This story is on the connection between deforestation and poverty, and what followers of Christ are doing to “plant the future.” It was the July/August 2011 cover story for PRISM, published by Evangelicals for Social Action.
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…
Diaspora Mission: Keeping Churches in the Conversation
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…
Redefining the “Regions Beyond”
William Carey lived in a time of tumultuous change; a pivotal time in world history during which paradigms shifted, forever transforming the minds of people. Despite the changes in his world, I doubt that William Carey imagined a future ofRead more…
Regions Beyond: A response
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…
Regions Beyond: A response
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…
Regions Beyond: A response
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…
A Fresh Call For US Missionaries
Ida Scudder was the granddaughter of the first medical missionary sent by the American church. John Scudder, her grandfather, went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1819, and later to India, as a missionary doctor. Ida was born in 1870Read more…
Lausanne 2010: Memories – Outcomes
Daily since returning from Lausanne, I have thanked God for the joy I experienced there. In an article I wrote for our church magazine, I stated, “If Heaven is anything like Lausanne 2010, I’m even more anxious to get there!” Read more…
The Role of God’s People in Community and the World
I conclude this series on the church and modern mission by looking at the role the laity must have as we go forward. This theme is so large that I will only scratch the surface. I purpose to write aRead more…