Adrian Thornton Adrian Thornton

How do I make my friend a Christian?

That’s a provocative question! Someone asking that question probably has the right motive. However, the phrasing implies a misunderstanding of the process of salvation.

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Ron Thomas Ron Thomas

What should our Church aspire to?

It would seem obvious that Jesus’ Church should aspire to the making of disciples as per His commission and I believe that to be fundamentally true. The Church in the West has subtly but critically shifted from that simple paradigm and embraced a more corporate-driven model of Church life. I believe this shift was an unintended consequence of the Church Growth movement begun in the 1960s by Donald McGavran and others.

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