J.D. Payne serves as a professor of Christian Ministry at Samford University. Prior to this, he was the pastor for church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. Before that, he served with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and as an Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also directed the Center for North American Missions and Church Planting.
“Sheno” fought in his South Asian country's liberation war many years ago. The experience of armed combat led him to continue fighting as a vigilante even after the war ended. One day, Sheno heard the message of the gospel. “If Jesus died for my sins, then that changes everything,”
"Wherever I go, one ongoing issue for me is that everybody is siloed. There are so many Christian organizations that work as if they're the only ones in the world doing what they do."
New York, London, Dubai, Toronto, Berlin, and Beijing. These large, global cities are familiar to us all and well-known as business and tourist destinations. In the midst of skyscrapers, restaurants, and shops, did you know that church planting is happening?
Founded in 1898, First Baptist Church of Boerne, Texas has a long history of planting church and engaging in global missions.
One GACX member specializes in customized research that provides the parameters for church planting that is highly focused and effective.
The Lausanne Movement recently released the much anticipated State of the Great Commission Report. This document shares insights from more than 150 global mission experts and sheds light on how the global church can be obedient to Jesus’ Great Commission today.
