Many of the salient points of the Cape Town Commitment are difficult to measure tangibly: love, faithful witness, and discipleship, among others. Helpful indicators of actual progress for some of the topics referenced, however, are much easier to pinpoint. OneRead more…
“Finishing the Task” of world evangelization
Albert W. Hickman is Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA, USA. He is Associate Editor of the Atlas of Global Christianity (Edinburgh University Press, 2009). What isRead more…
Full Session: Ministering to Scattered Peoples Multiplex
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session by using the next arrow or by clicking the playlistRead more…
Full Session: Missing Peoples Multiplex
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session by using the next arrow or by clicking the playlistRead more…
Things we know that aren’t necessarily so: Part 2
This and subsequent blogs on the subject of “things we know that aren’t necessarily so” are written in the conviction that there is much we can yet learn about how to be effective in ministry. And sometimes what we needRead more…
Things we know that aren’t necessarily so: Part 1
I begin by stating the obvious: What we don’t yet know far exceeds what we already know. Put more bluntly, our ignorance far exceeds our knowledge. And not everything we “know” is actually true; i.e. the things we know aren’tRead more…
Can you imagine no more “Missing Peoples”?
Imagine this scene. You are one of 4000 Christian leaders from 150 nations, seated in the impressive Palais de Beaulieu, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The setting is equally impressive, on the shores of Lake Leman, with the picturesque Jura mountains offRead more…