L. D. Waterman Articles

God’s Patchwork Quilt: The Peoples of South Sumatra, Mission Frontiers, Jan- Feb 2007               

Do the Roots Affect the Fruits?” International Journal of Frontier Missiology, Summer 2007                         

Contextualization: A Few Basic Questions,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, April 2008, 44(2): 166-173

What is Church? From Surveying Scripture to Applying in CultureEvangelical Missions Quarterly, October 2011

Leading Muslims to Jesus: Questions to Consider,The Gospel Coalition, May 13, 2012

Discoveries on the Way to Discovery Groups,” Seedbed, December 2012 

Bridging the ‘Socio-Religious’ Divide: A Conversation Between Two Missiologists,International Journal of Frontier Missiology, Summer 2013

Insider Movements: Current Issues in Discussion,” Evangelical Review of Theology, October 2013 (37:4, 292-307)

LIFE Scale: Exploring Eight Dimensions of Life in Christ,” International Journal of Frontier Missiology, Fall 2014 (31:3, 149-157)

“What’s in a Name? Should All Followers of Jesus Call Themselves ‘Christians’?,” Evangelical Review of Theology, July 2015 (39:3, 243-254)

“What is a Church?” in Encountering the World of Islam, 2nd edition, Keith Swartley, editor. 2015, Kindle Locations 10217- 10251

When Does a Movement Count as a Movement? BtD Blog, February 2016

Book Review of Understanding Insider MovementsBtD Blog, September 2016. Originally published in SEEDBED: Practitioners in Conversation. September 2016, Volume XXX, No 1, 107-116

Fostering Fruitful Dialogue in Contentious RelationshipsAnthology, October 2016 (4:2, p. 29-36)

Different Pools, Different Fish: the Mistake of ‘One Size Fits All’ Solutions to the Challenge of Effective Outreach among Muslims,” Fuller Theological Seminary’s Global Reflections Blog, 1/18/17

Transforming PerspectivesAnthology, October 2017 (5:2, p. 22-27).

Why not Simple?Mission Frontiers, Mar-Apr 2018, 28-31

God’s Work through the Bridging the Divide NetworkAnthology, November 2018 (6:2, p. 23-26).

The Growth Challenge: Do We Dare to Take an Honest Look?Evangelical Missions Quarterly, January-March 2019 (Vol 55 Issue 1, p. 17-20 h

Daring to Succeed,” Mission Frontiers, July-August 2019, 24-27