A forum for discussing missiology from any Christian perspective. It is one way of continuing the Lausanne conversation, and sharing what one learned from the Lausanne Congress. There is a database of current and completed missiological research and many otherRead more…
Muddled Methods
From a blog previously posted at ChinaSource. Short term, second career/retirees, non-resident, itinerant, indigenous, career… so many different ways and approaches for trying to bring transformation across cultural barriers. I certainly have opinions—very strong ones!—on which of these methods areRead more…
Less is More: Discipling Chinese Believers In A Cross-Cultural Setting
Based on personal experience, this posting is a slightly expanded form of an article originally published in the quarterly journal ChinaSource. It is common knowledge in the West that Chinese believers are godly, holy warriors of the faith, having beenRead more…
The Use of “Platforms” in China Ministry
As Christianity becomes more common in mainland China and loses its traditional stigma in more and more social settings, at what point does the long-standing concept of using “platforms” for engaging in ministry within China become a counterproductive way ofRead more…