The need for missional theological education that values the whole church.

How to be effective in disciple-making in the twenty-first century.

The church’s call to minister to, for, and with them.

How can Islamic radicalism be countered after the imprisonment of the Christian governor of Jakarta?

As Christians keep visiting the people affected by the disaster, they have come to be called Kirisuto-san or ‘Mr./Ms. Christ’, with respect and appreciation.

When ‘alternative facts’ take over from truth, a culture is in big trouble. What can we do as Christians?

The deepening partisan ideological divide in all sectors of US society will mean that governance will most likely lurch from one extreme to another. This will have major ramifications for the church and mission.

2.1 billion people of world’s population has little or no Gospel access. Christ-followers should be outraged by this spiritual injustice.

A number of Muslim groups are actively seeking a Caliphate, although their conceptions of it differ. These groups include Al-Qa’ida, Daesh (IS), Hizb ut Tahrir, and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Honor and shame are prominent in Majority World cultures, where these moral values form the ‘operating system’ of everyday life. People avoid disgrace and seek status in the eyes of the community.

Conversion from Islam is impossible in many places and in the few locations where it is possible legally, there are social and cultural impediments to change.

Without careful and disciplined action, the church’s theology and practice of mission will be impoverished.

While India has always had a religiously plural ethos, contemporary India has been polarized along religious lines with the advent of the Hindu nationalist political party to power in 2014 with an absolute majority.

It is estimated that over 100 million people in the majority world base their livelihoods on locally mining gold, precious stones, and other high-value minerals with minimal equipment, capital, and training.

Today, we might comfortably discuss ministry by, even under, but especially from leaders with disabilities.

The Christian church is a global phenomenon, and mission is a worldwide endeavor.

A new generation of African younger leaders is rising to the challenge of missions.

This is God’s work, taking whispers from the margins and translating them for many to hear, speaking truth to power.

I will present a conceptual model. It was life-changing for me to discover it, and I have found that it clearly matches the biblical directives, as well as the fuller biblical narrative.

From 1995 to 2012, there were about 480 foreign entities working inside North Korea, of which 70 were Christian. Christian groups have operated in 85 counties in the country, meaning that some 60% have had some exposure to Christian organizations. 

So as we look to the future, what should govern our aspirations? Perhaps Jesus’ models of salt and light in Matthew 5:13-16 could give us a framework.

The Hadith reports can take Muslims in many directions: to compassion for widows and orphans, to patriarchal attitudes towards women, to disdain for religious minorities, and to military jihad for the cause of Islam.

The basic place of meeting between Christian and Muslim is our shared regard for Jesus the Messiah; and the most fundamental point of difference is not the place of women or of violence, but who we believe the Messiah to be.

Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar have also enacted similar laws, with Nepal going so far as to include them in the recently adopted constitution.

One obvious implication is the age of retirement for ministers, elders, trustees, and others. Should leaders continue to retire at, say, 65, or as in a number of denominations, 70?