Imaginatively Missional
One of the questions I am increasingly asked is what we mean when we describe our work as being “shaped by the Ephesiology Framework.” It is an important question because the phrase is not intended as a slogan or a branding exercise. Rather, it expresses the theological and missiological lens through which we seek to …
Toward a Missiological Spirituality A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with the staff of the church where our daughter attends in Baltimore. Ironically, the conversation had little to do with spirituality. I had been invited to speak on archaeology and what the archaeological remains of the early church …
What if the story of early Christian missions isn’t just preserved in texts but in stones, inscriptions, and cities waiting to be read? In Gods, Emperors, Philosophers, and a New Movement, Michael T. Cooper explores how archaeology reshapes our understanding of the early Christian movement—and what that means for missions today. In this interview, we asked …
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Back in the late 1900s, Gailyn Van Rheenen published a regular missiology newsletter. In one edition, he recounted the experience of walking into a church in the Philippines only to be confronted with an unsettling reality: it looked just like his church at home. Nearly forty years later, we are still confronting that same unwelcome …
In recent years, theological education has earned mixed reviews from those on the mission field. Some missionaries share disappointing stories of seminary experiences that left them unprepared for the hands-on realities of cross-cultural ministry. For others, theological training introduced a sense of intellectual pride or entitlement, and they left feeling distanced from the people they …
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