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10 Reflections 10 Years After the Fall of Mars Hill
It's been 10 years since the implosion of Mars Hill Church. Hard to believe. Like most things, Mars Hill had some beautiful and terrible fruit from its ministry. I will always treasure the good but want others to learn from the not-so-good.
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Lesslie Newbigin and His Influence on Contemporary Missions in Western Culture
In the scope of the 20th century, Lesslie Newbigin is one the most profound and influential thinkers with regard to the gospel and modern Western culture. One would be hard-pressed to find a voice for contemporary missions who has not been influenced in some way by Newbigin.
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The Kingdom Mission Center: Churches Supporting Missionaries in Korea and Beyond
SaeJoongAng Church in GyungGi-do, Korea, loves missionaries. In fact, the church has built a facility that can house 60 missionary families when they are off their field for a session. It's called the Kingdom Mission Center.
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Could It Be That We Also Need Flies?—Flies as Part of a Healthy-Holistic Lausanne Ecosystem
The lack of a compelling and persistent call to the unevangelized and the unreached at the fourth Lausanne Congress left me deeply saddened.
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Lausanne Movement and Grassroots Ecumenism
I see the massive potential for grassroots ecumenism, and the 50th anniversary of the Lausanne Congress is a starting point for its development towards the 2050 goal.
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Lausanne 4: Learning To Listen to Diverse Perspectives
At Lausanne 4, we saw the beauty of the church in its potency as we embraced and engaged the theme “Let the Church declare and display Christ together.”
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Creation Care and the Gospel: A Letter to the Lausanne Theology Working Group
It is important to understand the gospel within the larger biblical narrative of God’s work from creation to new creation. Nevertheless, to say that creation care is part of the gospel would be to imply that good works (caring for creation) are part of the gospel, which they are not.
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A Christian College President Reflects on Lausanne 4
It was an honor to be a part of the fourth Lausanne Congress (L4), a beautiful demonstration of the church across the world, celebrating together and focusing on the timeless principles of the Bible and the good news of the Gospel.
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Lausanne and the Brown Church: An Asian-Latino Reflection on the Inspiration, Pains, and Public Witness of L4
As a professor and pastor, Lausanne was a privilege to attend because it brought together my identity as an “evangélico” in the tradition of Samuel Escobar and René Padilla, and my research and teaching on the Brown Church.
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The Seoul Statement: What Is It and Why Is It What It Is?
An overlooked feature in the early response to the Seoul Statement is that it is, well, a statement. It is not a covenant, a manifesto, or a commitment, but a statement.
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Church Planting Lessons Westerners Can Learn From African Pentecostals
Here are several characteristics of African Pentecostal church planting that are helpful for the rest of us to consider.
