Sentences with phrase «evangelical mission agencies»

I respect Van Engen's conservative word of caution, not that of an alarmist, but of an informed authentic mission practitioner, «In the twenty - first century Evangelical mission agencies are becoming increasingly committed and involved in humanitarian and compassion ministries, children - at - risk movements, and so on.

Engineers at the start - up evangelical missions agency, headquartered in the flat, rural expanses of northern Florida, roll their exotic vehicle from its hangar for critical tests.

Not exact matches

Until the restructuring of the mainline denominational bureaucracies in the 1960s and «70s, control of the foreign mission agencies (which to a considerable extent had operated as semiautonomous internal parachurch agencies) had remained largely in the hands of the evangelical constituencies.

Evangelical and fundamentalist mission agencies have grown in proportion, while mainline bodies have focused more on assisting indigenous ministries, supplying social services, lobbying for social justice through political channels, and even turning the cultural conduit around by sponsoring reverse missionary programs.14 Viewed from only the American context, it appears that mainstream Protestantism has suffered a serious decline in its missionary efforts.

But mission board executives are beginning to reassess this movement that has been sweeping through both mainline and evangelical denominations and agencies.