Category: Theology

In the summer of 1727, a ragged community of religious refugees gathered on a Saxon nobleman’s estate called Herrnhut. Lutherans, Reformed, separatists, and Moravian exiles had lived together on this crowded property for five years, and their bickering over doctrine and practice seemed ready to tear it apart. Then, during a communion service on August … Continue reading Missions Exists Because Worship Does 

There is a real, positive trend in evangelical churches. We’re seeing missions as less “from the West to the rest.” We’re realizing the need not only to cross geographical borders but also to cross cultural borders in our own backyards. As the nations come to our home shores, churches are finding more ways to get … Continue reading Is Emphasizing What Divides Us a Threat to Missions?

If you were to ask many evangelicals, they would probably tell you that the theological theses of the Reformation have nothing to do with the frontiers of pioneer missions. Was the Reformation unconcerned with the rugged missionary call, preferring theological debates over real evangelism? It is true that Protestants have not always prioritized the Great … Continue reading Reformation Day: 5 Ways the Reformation Gave Us Missions

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV). … Continue reading The Missionary and His Gospel