Publications

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 […]

This talk by Eric Adams introduces fruitful practices and reflective practices. It is a companion to the more detailed talks on fruitful practices and on reflecting together. Together, these describe the work of the Fruitful Practice Research team. This talk […]

Andrea Gray, Leith Gray, Bob Fish, and Michael Baker. “Networks of Redemption: A Preliminary Statistical Analysis of Fruitfulness in Transformational and Attractional Approaches.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 27, no. 2 (2010):89-95. What is the relationship between the church planting […]

This talk by Leon Torkko introduces reflective practices. It is a companion to the talk on fruitful practice research. Together, these describe the work of the Fruitful Practice Research team. This talk was first presented to the International Society of […]

Fish, Bob. “The context of church planting: Are there differences between more and less fruitful teams?” Proceedings of the Fifth Lausanne Researchers Conference. Geelong, Australia, 2008. Many agencies and denominations have as a goal the establishing of churches. Clearly worldwide […]

Fish, Bob, and Gene Daniels. “Fruitful Practices in Contextualization.” Chap. 8 in Global Mission: Reflections and Case Studies in Contextualisation for the Whole Church, edited by Rose Dowsett, 77-84. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2011. Fish and Daniels discuss fifteen practices for […]

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Greenlee, David. “Discerning Fruitful Practices in Evangelism.” Proceedings of the Fifth Lausanne Researchers Conference. Geelong, Australia, 2008. In this paper, the author describes an etic approach to fruitful practice research. Rather than asking those who have come to faith to […]

Gray, Andrea, and Leith Gray. “Paradigms and Praxis (Part 1): Social Networks and Fruitfulness in Church Planting.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 26, no. 1 (2009):19-28.The Grays reviewed interviews with 33 church planters in the Muslim world. Their analysis revealed […]