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How To Survive the 2024 Election
While by no means exhaustive, I want to offer several principles to consider for local churches, and their leaders, not only to survive but thrive in this highly contentious election season.
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Signs of Hope in the Australian Church, Voices from the Global Church, part 4
I’m excited by renewed vision and possibilities for discipleship in Australia.
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A New Era in Global Missions Emerging From Asia, Voices from the Global Church, part 3
In the last century, Asia along with Africa and Latin America have experienced explosive church growth.
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The African Church and Its Global Significance, Voices from the Global Church, part 2
Christianity in Africa dates back two millennia. The early Christian movement spread from Jerusalem to every direction, taking on local cultural expressions throughout the ancient world, starting barely 10 days after Jesus’ ascension.
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The Church and Mission in Europe Today: Changing the Narrative
No other continent has been exposed to Christianity for such a prolonged period of time and in such an extensive way than Europe. Yet just as Europe was the first continent to be Christianized, it was also the first to be de-Christianized...or so goes the narrative.
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The Origins of Spiritual Gifts Profiles: Fascinating Research on the How People Think about Spiritual Gifts
The doctrine of spiritual gifts, as we think of it today, is of relatively recent interest.
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Thy Virtual Kingdom Come: Redeeming the Realm Behind the Screen
The digital realm is not just a set of tools to accomplish some end, it is a plane of existence, a realm. Because of this, we need serious Christian "worldviewing" around digital spaces.
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4 More Missional Shifts for Churches in 2024
In part one of this two-part piece, I proposed four missional shifts I believe we need to make in 2024 in how we approach church ministry. In this second part, I give four more of these necessary missional shifts.
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4 Missional Shifts for Churches in 2024
Now that the “new year, new me” hype has now waned and we can think seriously about what’s ahead, I want to suggest some shifts I believe churches must begin to make in 2024 in order to thrive.
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A Home for the Holidays: Refugees and the Christmas Story
Christmas is the story of Jesus’ arrival. And for those newly arriving to build a life in America, this story is best heard and experienced with those who have built their lives around it, namely the Church.
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5 Ways We Get Evangelism Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Here are five ways we often get evangelism wrong, along with five ways we can right our perspective on this misunderstood, yet crucially important, practice.
