Because I work from home, I venture to check out different coffee shops as my “office.” One day, while working at a local Starbucks, I noticed a man sitting a few seats away reading his Bible. This obviously caught my eye since this is not...
Mike Krieg interviews Kirby Holmes about modern mission’s history. Who are some of the people who have joined God in his mission and what can we learn from their experiences about the ongoing work of Christian mission’s today?...
When we hear the word “Mission” we tend to think of Matthew 28:18-20 or Acts 1:8. While these “Great Commission” verses are incredibly important to the modern mission movement, they can sometimes limit missions in the Bible to just a couple of verses. Instead, if...
If you hang around people who are excited about missions long enough, you’ll eventually hear this special little buzzword: “mobilization.” You might also hear its close cousin “mobilizer.” These aren’t terms most Christians are familiar with in the church context, but they are terms that...
Last week in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine several of our trained Storyline facilitators met with a group of students to inspire them to join God in His story. The story of God's global purpose to redeem people from every nation, people, tribe, and language. Countries like Ukraine are beginning...
What does Jesus say about Mobilization? Today, the word mobilization has become a buzzword in evangelical missions. Rightly so, I would argue. But why is it then that mission engagement in the western church is at historically low levels? Ed Stetzer, in his Christianity Today article,...
Take a glance at the headlines today and you quickly realize that the relationship between Russia, Europe and the West is reverting to Cold War norms. But, despite souring geopolitical relations, the evangelical church in Russian-speaking Eastern Europe is thinking more globally than ever before. Since...
There has been an explosive growth of the Christian populations in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the South Pacific. Consider the following graph compiled by data from the United Nations, the World Christian Database (from Gordon-Conwell Seminary), and various other mission researchers. In light of...
The late Ralph Winter, missiologist, mission mobilizer, and the founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission once said, “People cannot respond to God on the basis of information they do not have.” It was this conviction that was at the core of his vision...
The last 30 years has seen a rapid shift in the makeup of the global church. The explosive growth of the church in the global south has dramatically altered the ethnic and cultural makeup of the body of Christ on planet earth! Today, most of...