Americans are mobile people. In 2008, an estimated 10 million people moved from county to county in the United States. In today’s post, I have linked you to some interactive maps related to domestic migrations. In the first map, you will find 2007 data represented, as well as the ability […]
Strategy
February is just around the corner. It is also Black History Month in the United States. To commemorate this event the U. S. Census Bureau sent out the following “Facts for Features” on the black population in the country. Part of thinking missiologically involves knowing the peoples of an area. […]
African American History Month
One year ago, I launched this blog with a new study that I had completed on evangelical concentrations in the United States and in Canada. You can find the report HERE and the PowerPoint presentation HERE. Over the past twelve months, I have received emails from individuals, churches, and at […]
Evangelicals in the U. S. and Canada–Revisited
My family and I recently watched A Christmas Carol. You know the story. Scrooge is visited by different spirits, trying to provide him with a different perspective on his past, present, and future. Each apparition challenges him to see his world from a different angle. At times, we all need […]
Church Planters-What Do You See (A Reflection from A Christmas ...
I had told my students not to be surprised when it happened to them. Now while I had not personally experienced it, I had been waiting for the day when it would happen to me. Finally, it occurred–I got to meet my first, real-live foreign missionary! Not a big deal? […]
Missions in Reverse?
Several years ago, I conducted a survey of 190 church planters in the United States and Canada. I wanted to know what they believed were the five most critical issues facing North American church planters. (While I have written about these findings elsewhere, including a series on this blog, if […]