An Evangelistic Cube In the year 2000, God gave an idea to e3 Partners Ministry of using a cube (an idea taken from the world of advertising) to share the gospel. No one at e3 Partners had any idea of the impact this simple tool would have. Frankly, most of us had been sharing our […]
An Evangelistic Cube In the year 2000, God gave an idea to e3 Partners Ministry of using a cube (an idea taken from the world of advertising) to share the gospel. No one at e3 Partners had any idea of the impact this simple tool would have. Frankly, most of us had been sharing our […]
Pentecostalism is the fastest growing stream of Christianity in the world today. In fact, the movement is reshaping religion in the twenty-first century.1“Pentecostalism” may be defined as that stream of Christianity which emphasizes personal salvation in Christ as “a transformative experience wrought by the Holy Spirit.” Subsequent to that initial experience, such pneumatic phenomena as “speaking […]
In 1983, I left a ministry to university students to give direction to the ministry with which I am presently involved in Montréal. It is interesting to reflect back on how a relevant theology and missiology of the city evolved through that change. One day, as I was looking out the window from the sixth […]
“A South Africa teenager dies of malnutrition during initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape province.” “Kenyan villagers shocked by the death of a girl who bled to death after trying to perform female genital mutilation on herself.” Rites of passages are important in many cultures around the world. These were headlines to stories posted […]
“A South Africa teenager dies of malnutrition during initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape province.” “Kenyan villagers shocked by the death of a girl who bled to death after trying to perform female genital mutilation on herself.” Rites of passages are important in many cultures around the world. These were headlines to stories posted […]
When we discuss the task of the Church in a city, immediately we are struck by the necessity to address both macro and micro issues. In choosing to “address” the city, we need to remember two foundational issues that are often overlooked by God’s people living in metropolitan areas. Ministering in a city-region involves significant […]
The growth in the number of megachurches around the globe is an interesting phenomenon. Researchers like John Vaughan1 and Scott Thumma and Dave Travis2 have defined megachurches as churches where two thousand or more attendees worship every weekend. Many researchers have been reporting about such churches from around the globe. Below I attempt to give […]
Introduction I have been a pastor for almost twenty years. I was trained to preach—in fact, I was trained to take the truths of the gospel and present them in the clearest and most convincing manner I could. I have viewed the task of proclaiming the gospel as one of the most critical functions that […]
Prayer Connect magazine and Praybook (a Facebook connection site) are two recently launched prayer resources that have the potential to greatly expand the prayer movement nationally and internationally. Prayer Connect magazine (with the tagline: “Connecting to the Heart of Christ through Prayer”) published its premiere issue in July 2011. Founded by Jon Graf of Harvest […]
There are a number of theological themes that must be kept in mind as we explore the Christian response to humanitarian crises. Hospitality While the Christian response to uprooted people is biblically demanded, the imperative rests on something deeper than Old Testament law. The demand to love God with all one’s heart and mind and […]
Over the past one hundred years global Christianity has experienced a profound southern shift in its geographical center of gravity. Whereas in 1900 over eighty percent of all Christians were from Europe and North America, by 2005 the proportion had fallen to under forty-five percent. It is no surprise then to discover that the center […]
