I confess that Jesus’ teachings about servanthood (e.g., John 13:14, 15; Matt. 20:27, 28) always left me feeling uneasy. Although I agreed with the idea of leading by serving, I didn’t know how to practice it.
Cross-cultural mission has grabbed the attention of the churches in the Philippines. Local churches, evangelical denominations, and parachurch organizations are working together as never before to plant churches among the country’s unevangelized people.
There are many new religious movements in Japan that have experienced phenomenal growth in recent times. We can gain church growth insights and effective mission strategies for our Christian groups by surveying them.
With nothing to show for our efforts at making some inroads into the Muslim community I decided that I would try to keep the Ramadan fast.
Why spend time studying a dying religion? Nearly a decade ago, researcher David Barrett predicted that by the year 2000, about 84 percent of Uganda, 83 percent of Zambia, and 82 percent of Kenya will have embraced Christianity.
Based on my 18 years of cross-cultural ministry in Singapore and Malaysia, I believe that church planting is the most strategic cross-cultural ministry today.
Increasing financial paternalism and the accompanying westernization of the gospel are the two most critical issues facing us in world missions today.
Adult learning research shows that too often highly trained, highly motivated people, like the missionaries and church leaders we serve, are not highly motivated when it comes to sitting through training seminars.
Like the thousands of Iraqi landmines strewn across the desert, potential booby traps can blow up in the faces of church-planting teams that take to the mission field with high enthusiasm but little knowledge of the territory.
Finding a balance between staying too long and leaving too early.
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