Articles by Laurie

Torkko, Leon, Laura Adams, and Eric Adams. “Stewards of Experience.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 26, no. 4 (2009):159-163. God’s plan of blessing all peoples continues to go forward, towards its promised, glorious end.  Peter’s exhortation reminds us of our […]

Brown, Rick, Bob Fish, John Travis, Eric Adams, and Don Allen. “Movements and Contextualization: Is There Really a Correlation?” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 26, no. 1 (2009):29-32.  New empirical research reveals a correlation between contextualisation and the emergence of […]

This talk by Dr. Don Allen introduces fruitful practices and our research methodology. It is a companion to the talk on reflecting together. Together, these describe the work of the Fruitful Practice Research team. This talk was first presented to […]

Allen, Don. “Fruitful Practices: A New Generation of Workers Has Discovered Encouraging Alternatives.” Mission Frontiers, July-August 2008: 6-10. Recently, a new generation of worker-observers has discovered an alternative to “reinventing the wheel” when bringing the gospel to a new culture. […]

Allen, Donald B. “That You May Discern What Is Best: Discovering Fruitful Practices for Reaching Out to Followers of Other Faiths.” Proceedings of the Fifth Lausanne Researchers Conference. Geelong, Australia, 2008. Fruitful practices are an emerging method of missiological research […]

Daniels, Gene and E J Martin. “Tell Me a Story: Using Narratives to Illustrate Research Findings.” Proceedings of the Sixth Lausanne Researchers International Network Conference.Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2010. Many become involved in mission research because of a desire to contribute […]