Month: January 2012
Contextualization of Essential Christianity: Three Points
The essence of Christianity does not lie in the religious
structures that are so obvious, but in something deeper,
which Kraft shares using three ke…
MK Education Consultants: Keeping Families on the Field
Shipman gives an overview of why education consultants
are vital to missionary families around the world. She
includes key characteristics consultan…
Cultural Anthropology to Modern Missions
Cultural anthropology can and should be harnessed as a necessary and practical aid for the task of knowing the soils of individual people within cultu…
Lean on Me (Part 1): The Problem of Dependency
As the first of two articles on the dependency/
interdependency debate, Rickett presents the main
views of Glenn Schwartz and John Rowell.
Teaching outside the Classroom: The Power of Relationship
After describing his own experience in teaching and mentoring in different contexts, Nichols shares ideas for developing the student-teacher relations…
Transforming Worldview through Song
Atkins shares how music can be used to confront issues within a believer’s worldview.
Asking Tough Questions: What Really Happens When We Train Leaders
Difficult, thoughtful questions can become tools to help us observe “the evidences of the grace of God.”
The Missionary as Cultural Pilgrim
Being a cultural pilgrim may be the best way to live on this earth, since it reminds us that we belong to God, not to a particular culture.
“Messing Up” Missionary Endeavors: Celebrating Roland Allen’s Missionary Methods
Payne encourages everyone involved in missions to set a goal in 2012 to read Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours?