𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 From the itinerant ministry of Jesus to the global mission strategies of the twenty-first century, the question of assets and mission has remained central: Should the church’s mission be anchored in property, buildings, and institutional infrastructure, or should it remain flexible, relational, and Spirit-led? The Gospels depict a ministry sustained not by ownership but by hospitality, generosity, and divine provision. The early church carried this ethos forward, avoiding asset-dependence until Constantine’s transformation of Christianity into a public religion. In the modern era, missiologists like Roland Allen and David Bosch have critiqued asset-heavy models, urging a return to the asset-light, gospel-centered movement of the apostolic era. Today, non-Western church movements—such as Chinese house churches and African Initiated Churches—em...