Christian Townson

Christian Townson is a PhD student in Christian leadership and missiology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he serves as director of alumni engagement. His writing has appeared in the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry, the Upstream Collective, and Knowing Jesus Ministries, and he has presented at meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Missiological Society. He previously served as pastor of missions and mobilization at The Journey Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, and as a mobilizer for Nehemiah Teams. Christian is married to Danyel, and they have one daughter, Lottie.

Aug 20

A Costly Calling and Enduring Joy by Christian Townson

In the summer of 2019, I served as a short-term missionary in the Philippines, helping bring the gospel to an unreached island of 20,000 people with fewer than 50 believers. During our training, the leaders didn’t just teach us cultural context and evangelism methods—they were honest about the oncoming suffering. Through it, the flesh and […]