Yesterday I examined two models for evangelical engagement with non-practicing adherents of the state churches in Europe. I suggested that evangelicals should engage in a way modeled after the way the church in the Book of Acts interacted with the Jewish communities that surrounded it. The earliest Christ-followers were Jews themselves, in a country where … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 2
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Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 1
How should evangelical Christians engage with Croatian culture? One of the problems that we evangelicals encounter in Europe is the question of how to engage with the state churches--usually Catholicism, but also branches of Reformed, Orthodox, Lutheran, etc., churches. Nothing I faced as an evangelical in America prepared me for the ubiquity of the state … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 1
Why Should You Care, pt 1?
I've been posting about church planting in Croatia for a couple of weeks now. Today, I am reposting this, something I wrote several years ago (2019), about why American Christians should care about the work of the Kingdom of God in Croatia. Why should you care about the work of Biblijski institut (and dozens of … Continue reading Why Should You Care, pt 1?
DiscipleTrips
As I talk to American churches about the Biblical Institute of Zagreb and our work, one of the things I regularly hear is, "We would love to come and visit, but what would we do?" In American churches, it's traditional to send groups of people on missions trips to help build or maintain buildings at … Continue reading DiscipleTrips
The Mission Has a Church
Beth and I encountered Momentum Yes at ICOM this past November ... (ICOM = International Conference on Missions, the successor to the old National Missionary Convention. It's an annual gathering of 5,000+ Christians from around the globe who believe in, support, and are active in missions.) Recently, we've been watching Momentum Yes's video curriculum. And … Continue reading The Mission Has a Church
Keller on Church Planting
Tim Keller writes: "A vigorous and continuous approach to church planting is the only way to guarantee an increase in the number of believers, and is one of the best ways to renew the whole body of Christ." The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical … Continue reading Keller on Church Planting
The Benefits of Planting Churches
Friday, I said that planting new churches was one of the healthiest things an established church can do. That sounds counterintuitive, and over the years I've had pushback when I have made that statement. But it's TRUE; there are few things that you can do for YOUR church that will benefit YOUR CHURCH more than … Continue reading The Benefits of Planting Churches
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