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Bruce and Gloria served the Lord in Southeast Asia for almost two decades. Blessed to be a part of a movement of church plants and training among them around the world, they bring wisdom and simplicity so every person may hear the gospel.
Dr. Carlton currently invests in the lives of college students at Oklahoma Baptist University with a passion to train bi-vocational church planters.
Bruce Carlton
Bruce Carlton
Sep 1, 20213 min read
#7 Unity of the Church
he West must humbly set aside its paternalism, which, although benevolent, has existed throughout the modern mission movement...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 31, 20212 min read
#6 Bold Witness in the Face of Persecution and Martyrdom
Any responsible missionary ecclesiology for the twenty-first century cannot afford to gloss over the reality of persecution and martyrdom...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 30, 20213 min read
#5 Discipleship as Lifestyle
The sign of a true disciple is obedience – to follow the example of his Master, to imitate the One he follows...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 28, 20213 min read
#4 A Healthy Understanding of the Person and Role of the Holy Spirit
This understanding often avoids the extremes of some within the traditional Pentecostal and the traditional, conservative evangelical...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 27, 20213 min read
#3 Prayer and Spiritual Warfare
Prayer and spiritual warfare must be a part of any sound missionary ecclesiology in the twenty-first century...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 26, 20215 min read
#2 More Mission Churches, Less Mission Societies
Mission societies and missionaries in the twenty-first century need to be cautious not to stifle the spontaneous expansion of the church...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 25, 20214 min read
#1 Rediscovering “Church-As-Community”
As the church struggles with this issue and the walls between clergy and laity begin to disappear, the church is likely to discover...
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Bruce Carlton
Aug 24, 20213 min read
A MISSIONARY ECCLESIOLOGY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
There are seven major emphases within this missionary ecclesiology, based much on my 20+ years of experience in the context of working...
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Dave Miller
Sep 21, 20201 min read
The Ongoing Role of Apostles in Mission: An Interview with Dr. Don Dent
Join David Miller and Bruce Carlton for an interview with Dr. Don Dent about his book The Ongoing Role of Apostles in Missions
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Bruce Carlton
Jan 30, 20193 min read
What if you had never heard?
by Bruce Carlton “Have you ever heard about Jesus?” I asked the elderly woman as she labored at her fruit stand. “Never heard,” she...
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Bruce Carlton
Jan 28, 20192 min read
8 Key Principles in Cross-Cultural Church Planting
By Bruce Carlton 1. Church planting begins with lost people. In the New Testament we see Paul and his team going into cities, preaching...
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Bruce Carlton
Oct 9, 20184 min read
Defining a Church Planting Movement
By Bruce Carlton “A church-planting movement is a Holy Spirit-controlled process of a rapid, multiple reproduction of indigenous churches...
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