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Join me for this course @TASeminary in January. Here's the course description: Mission in North America is hampered by a fixation on numerical growth and an aversion to direct evangelism. The result is that most churches grow only by convincing Christians to switch churches, and that individual Christians have lost the ability to persuasively articulate the Gospel to their neighbors. North American Anglicanism has largely reflected these broader issues, with growing churches primarily attracting “Canterbury Trail” evangelicals, and few parishioners boldly proclaiming the Gospel to the lost. What is needed is a recovery of the true goal of mission, which is the Glory of God. The pursuit of this true goal enables Christians to experience the unique joys of mission and cultivate the virtues of faith, hope and love. This course will explore the underlying philosophical and theological issues in contemporary models of missions and church planting, and turn to the Christian virtue tradition to formulate a better Biblical way. The course will provide a thorough introduction to both missiology and virtue ethics, as well as prepare students for the practical aspects of Church planting and evangelism.