The key article in Lesson 15, World Christian Disciples is from the study guide. A summary and discussion questions are below: From “Life on Purpose” by Claude Hickman, Steven, C. Hawthorne, and Todd Ahrend The Practice of Going: Immersing ourselves cross-culturally. The P

The key article in Lesson 14, Pioneer Church Planting is “Three Kinds of Movements” by Rick Brown and Steven C. Hawthorne and “The C-Spectrum” by John J. Travis. A summary and discussion questions are below: Brown and Hawthorne list three kinds of movements of

The key article in lesson 13 is The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches by George Patterson. A summary and discussion questions are below: Patterson’s article brings out two elements of the Great Commission: 1) that to disciple a “nation” we should strive to see i

The key readings for this lesson are “Evangelism: The Leading Partner” by Samuel Hugh Moffett and “Transformational Development” by Samuel J. Voorhies, available here: Lesson 12: Christian Community Development A summary and discussion questions are below: Samu

The key article in lesson 11 is Building Bridges of Love by Paul. G. Hiebert. A summary and discussion questions are below: Hiebert’s article explained the importance of a bicultural bridge for missionaries. A bicultural bridge is someone who works with the missionary to help in

The key article in lesson 10, How Shall They Hear? is Understanding Culture by Lloyd E. Kwast. I’ve included all the articles from the lesson here: Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, Lesson 10 A summary and discussion questions are below: When missionaries enter a new

The key article in lesson 9, The Task Remaining is Finishing the Task by Ralph D. Winter and Bruce A. Koch A summary and discussion questions are below: Significant Progress in the Task of World Evangelization… It took 18 centuries for dedicated believers to grow from 0% of the 

The key article in lesson 8, Pioneers of the World Christian Movement is Perspectives Lesson 8 including State of the Gospel by Jason Mandryk A summary and discussion questions are below: Population Growth Rate of the World, Christians, and Evangelicals From Mandryk’s article, w

The key article in lesson 7, Eras of Mission History is Three Mission Eras And the Loss and Recovery of Kingdom Mission, 1800-2000 by Ralph Winter. A summary and discussion questions are below. The First Era: 1800-1910, Coastlands, Kingdom Mission. In this era, the protestant church l

The key article in lesson 6, Expansion of the World Christian Movement, is The Kingdom Strikes Back by Ralph Winter. A summary and discussion questions are below. Ralph Winter divides redemptive history into ten-400 year periods to cover 4000 years from Abraham to today. The mechanism

The key articles in lesson 5, Unleashing the Gospel, are Acts of Obedience by Stephen Hawthorn and Become Like, Remain Like by Harley Talman A summary and discussion questions are below. Talman’s central text is: Become Like: “I have become all things to all people, so tha

The key article in lesson 4, “Mandate for the Nations”, is Steven Hawthorne’s Mandate on the Mountain. A summary and discussion questions are below. His central text is: Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heave

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The key article in lesson 3 is “The Gospel of the Kingdom” by George Eldon Ladd. A summary and discussion questions are below. His summary texts are: Jesus began with an announcement: “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” (Matt. 4:17). His teaching w

The key article in lesson 2 is Steven Hawthorne’s, “The Story of His Glory“. A summary and discussion questions are below. His central text is: Psalm 96: 1-4