The Rise of Mega-Church Efforts in International Development

This paper was published in Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies, published by the Oxford Centre for World Mission, in April 2009. Abstract: Evangelical ‘mega-churches’ are awakening to the importance of tackling poverty and social issues even as they continueRead more…

Witnessing

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 comes to sharing the Good News? What are we toRead more…

Addressing Poverty with Participatory Learning

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Ravi Jayakaran as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Wealth, Poverty and Power: Effectively Responding through the Global and Local Church.”Read more…

Kingdom Stewardship

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Ram Gidoomal in collaboration with the Resource Mobilization Working Group as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Mobilizing Resources for WorldRead more…

Global CHE Network Web Site

Great resource for those doing integral or wholisitc ministries in rural villages and urban slums. Helping communities out of poverty and people to maturity in Christ.

What Is God’s Global Urban Mission?

Editors’ Note: This is an advance paper for Cape Town 2010, written as an early draft of 
the content to be discussed at the evening plenary session on “Megacities,” and the afternoon multiplex session on “Embracing God’s Global Urban Mission.”Read more…

Director, All Nations Family

Planting churches among unengaged and unreached people groups really means engaging in holistic discipleship. To start simple churches without caring deeply about people’s whole lives is pretty superficial, and to be engaged in transformation of people’s social and economic circumstances withoutRead more…