Disruptive Church Trends – Hope & Caution
At the start of a new year, Carey Nieuwhof writes about emerging church trends that will “rule 2026.” Though primarily reflecting on a North American…
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AI Shepherds & Electric Sheep | Book review
I submitted a book review to Missiology: An International Review on “AI Shepherds & Electric Sheep: Leading & Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”…
How Technology Transformed the Global Church
F. Lionel Young III writes a reflective article in Leadership Journal in detailed review of David Hempton’s Christianity at the Crossroads: The Global Church from…
Global Voices Report | Lausanne
The Lausanne Movement has released its Global Voices Report, compiled by Lausanne’s new LIGHT department (Lausanne Insights for Global Horizons and Trends), a wide-ranging snapshot…
First millennial saint – Carlos Acutis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg5me8dvloCarlos Acutis, a British-born Italian teenager who died of leukaemia at age 15 in 2006, has been canonised by Pope Leo XIV as the first…
Crossway Baptist | Church Online
Crossway Baptist Church @ Melbourne, Australia launched their Online Church campus 10 years ago on 29 Aug 2015. In the first year, they had over…
State of the Great Commission
The Lausanne Movement published its State of the Great Commission report in conjunction with the upcoming Lausanne 4 conference in S. Korea.https://lausanne.org/report3 sections of key…
Emerging divides & church splits | Carey Nieuwhof
Carey Nieuwhof writes on emerging divides & church splits which are probably already happening or accelerating (largely due in part to the Covid-19 pandemic) or…
Is Digital Church a Real Church? | Pete Phillips
I attended an insightful public lecture by BGST on the increasingly important topic, “Is a digital church a real church?” The speaker was Dr Peter…
Phygital – The New Physical & Digital Nature of Ministry
A newly launched initiative by Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, Resilient Church Leadership (RCL) hosted a webinar on the new physical and digital nature of…