The Discipline of Innovation: Approaching Planning Differently
Mission Frontiers, July 2021
Those who align themselves with the future are consistently better prepared. They stay ahead of the curve by having strategies in place by the time the future arrives. It’s driven by an insatiable curiosity that seeks to understand the changes happening around us; changes which others miss (Oster 2011). The more we understand these changes, the better we are at finding creative solutions we can begin implementing today.
Poised for Growth: First Century Methods Fueled the Early Church Movement
성장을 위한 준비: 초대교회 운동을 타오르게 한 1 세기 방식들
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, April 2021
The rate at which new churches were planted in the time of the Apostles, is astonishing. The number of believers grew from about 120 in Acts 1, to 3000 disciples in Acts 2, then 5000 in chapter 4. The successive chapters describe the believers as multiplying greatly (in Acts 6:7), the churches as multiplying (in Acts 9:31), and finally, the Word of God increasing and multiplying (in Acts 12). Finally, in chapter 19, we see all the residents of Asia (likely over 12 million people) having heard the Word of the Lord in just two years of starting work in Ephesus.
사도 시대에 새로운 교회가 개척된 속도는 믿기 힘들 정도다. 신자의 수는 사도행전 1장에 약 120명에서 2장에 3000명으로 늘었고, 다시 4장에서 5000명이 더 늘어났다. 이어지는 장들은 신자들이 크게 증식했고(행6:7), 교회가 증식했고(9:31), 하나님의 말씀이 널리 퍼져서 증식했다(12:24)고 기록한다. 마지막으로 19장에서, 우리는 에베소에서 사역을 시작한지 2년 만에 소아시아의 모든 주민(약 1200만 명 이상)이 주님의 말씀을 들었다는 것을 알게 된다.
Mission Frontiers, January 2021
In 1890 Korea was still an unreached peninsula, with only about 100 Christians. A small group of missionaries had heard about John Nevius' radical ideas, and invited him to come and teach them about his untraditional church planting and evangelism methods. The two-week trip changed history, and Nevius' methods became the guiding principles for Korean missions for the next 50 years. In fact, many church historians believe Nevius' two-week trip to Korea could have been the two most influential weeks in the history of modern missions.
