Category: Missio Dei

• Race & the Church RVA: The Church’s Commission

  The third gathering of Race and the Church in Richmond, Virginia took place on Saturday May 14.  Featured speaker Leonce Crump addressed the diverse crowd on the subject of The Church’s Commission. Leonce Crump’s bio, from the Race and the Church RVA web page: Originally from Louisiana and raised Catholic, Léonce began following Jesus at…

  Dennis Griffith

  May 17, 2016

  Christian Life, Christianity, Church, Cultural Issues, Holistic Ministry, Missio Dei, Missional Church, North American Mission & Ministries, Racial Issues

  Church, Holistic Mission, Leonce Crump, Mission of the Church, Racial Issues, Racial Reconciliation, Social Justice

• Advent Conspiracy

  For many Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving – marks opening day for an exciting month long contact sport – shopping!  For many others it is just one more cause for anxiety. In the midst of the seasonal hubbub, take a moment to watch this short video from the Advent Conspiracy. Share the joy…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 27, 2015

  Christmas, Mercy Ministry, Missio Dei, Missional

  Advent, Advent Conspiracy, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Global Mission, Great Commission, Meaning of Christmas, mercy

• The Missional Puritan: On Mission With God

  Hey, this Missional thing is nothing new!  Listen to what the old English Puritan, John Owen, wrote in the 17th Century: God has work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we…

  Dennis Griffith

  September 12, 2012

  Global Missions, Missio Dei, Missional

  Evangelism, John Owen, Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Church, Puritan Missiology, Puritan Theology, Puritans

• The Scandal of American Evangelicalism

  I was not there, but I am now wishing I had been, at least for R.C. Sproul Jr.’s address.   The Layman Online reports that Sproul prophetically challenged those gathered for 2012 Ligonier National Conference “… about the true scandal of the evangelical mind.” Developing his message from 1 Corinthians 1.18-31 Sproul briefly outlined the Christian faith,…

  Dennis Griffith

  March 22, 2012

  Evangelical, Gospel-Driven, Missio Dei, Missional

  2012 Ligonier National Conference, American Evangelicalism, Compromised Gospel, Emergent Church, Missional, R.C. Sproul Jr, Seeker Church, Seeker Sensitive

• Mission @ the Heart of God

  There are the five parts of the Bible: The God of the Old Testament is a missionary God, calling one family in order to bless all the families of the earth. The Christ of the Gospels is a missionary Christ; he sent the church out to witness. The Spirit of the Acts is a missionary…

  Dennis Griffith

  September 1, 2011

  Global Missions, Missio Dei, Missional

  Christian Mission, Global Mission, John Stott, Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Mandate, Missions

• Externally Focused Quest

  Most churches have a subtle, perhaps even unspoken, objective.  It is driven by the question: “How can we be the best church in our community?” How a church answers that question determines the approach to membership, staffing, budget, etc. In a book I am now reading, Externally Focused Quest, authors Eric Swanson & Rick Rusaw ask…

  Dennis Griffith

  July 14, 2010

  Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Church

  Eric Swanson, Externally Focused Quest, Ministry, Missional, Missional Church, Rick Rusaw

• Being Sent

    This past Sunday I offered a brief exposition of John 17.6-21 & John 20.21, explaining what it means to be “sent” into our community and world in the same way God the Father sent Jesus into our world.  These texts demand that we understand, as John Stott says: “Our God is a missionary God.”  They…

  Dennis Griffith

  July 14, 2010

  Ministry, Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Church

  Missional, Missional Church, Missional Ministry