Monthly Archives: October 2015
A Different Imagination for the Church. Review of ‘Structured for Mission’ by Alan Roxburgh
Review of Alan Roxburgh, Structured for Mission: Renewing the Culture of the Church (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2015). Originally published in Englewood Review of Books, Vol 05, No. 03, Summer, 2015. It is reproduced here with permission. EnglewoodReview.org
Core capacities for the minister as missional leader in the formation of a missional congregational culture. Part 2: Capacities and conclusions.
ABSTRACT: This article describes the results of a research project for a PhD at the University of Pretoria, under supervision of Prof Nelus Niemandt. The research was done against the backdrop of huge paradigm shifts within society and missiology and...
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Reflection: Open House, Open Community
Karen’s life as an urban missionary in the ‘lonely city’ of Vancouver embodies a challenge to the traditional ecclesiocentric language of mission. Her gentle but intentional ministry of presence comes almost as an answer to a question posed by Alan...
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