The online home for the writings of Keelan Cook. A website for those who love the church and its mission.
During my time serving overseas as a missionary, I lived in rural West Africa. Rustic doesnāt quite describe the living conditions. No electricity. No running water. That meant water had to come out of the ground, and it had to do so by hand. I h...
We live in an anxious age. If you donāt believe me, check out this book, or this article, or this article that even discusses a rise in anxiety before the pandemic, or this research. And if you donāt trust any of those sources, hereās Fox News say...
This article has been a long time coming. If you are a long-time follower of my writing (and I mean long time), you may recall an article I wrote back in 2015 titled, āA Word of Caution Concerning āRelationship Evangelismā.ā In that article, I wr...
Iām presently making last-minute travel arrangements to head to Dallas at the end of the week. This year marks my 11th year in a row attending the Southern Baptist Conventionās annual meeting. Itās my 13th meeting in total. Yes, I go because of my...
Language matters, but language without substance is just rhetoric. The last two decades in church ministry have seen an impressive shift in the way we speak about the mission of the church. Weāve adopted a language of multiplication. And with thi...
During my time serving overseas as a missionary, I lived in rural West Africa. Rustic doesnāt quite describe the living conditions. No electricity. No running water. That meant water had to come out of the ground, and it had to do so by hand. I h...
We live in an anxious age. If you donāt believe me, check out this book, or this article, or this article that even discusses a rise in anxiety before the pandemic, or this research. And if you donāt trust any of those sources, hereās Fox News say...
This article has been a long time coming. If you are a long-time follower of my writing (and I mean long time), you may recall an article I wrote back in 2015 titled, āA Word of Caution Concerning āRelationship Evangelismā.ā In that article, I wr...
Iām presently making last-minute travel arrangements to head to Dallas at the end of the week. This year marks my 11th year in a row attending the Southern Baptist Conventionās annual meeting. Itās my 13th meeting in total. Yes, I go because of my...
Language matters, but language without substance is just rhetoric. The last two decades in church ministry have seen an impressive shift in the way we speak about the mission of the church. Weāve adopted a language of multiplication. And with thi...
I recently stumbled across an article at The Gospel Coalition that caught my attention. The article, titled āThe Increasing Value of Christian Testimoniesā, resonated. In fact, I make similar claims in my Christian missions courses at the seminary...
I serve as the George Liele Director of the Center for Great Commission Studies and as a professor of Christian Missions at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
I also serve as Assistant Professor of Christian Missions at the seminary. Previously, I served as the Associate Director for the Union Baptist Association in Houston, TX.
My areas of focus cover both North American and International missions. I teach and write on church renewal and replanting as well as developing healthy sending culture in churches. I have a passion for mobilizing the church to the nations, and a love for missions history.
I lead the Peoples Next Door project, which is an initiative to equip local churches in North America to engage in cross-cultural missions among the least-reached peoples that now live in our communities. Iāve been a church planter in West Africa with the IMB and facilitated ethnographic research in Washington, DC with NAMB.
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