Missions To, Through, and Beyond the Diasporas

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released an important report on the religious affiliations of international migrants.  I sent out a few tweets linking readers to Pew’s site and the fascinating interactive maps.  If you have not seen them, you need to check them out HERE and HERE. 214 million international migrants [...]

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One of the thoughts that often arises in the minds of missionaries as they approach a city, village, population segment, or people group is, “How in the world are WE going to reach everyone with the gospel?”  When they begin asking this question, they have ceased to think like missionaries. This is not a wise [...]

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I want to share with you about a new book that was recently released.  Enoch Wan has produced the first comprehensive textbook on the new–yet burgeoning–area of missiology that examines the global movements of peoples.  Diaspora Missiology: Theory, Methodology, and Practice is a collection of chapters by different contributors addressing this extremely important discipline.  Enoch [...]

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You have heard this saying before, and there is some truth in it:  In Jerusalem, missions was about movement.  In America, missions is about business and enterprise. I want to make a slight adjustment:  In Jerusalem, missions was about simplicity (to know nothing but Christ; to preach Christ crucified).  In America, missions is about complexity.  [...]

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Proverbs is one of my favorite books.  Each year I have the habit of praying through this book two or three times, and committing several passages to memory.  After reading each verse, I pause to confess sin and ask for provision related to what I just read. Wisdom is extremely important for living a life [...]

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Last week, I had the honor of speaking to those attending the annual missions symposium of the Baptist Missionary Association of America in Conway, Arkansas.  And yes, I was just down the road from Toadsuck. . . . go figure. These brothers and sisters have been at work across the globe for several decades.  If [...]

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A new book is available that you need to add to your library.  Evangelical and Frontier Mission: Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel is edited by two of my friends, Beth Snodderly and Scott Moreau. This work represents a collection of chapters related to missions past, present, and future. Beth is President of [...]

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In my last post, I shared 5 of the key global migration trends of 2011 according to the “World Migration Report 2011“.  Regional overviews are also found in this document. Gone are the days of missions being geographically defined.  We presently live in an age where the lines are blurred between domestic and international.  What [...]

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This week the “World Migration Report 2011″ was released. It is available for purchase or as a free pdf download HERE. The total 2010 global stock of migrants was 214 million people.  This number was up from 191 million in 2005.   Whenever internal migrants are taken into account (740 million), about 1 billion people [...]

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Innovation and technology shape lives.  They are built on history and they shape history.  Any future progress is based on past and present realities. As the Church becomes aware of the blessings that can be found in innovation and technology, She is likely to embrace those blessings for the advancement of the gospel.  For example, [...]

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