Summer 2006: Other Significant Articles
Rob Moll, “Missions Incredible: South Korea sends more missionaries than any country but the U.S. And it won’t be long before it’s number one” Christianity Today (March 2006), pages 28-34.
This cover story is an informative and encouraging introduction to the place Koreans are taking in global missions. No one that is interested in what God is doing in the majority world or the changing face of missionary effort will want to miss this article. At the time of printing, the full article was available online at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/003/16.28.html along with numerous links to other articles on Korean missionary effort and missions.
Dale M. Coulter, “Pentecostal Visions of the End: Eschatology, Ecclesiology and the Fascination of the Left Behind Series” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 14:1 (October 2005), pages 81-98.
Lee University professor Dale Coulter says that there is a connection between classical Pentecostals’ understanding of the end times and their doctrine of the church. This intersection of bible prophecy and how the church should function was influenced by early Pentecostals’ understanding of divine authority and today influences Pentecostal ecumenical outreach or isolation.
The full article may be available at this internet path: www.brill.com/journal-pentecostal-theology
Stephen Hunt, “The Alpha Program: Charismatic Evangelism for the Contemporary Age” PNEUMA: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 27:1 (Spring 2005), pages 65-82.
An introduction to the internationally successful Alpha evangelism program.
Greg Ogden, “Breaking Free from Caregiver to Equipper” Enrichment (Winter 2006), pages 34-40.
Is this how things work at your church? “Pastors do the ministry and God’s people receive their pastoral care” (35). Discipleship pastor Greg Ogden challenges church leaders to close the gap between the promise of the priesthood of believers and the spectator reality of everyday church life.
At the time of printing, the full article was available here: http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200601/200601_034_BreakFree.cfm
Category: Summer 2006