Missions
The Great Commission isn’t a Quick Fix
By Matt Rhodes | 02.08.2022Matt Rhodes explains that modern missionaries’ emphasis on minimal training and quick conversions can result in slipshod evangelism that harms the communities they intend to help.
Did Unreached Peoples Set Paul’s Mission Agenda?
By Elliot Clark | 01.13.2022Paul wanted to reach the unreached. This was a matter of urgency for him, as it should be for our churches. But was that Paul’s primary motivation in missions? Perhaps … keep reading…
Book Review: We Evangelicals and Our Mission, by David Hesselgrave
Review by Mark Collins | 05.13.2021It is not enough for us merely to identify the problems in the evangelical understanding of mission. With God’s help we need to take steps to strengthen churches at home so that we can plant stronger churches abroad.
How Does the Hope of Heaven Drive Missions?
By Wayne Chen | 9Marks Journal: Heaven: Rejoicing in Future Glory | 12.22.2020Every person on the planet will live forever. The sooner we accept that reality, the sooner we will pursue missions with urgency, focus, and perseverance.
Biblical Eldership and Global Missions: A Vital and Necessary Union
By Phil Remmers | 11.24.2020Divorcing ecclesiology from missiology has produced bad fruit. But there is hope. Scripture provides clear directions on how to move forward.
The Danger of Sending Unqualified Missionaries
By John Folmar | 07.16.2020What does John Folmar — the senior pastor of United Christian Church of Dubai in the Middle East — want to say to American churches and missions organizations?
Book Review: Missionary Methods, by Roland Allen
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 04.30.2020Allen’s philosophy of missions is full of tempered wisdom and careful consideration of how the goal of missions should shape its practice.
Can Women Be Sent Out as Missionaries?
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019So can women be missionaries? Yes, of course. But also yes to the biblical teaching on gender distinctions in the life of the church. The two are not at odds.
Nothing To Be Ashamed Of: Penal Substitutionary Atonement In Honor-Shame Cultures
By A. Samuel, A. Sequeira | 9Marks Journal: The Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitutionary Atonement | 08.20.2019Penal substitution offers a helpful corrective to those living in an honor-shame culture, and helps them rightly understand their status before God and what God has done for sinners in Jesus Christ.
Book Review: To the Ends of the Earth, by Michael Haykin and C. Jeffrey Robinson Sr.
Review by Brady Bowman | 06.21.2019Read this book devotionally to stir up your own affections for missions and evangelism. Be reminded of the deep resources in the reformed tradition that can help you cultivate a heart to spread God’s glory among the nations.
Leverage Your Short-Term Mission Trips for Long-Term Goals
By Jon Deedrick | 03.11.2019Would the Apostle Paul join your short-term missions trip?
Believe in Particular Redemption? Then Evangelize and Send Missionaries with Abandon
By Greg Turner | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019If you’re not engaged in evangelism and missions, then you don’t really believe in particular redemption.
3 Reasons Definite Atonement is Basic to Biblical Missions
By Alex Kocman | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019In order to preserve the vibrant missionary zeal of men like William Carey, it’s critical we view definite atonement not only as true but essential, forming the biblical basis of mission itself.
Book Review: By His Grace and For His Glory: A Historical, Theological and Practical Study of the Doctrines of Grace in Baptist Life, by Thomas J. Nettles
Review by Adam Triplett | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019This work can help pastors and members alike better understand how the doctrines of grace undergird and fuel passionate evangelism and missionary endeavors.
What the West Should Know about Churches in Africa
By Chopo Mwanza | 02.01.2019There’s a lot that the church in Africa can learn from our brethren in the West—and vice versa.
