In the Middle East and North Africa, modern media is critically important to the existence of the Church. Wherever he or she may live today, every Christian can trace his or her spiritual roots to the Middle East, to the land where the Church was birthed. Yet despite this great historical connection, the Church […]
(Editor’s Note: Information below originally appeared as part of the Global Urban Trek.) Kolkata (formerly named Calcutta), the capital city of West Bengal in Eastern India, is home to between thirteen and fourteen million people. The city was founded by the British in 1690, and as the capital city of the British East India Company, […]
Wherever the Church is, regardless of cultural context, it has the universal obligation to be true to Christ and his word. The Church of Jesus Christ is that body of people in any given socio-cultural context who have committed their lives to Christ and who worship and follow him in obedient discipleship, faithfully receiving […]
Attendees asked how we should deal with denominations that continue to resist the biblical foundations of gift-based rather than gender-based ministry. Do you long to make a difference for Christ? Are you passionate about Jesus and his work in this world? Do you long to see wrongs righted, injustices redressed and the gospel lifted […]
From Baghdad to Northern Iraq: An Interview with an IDP The following is an interview with Nazani, an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) living in northern Iraq. The only furnishings in her lounge are a carpet and a small television. The kitchen contains a small table, four plastic chairs, a cooker, a small cabinet and a […]
Less than twenty percent of Europeans visit a place of worship weekly. How important is religion to people in Europe? In Muslim nations, about ninety percent declare that religion “plays a very important role” in their lives, while the United States figure in 2002 was about sixty percent. The average figure in 2002 for […]
“Why is it that the blood of tribalism so often runs deeper than the waters of baptism?” “How can this densely Christian region of Africa continue to be mired in such intractable violence, unrest, and corruption?” “And what does it look like to live out new visions of hope in ways which reveal Christian alternatives […]
(Editor’s note: This is the second of a 3-part article on Bible storying. Read Part 1 and Part 3.) Orality in America Orality is a field of study, a way of thinking, and can be described as a learning preference. Audio, on the other hand, is neutral, having to do with sound and recording something […]
“The dynamic of Christianity…is not in the sacredness of cultural forms—even those that God once used. The Christian dynamic is in the venturesomeness of participating with God in the transformation of contemporary cultural forms to serve more adequately as vehicles for God’s interaction with human beings. What we seek is a Christianity equivalent in its […]
(Editor’s note: This article is a follow up to last month’s two-part article on Greater New York and the Five Boroughs. Read part one here and part two here.) “You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” – Revelation 5:9 It was an unremarkable Sunday evening in the late […]
Thirty-one participants representing twenty countries were in attendance for the 5-day “The Whole Gospel” consultation in Chiang Mai. From 11-15 February 2008, the Lausanne Theology Working Group (LTWG), in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission, convened its working consultation on “The Whole Gospel” in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This was the first in […]
Aquinas was walking with the Pope through one of the grand cathedrals of his day. The Pope gestured to the art and beauty all around and said, “Behold, Master Thomas, no longer can Peter (the Church) say, ‘Silver and gold have I none.’ And Aquinas replied, ‘It is true, holy father, nor can she say […]
It is common knowledge that the black churches in the United Kingdom are exploding; this article looks at how the ethnic churches collectively have grown over the last few years. An appropriate description has proved difficult to find; strictly speaking, “ethnic churches” should be “ethnic minority churches”; however, this has a negative connotation, so the […]
While catalytic points of reference have shifted to include a now stronger, more dominating representation from the Global South, faithful efforts at establishing Christ’s Church in obedience to the commission of Matthew 28:18-20 continue from points all across the globe. Christian mission has become the responsibility of the Global Church and within that charter we […]
