We keep looking to centers for mission renewal. What if it's already happening at the margins, powered by pneumatological imagination rather than budgets? Where are you seeing unexpected mission theology emerge?
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The best missiology I've encountered came from a small Mexican-American Pentecostal church in California responding to Ukrainian refugees - no institutional backing, just Scripture and the Spirit. My new research on "Empowered Compassion" for @Empowered21 GNSES 🧵
What made it work: They read Scripture from the margins (been strangers themselves), experienced the Spirit practically (divine nudges solving logistics), and embodied the kingdom (one refugee: "you find a family, not just a service provider")
Honored to join the World Christianity panel at @FullerSeminary's 2025 Missiology Lectures with Drs. Sam George, Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Kirsteen Kim, and Jose Abraham.
🗓️ Oct 16, 1:30 PM PDT. We'll be discussing 'Missiology in a New Generation.'
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When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak whatever He hears. He will also declare to you what is to come. John 16:13
@wipfandstock Crucial point. Heresies like docetism and gnosticism tried to erase the ascension by denying Christ’s true humanity. But without the bodily ascension, we lose the link between incarnation, intercession, and mission. Torrance rightly saw it as central, not optional. 👑
@alexandr_wang The rhetoric of "personal" empowerment is seductive. But when one company builds the infrastructure, they also embed the values.
The critical question: Will this system optimize for the values of a user in Pretoria, or Mumbai, or the boardroom in Menlo Park? #AIEthics
On Good Friday, Irenaeus’ vision of recapitulation frames our missio crucis: in the crucified Word, all creation is gathered up and healed. Mission today is to echo that gathering—letting the church’s wounds mirror Christ’s for the life of the world. #GoodFriday2025