Missions
Always Reforming: Why Extraordinary Results in the Church Have Always Depended on Ordinary Means
*Semper reformanda* was the clarion call of the Protestant Reformation—a rallying cry for the church to continually reform herself according to the sole magisterial authority: Scripture. Latin for “always reforming,” the phrase came to express the conviction that the church […]
What Is the Great Commission?
When we follow the Great Commission, we aren’t building kingdoms that will rise and fall with our own commitment and consistency. We bring our lives under the authority of the King, and it is he who works through us.
A Global Modern Reformation
I thought I had almost finished writing my children’s book *Church History* when I discovered a brand-new world. As many had realized long before me, most books on the history of Christianity have focused on Europe and America, neglecting the rich account of God’s work in the rest of the world. […]
“Birthing Revival: Women and Mission in Nineteenth-Century France,” by Michèle Miller Sigg: A Review
Anyone interested in the history of the Protestant church—particularly in the history of women—will be delighted by this book by Michèle Miller Sigg, Executive Director of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB.org) and Editor of the Journal of African Christian Biography. […]
Missionary Christians as Warriors
Christian missionaries are witnesses, warriors, and ambassadors in exile. It is common to view missions in terms of tasks such as proclaiming the gospel or, with modern trends, incarnating it. (1) There are problems we encounter when we limit ourselves to these words. Proclamation is something we send out, but with global work not all […]
