EditorialDear Reader,
Some problems are so big or so urgent that we cannot wait until a solution has been achieved to tell about them and attract attention to them. No good solution? This may be an...
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OtherResponding to “7 Deadly Sins: How to Kill a Church- Planting Movement” (November-December 2004)
I greatly enjoyed the article [on] “The Seven Deadly Sins.” …. I especially enjoyed the section...
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FeatureThis is one of the most delicate issues today, and no doubt will continue to be into the near future. Some church traditions have emphasized the sole validity of the local church structure so...
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FeatureAntioch Network agrees – missionaries are best sent through mission agencies. In fact, in the relatively few cases where churches can do or have done this well, they have established their own...
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FeatureIn seeking a biblical understanding of the appropriate relationship between a local church and a mission organization, there are two viewpoints we will want to avoid. The first is that the local...
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FeatureDennis McCallum, teaching elder and one of the founders of Xenos Christian Fellowship
Xenos Christian Fellowship is a fairly large, young, independent church in...
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FeatureEven if you wanted to, it would be hard to ignore Rick Warren and the Purpose-Driven movement he has nurtured. Building on the earlier success of The Purpose-Driven Church, Warren’s Purpose-Driven...
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FeatureI’m humbled that Mission Frontiers would even pay attention to our evolving P.E.A.C.E. strategy since USCWM staff – and Ralph Winter especially – have been heroes to me for 30 years, since I was...
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FeatureOne of the characteristics of a Purpose-Driven church is evaluating by purpose: “Is there a better way to fulfi ll each purpose?” That is my approach and the primary question raised here: Is there...
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Further ReflectionsOver the last year I’ve done a couple of things differently and a couple of different things. I’m not talking about once-a-year or once-a-lifetime things, but new things that then become regular...
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