A friend and I were riding in his car after lunch vigorously discussing a controversial topic in missiology, and with good reason. We served together on the board of trustees for a mission sending organization, and a number of board members had become concerned about a particular book on evangelizing Muslims.

Contextualization is one of the hottest topics in missions today. Simply put, contextualization is the word we use for the process of making the gospel and the church as much at home as possible in a given cultural context

Are you lying if you give some but not all your reasons for gaining access to a restricted nation?

Not all partnerships benefit the supported workers. Here's how one church tries to bless, not burden, their overseas partners.

Can two walk together unless they be agreed? A veteran missionary looks at how much agreement is needed between a local church and a team on the field.

If the world knows we are his disciples by our love for one another, why not send a whole team of Christians overseas to plant a church?

As the window for non-profit work as a platform for missions is closing, a window for business as missions is opening.

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We asked a roundtable of pastors and theologians from around the world the question, "Do you like Operation World? Why or why not?"

The local church on earth is constituted by a gathering of Christians, which means the multi-site and multi-service “church” is not a church, but an association of churches.

A multi-site pastor provides a biblical, practical, and pastoral defense of his multi-site church.

Can multi-site churches be congregational? What kind of polity does a multi-site church have?

Another seminary professor looks for multi-site churches before 1980. Here's what he finds.

What's Richard Baxters problem with the multi-site church? One word: shepherding.

The Village Church has been a "multi-site church" since 2007. We went in that direction reluctantly and with trepidation.

A young, tech-savvy seminary professor explains why he's not getting on board the multi-site revolution.

A pastor-scholar weighs the exegetical arguments in favor of the multi-site church and finds them wanting.

Regardless of the fact that multi-site churches haven't existed for most of the past four hundred years, historic Congregationalists and Baptists have a lot to say against them.

The multi-site church phenomenon looks like a capitulation to consumeristic culture. We should plant instead.