Studying the Bible, Making a Tremendous Discovery. Romans 16:3
Here is what I discovered about "all the Churches of the Gentiles." All the New Testament churches of Gentiles—established in...
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September 10, 2023
Willingen (3rd of 3) The International Missionary Council, the World Council of Churches and the Lausanne Movement–A Timeline
Organizing for Missio Dei or Missio Ecclesiae The World Mission Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910 Today we are featuring...
Read moreWillingen, Germany (2nd of 2). What Followed the 1952 Meeting of the International Missionary Council, and How the Term Missio Dei Endured a Challenge
We wrote about the historic 1952 meeting of the International Missionary Council here. The delegates voted to accept Dr. Karl...
Read moreWillingen, Germany, Site of the historic 1952 meeting of the International Missionary Council, where delegates adopted the term Missio Dei.
The reader already knows that Missio Dei means “the Mission of God,” but I will retain the original Latin phrase...
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Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, Darmstadt, Germany
Here in Germany, where Jan and I are visiting friends,...
Read moreCelebrating Our First Anniversary Blog (6th of 6). Presbyterian Missions: Personal Observations
I applied to the Presbyterian Church for missionary service in a Muslim country in 1989. My application sat on a...
Read moreCelebrating our One Year Blog Anniversary (5th of 6). Critics Express their Objections to the “Two Structures” Theory.
I have learned a lot by listening to critics. Today we gather the objections to the "two structures" theory and...
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Carnegie Libraries in Denver and Around the World
Our nation owes a debt to Andrew Carnegie that we...
Read moreCelebrating Our One Year Blogging Anniversary (4th of 6). The Protestant Mission Ice Age Explained in Nine Timelines.
Dear Reader, unknown to most Christians, a catastrophic mission ice age descended on the Reformation in the early 1500s. Why...
Read moreCelebrating Our One Year Blog Anniversary (3rd of 6). Separate Administrative Structures for Church and Mission
We are celebrating our first year of Lighthouse and Flint. Today we have gathered six blogs on the topic “Separate...
Read moreCelebrating Our One Year Blogging Anniversary (2nd of 6). A Biblical Basis for Mission Agencies
There are two kinds of Christian structures in the New Testament. First, there were missionary bands. Jesus Christ established a...
Read moreCelebrating Our One Year Blogging Anniversary (1st of 6). Understanding “The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission.”
Lighthouse and Flint and other Illustrations to Help the Reader Understand Ralph D. Winter's “Two Structures" Theory Dear reader, I...
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