complete. The kingdom alwaysRead more…
How to Build a New Generation of Christ-like Leaders ? Be part of the answer.
Thank you for the paper based on the survey results of 1000 leaders by Lausanne Leadership Development Working Group. This presentation comes with a short introductory note, under the heading “How to Build a New Generation of Christ-like Leaders.” ThisRead more…
Emerging Technologies and the Human Future
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Nigel Cameron and John Wyatt as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Ethics, Emerging Technologies and the Human Future.” Responses toRead more…