Perspective on Western European Missions
Posted by C. Holland on Feb 09, 2009I was thrilled to read this article by Ed Stetzer on European missions: I3 Paper: Why Europe? For anyone who might wonder what kind of spiritual need there might be over here, this is an excellent overview complete with statistics and thought-out observations.
The section on church planting was very true, and I especially appreciated in insight on successful church plants. Best quote: “Just because it [church planting] ‘worked’ in your context doesn’t mean it will in another.”
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I jest. Good one!
February 9th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I have a book suggestion for you if you have the time –
“GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn” by Carl Raschke
http://www.amazon.com/GloboChrist-Commission-Postmodern-Church-Culture/dp/080103261X
I absolutely consumed this book and haven’t stopped talking about it since. If you want to read the first chapter in PDF format to see if it interests you, here it is:
http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/Media/…/Excerpt_Raschke_GloboChrist.pdf
February 10th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll have to check it out, and we welcome more book suggestions from everyone regarding missions.