Missionary Identity The reality is, Christians are interlopers. We are strangers and foreigners. As Christians, I believe we should always…
The myth of a Christian culture continues to set the mind of the Western church at ease. This myth assumes that the West is,…
Bill Bright (1921–2003) founded Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) on the UCLA campus in 1951 with the primary goal of reaching university student leaders…
Fifty years ago, today, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel. Like anyone of our heroes, King wasn’t perfect.…
Culture changes so quickly that it has proven challenging for the church planting movement. Although we seem to be experiencing a period of stagnation,…
According to the latest Pew Polls, it seems that the current cultural climate has intensified the angst of racial tension and division. “The share of…
Many church leaders do cultural studies and wrestle with the sociology of place. On a different track, others try to get their heads around…
Roughly one century ago, Christians in the United States walked through a battle about orthodoxy known as the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy. Eventually, out of the…
As we move into the new year, it’s helpful to pause and look back on 2017, specifically all that happened in pop culture. In…
As a sociologist of religion in Canada, I regularly consult with church groups across the country seeking to bridge sociological, theological, and practical discussions…