Over Here, for Over There: A Future for Short Term Missions?
Imagine the possibility of future short term teams where the destination and unreached people group served over there is determined by the unreached people group your church serves over here. “Pastor, where in the world do you think the Lord is leading our church to go this year?” “Possibly Morocco. He has been at work [...]
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Strangers Next Door
I am excited and thankful to share that Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration, and Mission is now available! We live in the age of migration. 214 million people are presently living outside of their countries of birth. That is 3% of the world’s population. If this number represented a single country, then it would be [...]
The Nations in this Nation
The U. S. Census Bureau recently released the numbers on the foreign-born population. You will want to read the full pdf HERE. The Lord has brought the nations to this nation. How will the Church respond as a faithful and wise steward at this moment in history? Do we: Recognize that there are at least [...]
University Educators for Global Engagement
Last weekend, I had the privilege to speak to some of the most influential people in the world–university educators. These are the men and women who pour their lives into the most influential people in the world–students. As we consider the multiplication of disciples, leaders, and churches in our world today, I want to bring [...]
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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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InterVarsity Press Acquires Biblica Books
Last week, I received the following news from my publisher at Biblica: InterVarsity Press has acquired Biblica. This was an exciting update. While I knew Biblica was in discussion with another publisher, I did not know the company involved. You may check out some of the details from Andy Unedited at IVP HERE and the [...]
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Latest Findings on the Nations in the United States
The 2010 American Community Survey results were released today. One section to which I wish to draw your attention contains the foreign-born statistics. Once again, we are reminded of the peoples on the move. The following information was taken from the Highlights which you may find HERE. The foreign-born population was 40 million (12.9% of [...]
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Update on the Strangers Next Door
My next book, Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration, and Missions Opportunity, is scheduled to be released with Biblica in March 2012. While I have shared a few matters on Twitter, I want use today’s post to provide you with some detailed information that can’t be included in 140 characters. This book is about the migration [...]
Diaspora Missiology Part 2–What in the World is God Doing?
In the first post in this series, I shared an interview with Enoch Wan, one of the world’s leading experts in this growing new field of missiology. In this post, I want to provide you with a brief global perspective of what God is doing with migration. I am presently working with Biblica on another book that [...]
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