A Burst of Light and a Gentle Fading Away

I have been teaching Missions History this term in Seminary. Since I live and teach in Asia, I like to focus on missions history in Asia. Frankly, there is a lot more missions history in the East than the West anyway. In the first millennium, the churches of Jerusalem, Antioch, and Edessa spread the faith …

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Historical Christian Mission Movements

I rather liked the chart in Patrick Johnstone's book "The Church is Bigger than you Think: The Unfinished Work of World Evangelization." The chart shows the major mission movements from the beginning of the church age until the 21st century. Curiously, I couldn't find ANYTHING on the Internet that was remotely useful in this area. …

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