Tim Gardam reports for the BBC on Christians in China. Chairman Mao once described religion as “poison”, and the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 70s attempted to eradicate it. Driven underground, Christianity not only survived, but with its own Chinese martyrs, it grew in strength. More people go to church on Sunday in China [...]
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Why The Missional Movement Will Fail
30 September, 2011 – 10:00 PM
Mike Breen on why the missional movement will fail. . . It’s time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it’s going to fail. That may seem cynical, but I’m being realistic. There is a reason so many movements in [...]
It can happen here, if we have the humility to learn, and the courage to act.
6 August, 2011 – 8:01 PM
“It won’t work here.” is the most common response whenever I tell a story of what God is doing. It doesn’t matter if the story comes from Nairobi, Sydney, Glasgow, or the third century AD. It doesn’t matter if the hearer lives in the next suburb, or half way around the world. “It’s not going [...]
WWJD vs WDJD
19 June, 2011 – 10:55 PM
We like to ask, “What would Jesus do?” but before you can answer that question you have to ask, “What did Jesus do?” At the heart of his ministry in the Gospels and Acts was the birth and expansion of a worldwide missionary movement. Here’s how he did it. Jesus connected with people. Jesus crossed [...]
In the beginning was Jesus . . .
18 June, 2011 – 10:55 PM
In the beginning was Jesus. Without Jesus there would be no messianic Jewish community in Jerusalem whose leaders proclaimed that God had revealed himself in the crucified and resurrected Jesus of Nazareth, procuring the salvation of the world. Without Jesus, no messianic community would have existed in Damascus, in Antioch, in Ephesus, in Pergamon, in [...]
Talking to Kevin Palau about Movements
18 February, 2011 – 4:17 AM
I’ve been talking to Kevin Palau about Movements. He’s posted the first two instalments. More to follow.
Movements that Move
10 February, 2011 – 6:31 PM
Dwight Marable has just published a field study of the principles that drive Movements. Here they are: Intentional Reproduction: New converts participate in new, small churches and in turn reach out to their social networks and start more new churches. Continual Training: Training is given in small pieces in the homes of believers, at the [...]
Direct or Relational?
16 January, 2011 – 9:51 PM
Here’s a grid Tim Scheuer has developed to explain his “direct and relational” approach to evangelism. This is an important corrective to our tendency to pit “sharing the gospel” and “loving people” against each other. Remember Jesus was constantly on the move, meeting new people, entering new towns and cities. He didn’t have the luxury [...]
