Hans Nielsen Hauge, the 19th Century Norwegian evangelist-entrepreneur who preached throughout Norway and started businesses, taught about ...

The 18th and 19th Century influence of Christianity upon the common good and human flourishing of modern nations is remarkable. No accounti...

Last week we examined the horrifying reasons why the "Moravian experiment" among American Indians was short-lived. But not all M...

How successful were the Moravians in helping American Indians start businesses? Today's Native Americans are famous for casinos in my s...

The first wave of Protestant missionaries in modern history was a surge of Moravians from Herrnut, Germany, in the 18th Century, under the ...

Not long after the "Iron Curtain" came down in the late 1980s, a friend of mine spoke to a group of believers in Eastern Europe o...

The Wesleyan revival set in motion a series of "happenings" that led to significant reforms in England. Those reforms [including ...

“It is impossible to tell from a typical sermon whether the preacher is a follower of Confucius, Muhammad, or Jesus Christ.” Sir William ...

William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) [Public domain.] Two weeks ago, I mentioned Wilberforce's influence on Wes Lane in starting the S...

When it comes to bringing the Good News of the Kingdom to communities and nations around the globe, the Disciple Nations Alliance , co-foun...

Where can Christ-followers be trained and encouraged to engage with the pressing issues of our day, as Wilberforce's "Clapham Circ...

Have you thought much about the contaminated Kingdom of God? The what!? Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it.  I'm not talking abo...

While in Korea recently, I asked one of my Korean hosts why they work so hard. I was curious to know what was behind the extraordinary rise...

I took this photo of the gravestone of Canadian medical missionary Robert A. Hardie while in South Korea recently. My guide let me know ...

The "Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetary," on a hill in Seoul, Korea, was designated in 1890 as a site for burying for...

As today's post goes out, I'm in South Korea. I have spent the week teaching at the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Missi...