My previous posts in this series are below: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I finished Part 3 in this series with a basic question: how is this missions model incarnational? To explain, the normal and traditional way of doing missions (at least according to this model) is shown below: Usually, the missionary is trained [...]
In review, here is the suggested model for living and serving incarnationally in missionary church planting. In Scripture (1 Peter 3:8-9, Ephesians 4:1-6) Christians are called to submit to and live in deference one to another. In Hebrews 13:17 Christians are called to submit to their leadership (within Christian mutual submission). Being a churchman can [...]
There are scores of ideas in our contemporary milieu of evangelical thought on how to best accomplish our Christ-given Great Commission Responsibility. There are many various and sundry models, concepts and strategies that are used to bring the message of Jesus to a lost and dying world in ways that are missional, confrontational, contextual, relevant [...]
Acts shows that Christanity is a global religion, and that it has been so since its very beginning. It is the story of how the purpose of Jesus was lived out in his disciples, often hesitatingly and erratically, but powerfully and decisively, as his Holy Spirit led them forward. It is the story of how [...]