If you follow the goings-on of the SBC and IMB then you will undoubtedly know that the IMB is in a budget crisis. The Lottie Moon offering for 2008 was some $30 million dollars short of its goal. There were two primary responses to this shortfall. One, within the IMB, and the second, without the [...]
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On September 22nd, Ed Stetzer wrote a nice article on contextualization. I have no issues with the article at all and I enjoyed reading through the comments that followed.
As a follow-up to Ed’s piece I thought I would open my site up to the practical side of contextualization. I would love to hear about some [...]
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The Upstream Collective is currently in Asia with Ed Stetzer on a Jet Set Tour. They are meeting with local pastors and field workers to learn more about the culture, the work currently being done there, and to come up with ways that American churches can partner in the work.
A recent Twitter update from Upstream [...]
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If you read my last post you know that we’re heading back to the States for six months. As I’ve been thinking about our time in the US I’ve also given thought as to the direction of Cultural Dichotomy. I’m passionate about the missional-incarnational life. I enjoy reading about it, discussing it, and even arguing [...]
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I wrote the following for a newsletter sent to friends and family in the States. I thought I would post it here as well.
As of July 21 our first term will officially come to an end. On that day we will have lived in Western Europe 3 years, 2 months, and 3 days. For the [...]
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