I have always loved cities. I have been simultaneously fascinated by how different peoples choose to group themselves together and…
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
Community Restoration and a Holistic Gospel About ten years ago I walked into an Urban Outfitters store when I had the sudden realization…there is…
Adopt Missional Gestures, Beware of Missional Postures By Keelan Cook “Don’t make that face! If you do it enough, it’ll get stuck that way!”…
Derailed Movements: Multiplication Runs On Relationships By Neil Cole The gospel spreads best on the tracks of relationships. This is the design of God. We…
Aspects of the “Missional Landscape” in Contemporary North America I am currently involved in three collaborative projects: an interdisciplinary study on flourishing congregations in…
The myth of a Christian culture continues to set the mind of the Western church at ease. This myth assumes that the West is,…
When we use the word “missional,” we are affirming that the Church by its very nature is sent into our neighbourhoods and cities as…
Many new churches, especially those in urban areas are intentionally multi-ethnic. It is simply the nature of cities. All kinds of people from all…
In many places when I hear the word “contextualization” I’m left with the impression that people believe it should happen ‘over there’ rather than…