Globalization has made the world smaller and smaller. Increasingly, cities are overtaking suburban and rural areas as the center of society. What does all this mean for church planting? Is the ethnolinguistic people group definition itself outdated? Missiologist Dr. Michael Crane unpacks the implications of what he calls āglurbanization.ā Michael and his wife moved toContinue reading “āGlurbanization,ā Church Planting, and Why Our Definition of āPeople Groupā Is Outdated: Dr. Michael Crane”
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Collin Hansen: Social Justice, Racial Reconciliation, and Missions
What is a biblical definition āsocial justiceā and how does it relate to the gospel? What bearing does the recent conversation about racial reconciliationāand the resulting controversyāhave for missionaries ministering to disparate and people groups and ethnicities? How can the church do a better job of addressing social justice and racial issues without proposing leftistContinue reading “Collin Hansen: Social Justice, Racial Reconciliation, and Missions”
Church Planting: Multiethnic or Homogeneous Units?
Should churches aim to be multiethnic, or should we stick to the homogenous unit principle inherited from missiologists? In todayās episode, Brian (last name withheld), a former IMB missionary to the Middle East and current missions pastor focusing on diaspora ministries, shares why the answer isnāt as simple as it seemsāand how globalism is makingContinue reading “Church Planting: Multiethnic or Homogeneous Units?”