Harry Reeder offers some ‘Thoughts On Liberating The Church From The Babylonian Captivity Of Relevance’ and asks Is it possible that the Church has become another piece of cultural furniture in its pursuit of relevance? It’s one thing to speak to the culture in terms which it understands but it’s an entirely different thing to …

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Trevin Wax hosts an online conversation with Collin Hansen and J.D. Greear about ministry to Muslims and the boundaries of contextualization. A sample: Trevin Wax: Collin, your recent cover story in Christianity Today records the debate surrounding the translation of “Son of God” and why some missionaries advocate other renderings. Can you start us off …

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Douglas Robertson, minister of Scots’ Church Melbourne, blogs about a visit to South Korea, his interactions with Christians and culture, and appreciation for the missionary legacy of Joseph Henry Davies. There are more Presbyterian Christians in South Korea than anywhere else on earth and Australia has a connection with that ministry. Take some time and …

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Karl and Sun “are church planting missionaries based in Central Thailand.” (From their ‘about’ page.) I found their blog because Karl found mine, back a while ago. If you want a well-rounded sense of what life is like serving cross-culturally go and have a browse. Karl offered a couple of posts dealing with the value …

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