206: Foundations for the Global Church
May 30, 2023
In this conversation, Justin shares about the nature of God and the nature of the gospel as it relates to the global church. Justin also gives an overview of the current status of the global church. He shares both the challenges and opportunities that these trends present and he shares some implications that these topics have on the church in North America.
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Justin Schell is the director of executive projects for the Lausanne Movement as well as the US director for Union School of Theology. Justin is a lifelong learner, with several degrees, and also an author. He and his wife, Megan have two kids, and make their home in Tulsa, OK.
Show Notes:
- Featured Tool: Audit of Short Term Missions
- Lausanne Movement
- Come and See: A History and Theology of Mission
- Western Christians in Global Mission: What is the Role of the North American Church? by Paul Borthwick
- Episode 055: What’s the Role of the North American Church in Global Mission?
- The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
- The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South by Philip Jenkins
- Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe by Gina Zurlo
- Contact Justin by emailing jschell@lausanne.org
- Union School of Theology
- Sixteen:fifteen
- Upstream Collective