Roots and Renewal: Why History Matters
Over the greater part of a decade, I served as a missionary in Central Europe, where the currents of history run deep. If you have ever traveled through that part of the world, you will have noticed something remarkable: though secularism has asserted its dominance, Christianity’s imprint remains unmistakable. It lingers not only in the […]
Learning from Lausanne: Reflections on an Evangelical Movement of World Missions
As many of us in America turned our eyes to the recent political election, you might’ve missed what happened a couple months ago when 5,000 believers from 200 countries gathered together in Seoul, South Korea for the Lausanne Movement’s Fourth Congress on World Evangelization. Prior gatherings had been held in Cape Town (2010), Manila (1989), […]
Feeling Alone in Ministry?
“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. […]
Who Are the Anabaptists and What Can We Learn from Them?
Who are the Anabaptists, and what can we learn from them? To understand the Anabaptists, it is helpful to see their story in the larger context of church history. When I teach church history, I simplify it by using game board pieces to make it easy to remember: Thimble: The Monopoly thimble represents the early […]
