Tag: Christian Mission

• Christian Social Responsibility

  Article 5 of the Lausanne Covenant addresses Christian Social Responsibility as part of the church’s global mission: We affirm that God is both the Creator and the Judge of all men. We therefore should share his concern for justice and reconciliation throughout human society and for the liberation of men and women from every kind…

  Dennis Griffith

  January 28, 2022

  Cultural Issues, Mercy Ministry

  Alleviating Poverty, Charity, Christian Mission, mercy, Mercy Ministry, poverty, Social Responsibility

• Our Global God

  John R.W. Stott, from The Contemporary Christian

  Dennis Griffith

  September 12, 2012

  Global Missions, Gospel-Driven, Graffiti

  Christian Mission, Global Missions, God, John Stott, John Stott Quotes, Missiology, Missions, The Contemporary Christian, Theology, Theology of Missions

• Lost Art of Discipleship

  Sometimes we need to face up to difficult questions. Michael Horton, in his book The Gospel Commission, asks some really tough ones that every church, every church leader, every church member needs to ask themselves: Instead of reaching the lost, are we losing the reached? Or are those reared in our own churches being truly…

  Dennis Griffith

  March 27, 2012

  Church, Evangelism, Ministry, Missional

  Christian Ministry, Christian Mission, Church, Discipleship, Making Disciples, Michael Horton, Ministry, Missional, Missional Church, The Gospel Commission

• 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

• Serving as Senders

  There are no by-standers enlisted in the Great Commission. Everyone called by Christ is called both to Christ and to engage in the Missio Dei – the Mission of God in this world.  That is not a new concept. I suspect few who have spent even the minimalist time in an Evangelical church would be…

  Dennis Griffith

  October 7, 2010

  Global Missions

  Christian Mission, Cross-cultural Missions, Global Missions, Great Commission, Missions, Missions Committees, Neil Pirolo, Serving as Sender, World Missions

• Cat & Dog Theology

  It seems to be going great. Our church is in the middle of hosting the Cat & Dog Theology seminar as part of our missions conference. And despite those reservations that would usually be expected when a conservative church hosts a seminar with such a preposterous sounding theme, those in attendance seem to be benefiting…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 18, 2008

  Global Missions, Spiritual Formation

  Christian Discipleship, Christian Mission, Discipleship, Global Missions, Global Missions Conference, glory of God, God, God-centered, Missional, Missions, Missions Conference, Walnut Hill, World Evangelization, World Missions, World Missions Conference

• Mission: The Fourth Mark of the Church

  A number of years ago, when the well-known conference speaker Ralph L. Keiper was preaching at a missions conference in Deerfield Street, New Jersey, he told about a little girl who had come to see him early in his ministry. She was about eight years old.  She had been to the church’s daily vacation Bible…

  Dennis Griffith

  January 21, 2008

  Church

  Christian Mission, Church, Ecclesiology, Healthy Church, James Boice, Marks of a Healthy Church, Mission, Missional, Missional Church