A Western couple struggle to find the best approach for establishing a community of Jesus’s followers among nominal Muslims in Eastern Europe. Equipped with faith, youth, and an impossible dream, Jack and Barb moved to Eastern Europe 25 years ago. […]
Andrea Gray, Leith Gray, Bob Fish, and Michael Baker. “Networks of Redemption: A Preliminary Statistical Analysis of Fruitfulness in Transformational and Attractional Approaches.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 27, no. 2 (2010):89-95. What is the relationship between the church planting […]
This talk by Leon Torkko introduces reflective practices. It is a companion to the talk on fruitful practice research. Together, these describe the work of the Fruitful Practice Research team. This talk was first presented to the International Society of […]
What is it like to grow up in a family of believers from a Muslim background who live among millions who don’t yet know Jesus Christ? When you’re a child, your own life defines normal. Your house is painted white […]
About the Four Worker Personalities Word-centered Advocates (44% of workers) are committed to consistent sharing of scripture. Most are also committed to proficiency in the local language. While viewing cultural sensitivity as important, they consider people hearing God’s Word to […]
Burke, L.R. “Describing Fruitful Practices: Communication Methods.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 27, no. 3 (2010):147-156. In the continuation of a series started in IJFM issue 26:3, Larry Burke provides descriptions and examples of fruitful practices for communicating the gospel […]
Fish, Bob. “The context of church planting: Are there differences between more and less fruitful teams?” Proceedings of the Fifth Lausanne Researchers Conference. Geelong, Australia, 2008. Many agencies and denominations have as a goal the establishing of churches. Clearly worldwide […]
The seven narratives available for download individually on this page are also available as a book, Where There Was No Church: Postcards from Followers of Jesus in the Muslim World, E.J. Martin, ed. It is available in paperback, ePub, or […]
At the Bangalore 2009 Vision 5:9 Network Assembly, Fruitful Practice Research again reinforced our two primary roles as we serve this network: helping to instil habits of “reflective practice” among field workers and their agencies, and developing relational connectivity to […]
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