Look at Christian mission work through the centuries
About 5 years ago, in 2017, I first learned about George Lisle. Before that I had taught Missions History and I "knew" that the Judsons were the first (major) American international missionaries, and that William Carey was the first Baptist international missionary. But then I found out that a decade before Carey, and before Adoniram …
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I will be teaching a max-flex course in History of Christian Missions at Faith Bible College (https://www.faithbiblecollege.com/) this Summer. Here are a few of the lesson presentations: Lesson One: Mission Movements Overview (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/missionary-movements) Lesson Two: Missions of the Primitive Church. (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/missions-of-the-early-church) Lesson Three: Missions History During the Roman Empire. (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/lesson-three-missions-in-the-latter-yars-of-the-roman-empire) Lesson Four: Missions of the …
What does it take to be a great missionary? I think there are different types of missionaries and there are different ways they can be seen as good. Innovator. Barnabas. Some missionaries do something that is highly innovative and as such establish patterns that guide missionaries long after them. Barnabas appears to be a great …
I am putting together notes and presentations and video for a Missions History class I was asked to teach. One of the values of doing this is that one gets the opportunity to relearn how little one knows. I keep learning how little I know. Going through "Encountering the History of Missions" (by John Mark …
The book, "Encountering the History of Mission: From the Early Church to Today" by John Mark Terry and Robert L. Gallagher, is part of the Encountering Missions series of books. It was published in 2017 by Baker Academic. I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in Christian missions--- especially Evangelical Christian missions. I don't have …
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Awake, Thou Spirit, who didst fireThe watchmen of the Church’s youth,Who faced the Foe’s envenomed ire,Who witnessed day and night Thy truth,Whose voices loud are ringing stillAnd bringing hosts to know Thy will. And let Thy Word have speedy course,Thro' every land be glorified,Till all the heathen know its forceAnd fill Thy churches far and …
I was reading "Encountering the History of Missions" by John Mark Terry and Robert Gallagher. In the Reformers, particularly Martin Luther and John Calvin, they try to make the (what I consider to be) controversial argument that they were quite missional. Their argument, however, seems to boil down to, "See how much they tried to …
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I am working on teaching a course on Missions History. I have taught it before, but this version is for MaxFlex online learning which means I need to put more work in up front. As I was developing it, I began thinking about Missions History in how it is different from Church History. Obviously the …
One of my favorite classic books in Christian Missions is by Roland Allen: Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours; A Study of the Church in the Four Provinces. This looks at the activities Paul and Barnabas, and later Paul and Silas, did in the first two missionary journeys. The book identifies numerous principles (mission principles …
Continue reading DTIM (Dubious Thoughts in Missions) #1: We Need to Do Things Like St. Paul
Okay. So I started out with the intent of discussing (complaining) about a well-known quote by John Piper. It goes like this: Mission Exists Because Worship Doesn't The statement has a certain appeal to it from a position of pietism. However, it feels to me as if it does not really stand up to scrutiny. …