For the last few decades, the predominant missional narrative in North America has sounded something like this, “people in North…
Why We Need a Church Planting Manifesto By Jeff Christopherson We make statements every day. Most are quite unassuming—small facts needed to navigate life,…
Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking the Language of Mission I recently started a series addressing the need to rethink contemporary evangelical missions. In this post, I ask that…
Increasing Evangelism in Church Planting There’s no question that church planting has become the hot new thing. And I’m glad. When I started my…
How Racial and Ethnic Diversity is Shaping the Future of Church Planting The Send Institute Missiologists Council gathered to discuss the most important topics affecting a missiology for North America. In this video, the council discusses how race and ethnicity aren't just merely social constructions, but rather are deeply complicated concepts that need to be
How Diversity at All Levels is Shaping the Future of Church Planting Karen is the Cannada Fellow for World Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary as well as an Ambassador for International Christian Response. She teaches, writes, and speaks on Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and the Persecuted Church.
Defining a Multiplying Church What is a multiplying church? Evangelical church planting organizations across North America now commonly acknowledge that the greatest bottleneck in…
How Cultural Attachments of Yesterday Diminish Our Effectiveness Today Evangelism in a postmodern context is predicated on listening well. Ask any veteran of the…
On July 23, the Send Institute convened a gathering of 17 thought leaders and heads of some of North America’s large and influential church…
How Evangelistically Effective is Church Planting? In 2002, pastor and author Tim Keller published a brief article entitled “Why Plant Churches” that has since become a…