Episode 281: FTC Mailbag
It’s another installment of the regular Mailbag feature. This week, Jared Wilson and Ross Ferguson answer listener-submitted questions and topics, including: how unified pastors should be on “third-tier” issues, ministry calling, finding good Sunday School teachers, the youth pastor drought, and whether avoiding danger should be a missional priority.
The Biblical Language of Missions
As you have read through your Bible, maybe you have wondered, “Why is no one called a missionary in the New Testament?” There are pastors and elders, apostles and evangelists, prophets and priests, but where are the missionaries? Indeed, you may have noticed that the word “mission” does not even appear in your English Bible. […]
What the Christian Does
Editor’s Note: Excerpted with permission from The Great Commission: A Sermon Collection by Charles H. Spurgeon, edited by Jason K. Allen. Copyright 2024, B&H Publishing. Available now from B&H and wherever Christian books are sold. What the Christian Does[1] I will take it for granted that every believer here wants to be useful. If he […]
Don’t Sleep on Rural Ministry
Is God really calling more people to the cities and suburbs than to the outlying areas? Maybe. Or do we just think he is?
The Missional Mindset of the Reformers
We ought to appreciate the heat of the Reformers’ evangelistic zeal and seek to light our candle from their flame.
J.D. Greear on Mission in the Bible Belt
Series: Conversations
What is the one thing we need to remember about mission in the Bible Belt?
Gegenpressing: Heavy Metal Mission in Contested Space
As believers, we’re often tempted to tend the space we’ve already won, rather than contesting for space God wants us to take.
Episode 055: Ed Stetzer on Whatever Happened to Missional?
On this episode of the FTC Podcast, Jared Wilson visits with Ed Stetzer about the state of "missional" in the evangelical church.
Remember the Poor
Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor?
Preaching a Church Toward Mission
If you want to change the movement of your church, you have to change the message.