Go to the back of your bible and thumb through the maps. Eventually you’ll find a map like this one, that shows each of Paul’s three missionary journeys. There’s a problem. The first of the journeys (Acts 13-14) began in AD45 when Paul and Barnabas set off for Cyprus and Galatia. That’s about 15 years [...]
Category Archives: Case studies
What Paul did
9 June, 2010 – 1:11 PM
I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done– by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed [...]
Can anything good come out of Bugger Hollow?
8 June, 2010 – 6:20 AM
Here’s someone who knows a missionalary movement when he sees one. In this latest podcast I interview Jeff Sundell (of Bugger Hollow) about how he is applying the principles of fuelling church planting movements in North Carolina. It may be the South, but Jeff and his team are not targeting the Bible-belt, unless your concept [...]
What’s in a name?
2 June, 2010 – 12:58 PM
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Romeo and Juliet “Missional” has now replaced “emerging” as THE word to use to describe your ministry, book, or conference. Search for the keyword “missional” on Amazon and you’ll find 393 books. Search for the word “Missional” [...]
Surprised by Acts
24 May, 2010 – 10:48 AM
I’ve been in the book of Acts lately and there have been some surprises—those “ah ha” moments when you see something for the first time that was always there. Here’s a few . . . Acts is the second half of one story. Luke wrote his Gospel to tell the story of what Jesus began [...]
Christianity surges in Indonesia
11 May, 2010 – 10:50 AM
Time Magazine reports: A religious revolution is transforming Indonesia. Part of the spiritual blossoming entails Muslims embracing a more conservative form of faith, mirroring global trends that have meant a proliferation of headscarves and beards in modern Islamic capitals. More surprising, though, is the boom in Christianity — officially Indonesia’s second largest faith and a [...]
Anglican Church in North America
6 May, 2010 – 10:24 AM
If the men and women I met are typical of the movement, then they have a bright future. … These Anglicans have left with a enough energy and faith to pioneer a fresh movement that truly represents the best of the Anglican heritage in North America.
Looking for trouble?
3 May, 2010 – 10:54 AM
Glenn Townend asks a good follow up question to my post on the link between church planting movements, suffering and persecution: HI Steve Thought provoking! So we need suffering to see a movement happen in Western Australia? What kind do you think we should expect? Glenn Here’s my response: Hi Glenn I think the best [...]
The trouble with missionary movements
22 April, 2010 – 10:23 PM
I had sought out someone with a lot of experience in church planting movements who could help me make sense of what I was learning. There’s one line I will never forget—”We’ve never seen a church planting movement without persecution.”
How Brian McLaren lost his way
20 April, 2010 – 12:37 PM
Brian’s new kind of Christianity is quite old. And the problem is that it’s not old enough. Scott McKnight McKnight does an outstanding job of reviewing Brian McLaren’s ‘A New Kind of Christianity’ and explains why he thinks McLaren has drifted from both evangelicalism and orthodoxy and wandered wandered down the path of 19th Century [...]
