In today’s blog post, James Butare shares a response to Richard Slimbach’s essay “Local Churches and Development: How Central are They?”

...read more

Why is this? Why do very religious people, even in well-resourced contexts, fail to transform culture?

...read more

How can a multicultural church develop, and how do existing narratives and stories play into that development?

...read more

Patrick Johnstone, the editor of Operation World, has recently published a new book titled The Future of the Global Church. This is a great resource that we encourage everyone to check out.

...read more

The other day, one of WCIU’s adjunct faculty members shared about his recent trip to the Accord Network’s Transformational Development Summit. He shared many things that he heard from this conference, however one thing really stood out to me, and I’d love to get some feedback on this topic.

...read more

When the Church is in the midst of material prosperity, many forget the source and reason for blessings. Ralph Winter’s highlighting of the Abrahamic covenant, that we are “...blessed to be a blessing,” becomes a distant reality. Sadly this is also true for the many wealthy churches not only in the West but also in developing countries.

...read more