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A Straw Man Argument to Prove What God Shouldn’t Do: A Critique of Chad Vegas’ “A Brief Guide to DMM”
Summary: “A Brief Guide to DMM” raises important issues, but consistently follows a pattern of taking quotations out of context, presenting a rewording of the quotation, then showing problems with the reworded version. The author also argues against unbelievers reading or trying to obey the Bible, unless mediated via “the instruction of a Christian minister,” […]
Finding New Unity through Discovery
A guest post by Dr. Steven P. Steinhaus, DMin https://dmmsummit.org/ A key issue impacting unity and partnership in mission relates to the role of the foreigner in other cultures, in particular concerning questions about church-in-culture decisions: contextualization or indigenization. Missionaries around the world have long struggled with this issue. Mission history is replete with embarrassing […]
Bridging the Divide Consultation 2018
Last month over forty of us gathered to discuss various facets of “Freedom in Christ,” especially as it relates to those coming to faith in Him from a Muslim background. We had a substantial and informative time together, in some cases finding more agreement than we had expected. A summary report of our interaction can […]
Quality is Essential; But Any Size Can Count as a “Movement”?
An Interaction with Kevin Higgins’ “Measuring Insider Movements?” by L.D. Waterman Note: the first two parts of this discussion can be found in “When does a Movement Count? – Two Perspectives.” I appreciate Kevin Higgins’ willingness to interact with my question about size criteria for an Insider Movement to be counted as a movement. He proposes […]
A Conference Worth Considering
Many missiologists and field workers (myself included) consider Disciple Making Movements to be a blessing from the Lord – avoiding many weaknesses of both traditional (aggregate) church planting approaches and socio-religious “Insider” approaches. Disciple Making Movements are real…and are happening around the world today, especially among Muslims. If you’re interested to know more about Disciple […]
A Healthier Approach to Disagreement
The most recent issue of Christianity Today contains an article entitled “A Healthier Approach to Disagreement in the Church Begins With One Unusual Word” by James Calvin Davis. This excerpt from Davis’s book Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church offers sound and biblically-based counsel. The whole article is worth reading, but here are a […]
Why Not Simple?
Before I moved to a Muslim-majority country (over two decades ago), I was on pastoral staff at a church in rural upstate New York. I knew a few families who did what they called “house church.” These families had attended our church for a while, then left. They had also left most or all of […]
Depolarizing our Views on Reaching the Unreached
Polarization plays a useful role in many fields. In physics, chemistry and biology, it describes functions essential to our everyday lives. But in human relationships, as in the fields of sociology, psychology and politics, polarization is not nearly as useful. In fact it’s often harmful. Polarization among God’s children, within the body of Christ, rarely […]
The Mistake of “One Size Fits All”
Fuller Seminary recently posted a blog I wrote, describing a mistake commonly made in outreach to Muslims: “Different Pools, Different Fish: the Mistake of ‘One Size Fits All’ Solutions to the Challenge of Effective Outreach among Muslims.” Overcoming it can greatly increase our fruitfulness.
UIM: Concluding Response to Waterman
UIM: Concluding Response to Waterman On November 5, “Waterman Response to Talman and Travis” was posted on the BtD blog. While interest in the discussion generated by his review of Understanding Insider Movements (UIM) may have waned, we felt some final clarifications on our part could be helpful. Footnote to a Footnote Waterman further clarified […]
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