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Who Can Start a Movement? Three Possible Says of Being Involved in Starting Movements

Kurtis Amundson July 10, 2025

By Emanuel Prinz | Movement catalysts possess distinct qualities in three areas: personality, spiritual, and social influence. They exhibit radical learning, innovation, drive to achieve, conscientiousness, assertiveness, and persistence. Spiritually, they have a hunger for God, deep prayer, listening to God, expectant faith, evangelistic zeal, transformational disciple-making, tangible love, and confidence in the Bible. Socially, they inspire others, influence beliefs, empower others, and have confidence in local disciples. People can get involved by starting a movement, joining a catalyst’s team, or serving an existing movement.

To the Ends of the Earth: How to Translate the Gospel Into Maps

Kurtis Amundson July 10, 2025

By David Onnekink | Take any website of a missionary society and there is bound to be a map. Maps are visually attractive and picture comprehensively the geographical focus of mission. However, as Brad Gil wrote, essentially “All maps are wrong”.

Evangelism as Brokerage: A Biblical Study of 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1 in a Chadian Context

Evelyn Hibbert July 10, 2025

By David Kimiti | This article explores how missionaries working in patronage societies, might be informed by 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1 in taking on the role of a broker as a way of viewing their evangelism. The missionary broker avoids the potential compromises in the roles of patron and client and takes a temporary role as a relationship broker. Using patronage to understand honor, social currency, and brokerage David unpacks Paul’s writing, offering practical insights for missionaries in Chad and similar relational cultures.

The Centrifugal Gospel: Recovering the Outward Movement of God’s Mission

Evelyn Hibbert July 10, 2025

By Chris McMillan | The gospel is dynamic and outward-moving. This centrifugal nature of the gospel contrasts with the centripetal approach prevalent in the West. Chris McMillan urges a return to the biblical mandate of “Go and Tell.” He calls for a revival of missionary vigor to counter institutionalization of the church.

Character Theology

Evelyn Hibbert July 9, 2025

By Tom Steffen | Tom Steffen discusses how to shift from traditional systematic theology to a story-based approach. He highlights the importance of biblical characters in teaching theology, emphasizing that characters drive the narrative and help convey theological truths through their experiences. This approach, known as character theology, engages readers by connecting biblical stories to human experiences, making theology more relatable and impactful.

Curiosity and Communication

Evelyn Hibbert July 9, 2025

By Stan Nussbaum with Hussan | This article describes a Central Asian house church network‘s approach to evangelism, focusing on creating curiosity through surprising statements about Muslim practices, Christianity, and acts of kindness. This technique leads to friendly, challenging religious discussions, helping Muslims come to Christ. The movement emphasizes contextualization to overcome local objections and uses curiosity to engage people in studying the Bible and following Jesus.

“Ask of Me”: Ways to Appeal to Felt Needs That Lead to Spiritual Depth

Evelyn Hibbert July 9, 2025

By Sally Folger Dye, T. Wayne Dye, and Edie Bakker | People in every country have many legitimate life concerns. God wants to help with these felt needs. Handled carefully, felt needs can be a door opener, an evangelism tool, and even an ongoing discipleship tool. Prayerfully looking for felt needs is an important way to spread the gospel in every culture of the world.

Modality-Sodality: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Church

Evelyn Hibbert July 9, 2025

By Sara Salloum |In 2009, Ralph Winter introduced the terms modality to describe the local church fellowship and sodality to describe what we now call parachurch ministries. Winter explained why both are valid and necessary but offered no model nor description of how they should work together to fulfill God’s global purpose. This article specifically challenges the church to work as one body and offers a model that centers on God’s purpose.

Beyond Barriers: Embracing Disability in the Church

admin October 16, 2024

By Erna Möller and Muna Abu Ghazaleh | Evangelism, discipleship, and church planting among persons with disabilities worldwide is hampered by challenges. Our research and experiences in South Africa and the MENA region offer insights and solutions to overcome these barriers and reach this community searching for a place of belonging.

Repurposed Wheelchairs Renew Lives

admin October 16, 2024

By Mitch Tani and Mary Esther Penner | A vision for recycling wheelchairs gave birth to a ministry in Japan that provides wheelchairs to people in several countries who desperately need them. The ministry has brought God’s transforming hope not only to wheelchair recipients, but also to volunteers working to refurbish the chairs.

Who Can Start a Movement? Three Possible Says of Being Involved in Starting Movements

To the Ends of the Earth: How to Translate the Gospel Into Maps

Evangelism as Brokerage: A Biblical Study of 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1 in a Chadian Context

The Centrifugal Gospel: Recovering the Outward Movement of God’s Mission

Character Theology

Curiosity and Communication

“Ask of Me”: Ways to Appeal to Felt Needs That Lead to Spiritual Depth

Beyond Barriers: Embracing Disability in the Church

Repurposed Wheelchairs Renew Lives

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