Fuller School of Intercultural Studies Blog (dormant)
This is the now-dormant blog site of Fuller's former School of Intercultural Studies. Here you’ll find insights from faculty and friends of Fuller’s School of Intercultural Studies: missional conversations, up-to-date information, reflection, and new ideas regarding missional engagement of the global church.
This is excellent material, so we have decided to maintain the accessibility of this material though this blog is no longer in use. We hope it continues to enrich your life and scholarship.
Of New Ducks and New Churches
They say that in their first hours of life, baby ducks will form a special bond with the first moving object that they see, whether…
20 Years of Innovative Education in China
Have you heard about the extremely creative artwork displays at the annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin? I bet most of us…
Can We All Get Along?
LOS ANGELES CIVIL UNREST, 25 YEARS LATER I can still smell the smoke and feel the despair I felt as I stood with my…
Leaders Becoming Learners
Communal learning begins with leaderly learning—that is, with leaders as learners. For learning to be promoted and a culture of inquiry cultivated within a…
Four Ways to Strengthen the Church Planter’s Marriage
“Hi, I’d like to meet with you because I’m feeling called to plant a church.” I probably get that phone call or email four times…
Challenges and Opportunities for Women Church Planters (Part 2)
Gender aside, church planting is not for the fainthearted. Yet (to use a decidedly feminine metaphor) just like childbirth labor, the extraordinary exertion—combined with some…
Challenges and Opportunities for Women Church Planters (Part 1)
“Our pastor is a woman.” “Oh, so she’s co-pastor with her husband?” “No, she’s our senior pastor.” “Oh, so she’s not married?” “No, she is…
The Shrewd Ethics of Starting a New Church
We have been fortunate to partner in starting various churches over the past couple of years within the Cyclical LA church planting network. From house…
Kingdom Embassies and Ambassadors
A Newbigin Opportunity to American Mainline Church Planting Models “Where should we plant?” and “Who will be our church planter?” are two of the first…
Feeling Inadequate for the Task
Two church planters and the owner of a spiritually intentional CrossFit gym sat down for coffee and talked about the challenges of their ministries. The…