Following up on my Missionaries to Marxists: the Rise and Fall of SCM, here’s an article by one of the great historians of revival movements, Dr J Edwin Orr. Read it and ask yourself, “Why can’t this happen again?” Can you imagine… one third of a university’s student body coming to Christ in a single [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Student missionary movements
16 August, 2006 – 10:18 PM
Had some feedback on the SCM study reminding me that there are a number of student movements mobilizing for missions that qualify as inheritors of the original Student Volunteer Movement watchword, “the evangelization of the world in this generation”: Campus Crusade for Christ, Navigators, SVM2. I’ll update the article and mention them. What other student [...]
Missionaries to Marxists: update
16 August, 2006 – 3:04 PM
The latest edition of Missionaries to Marxists: the rise and fall of SCM: missionaries-to-marxists-scm-rise-and-fall.pdf
The death of a movement: 7 lessons
15 August, 2006 – 4:58 PM
Seven lessons from the story of the rise and fall of the Student Christian Movement (SCM): 1. Drift to secularism A recurring pattern in the lifecycle of movements is the drift to secularism. Finke and Stark write, “By ‘secularized’ we mean to move from otherworldliness, to present a more distant and indistinct conception of the [...]
Missionaries to Marxists
14 August, 2006 – 11:46 PM
Today I’m releasing the latest in a series of case studies in the lifecycle of a movement: SCM – Missionaries to Marxists We’ll be looking at the final stage of the lifecycle: death. The case study I’ve chosen is especially instructive for those on left wing of the Emerging Church, described by Ed Stetzer as [...]
Heart of a founder: John Wimber
13 August, 2006 – 9:56 AM
Don’t be afraid of pain. All my life I’ve been afraid of pain. But pain’s not so bad. I’ve been in the valley and it’s not so bad. In fact the view is wonderful. You never get to see Jesus quite as well as you do in the valley. It isn’t prosperity that gives you [...]
Losing control
11 August, 2006 – 4:45 PM
If things seem under control, you’re just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe. Jack Welch, retired CEO, GE We have a ‘strategic’ plan. It’s called doing things. Herb Kelleher, founder, Southwest Airlines I guess it comes down [...]
Tim Keller ruins debate and ruins me
10 August, 2006 – 8:42 AM
We’re in trouble. Tim Keller has done an outstanding job of clearing up the whole justice vs evangelism thing. Drop in on the Reform and Resurge conference and download theses audio files: Preaching the Gospel Doing Justice Or subscribe to the Resurgence podcast. You’re after sessions 7 & 8. Take the time to listen and [...]
