One of the great Christian missions books in the last couple of hundred years is Roland Allen's work, "Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? A Study of the Church in the Four Provinces." It is a wonderful commentary on colonial-style missions, and contrasting it with missions carried out by St. Paul in the book of …
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I've been reading "The Fine Art of Mentoring: Passing on to Others What God has Given to You"by Ted W. Engstrom (1989). It got me thinking regarding mentoring in the context of missions. Engstrom talks about three types of mentor relationships. He speaks of them in relation to St. Paul. Paul with Siconius and Timothy …
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Roland Allen's classic book, "Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours?" is an important book that examines how we do missions. It certainly has good points. If I wanted to be honest about it... the obvious answer to the question of Roland Allen is "Ours". That is because we always need to tailor our methods to …
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