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Still mulling over my trip to Asia.

Here’s what I keep thinking about . . .

Over a lunch with “Barney” — the link between the emergence of individuals with an apostolic calling and the emergence of church planting movement.

Lunch, this time with Bill and Steve — the link between bold witness under persecution and power in [...]

A few muddled thoughts in response to Howard Snyder’s Ten Major Trends written almost twenty years ago.

1. From regional churches to world Church.
He’s right. Christianity has become a global faith. It was once predominantly white and Western. According to Phillip Jenkins by 2050 five out of six Christians on the planet will be from the [...]

While in Singapore I spent a couple of hours with some friends who run a centre for training in church planting movements and have trained workers all over the globe.

As usual when I meet with great practitioners I just keep asking, “What are you learning?”

I came away aware of the contrast between the practice of [...]

This just came in from Barney. He says nice things about my blog so I had to publish it.

Hey Steve

I enjoyed the read on your blog. You have a very good way of drawing out the principles and conveying them in an understandable way. Well done.

We have seen God do some good things [...]

Back from two weeks in Central and East Asia. I need to be a little vague about specific places and names for security reasons.

The picture above sums up the transition in Asia between the new and the old.

I’m still thinking and praying through the lessons and implications of the trip. Hoping the blog will help [...]