Evangelism is not working … but it could be

September 2010

Evangelism is not working
But it could be…
by Mark Greene

Amongst all the huff and puff, wailings and gnashing of teeth about the state of the Church, one central fact has been overlooked… the bulk of church-generated initiatives have nothing to do with the way people spend the bulk of their waking hours. That’s why over [...]

What makes a world changer

August 2010

Awakening the Nations

Our time in the Solomons for the ‘Awakening the Nations’ conference was quite remarkable. It began with the opening rally which was attended by the Governor General, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House and many leading church figures. At the end of the meeting Roy Funu challenged the leaders of [...]

Transformation: Dream or Reality

June 2010

Transformation: Dream or reality?

Many people involved in missions are wondering, “Shouldn’t we be seeing more transformation in our societies after all the apparent conversions and new church plants? What has gone wrong? Should we do something differently?”
These are important questions that need to be addressed. In this article Bob Moffit, founder and president of [...]

Discipling Nations

May 2010

Discipling Nations

I have just come back from a visit to the Philippines. On my first morning in Manila I had the joy of meeting Darrow Miller over breakfast at the guest house we both were staying at. Darrow is the author of the book ‘Discipling Nations’ and is the co-founder of the Disciple the [...]

Creating a Culture of Influence

April 2010

Creating a culture of influence
by Mal Fletcher

Mal Fletcher is the founder of Next Wave International a faith-based communications group based in London which is training organizations to engage the future and move society forward in a positive direction. Prior to this role Mal worked in Australia and was the pioneer of the very successful [...]

Business as mission

March 2010

Missional shift within churches

Leadership conducted a survey in May 2008 asking nearly 700 evangelical pastors how their perceptions of the gospel and mission currently compare with their understanding a decade ago. The results clearly indicate that pastors’ attitudes and beliefs are shifting.
When asked if “the kingdom of God is a present reality, a future [...]

Mission of the church

Feb 2010

The Mission of the Church

I have enjoyed reading recently Tom Wright’s book ‘Surprised by Hope’. The second section of this book is an excellent discussion on the mission of the church in the light of the centrality of the resurrection. In it Wright encourages us to rethink some of our basic truths like salvation [...]

Kingdom on Facebook

Jan 2010

Kingdom on Facebook

As mentioned at the end of last year I see merit in using the technology of Facebook to promote discussion on the Kingdom. You can participate in this discussion by joining Facebook and linking to my profile and the discussion on the Kingdom. If you are already on Facebook please promote this [...]

Kingdom and church leadership

December 2009

Kingdom and church leadership

In the meetings we hold regularly with pastors to look at the Kingdom the biggest challenge they face is to pull back from their focus on leading their church and to see the wider dimension of the Kingdom. This does not mean they are to neglect their leadership role within the [...]

Awakening the nations

November 2009

Awakening the Nations
Report from Vanuatu

Last month I had the privilege to be one of the speakers at the Awakening the Nations conference in Vanuatu – “Leadership for Church, Government and Nations”. This conference is the vision of Pastor Roy Funu (pictured) from the Solomon Islands who is now based in Bundaberg in Queensland. The [...]

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