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Beyond ‘People Groups’: Why the Term ‘Communities’ May Be Preferable

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

Decades ago, it used to be that interested people would ask about our “country of service.” But over time, the question morphed into “What people group do you work among?” For quite some time, the status quo for presenting the missionary task has been ‘reaching people groups’, or rather, reaching the ‘unreached people groups’ (UPGs). 

Living among the Breakage: Contextual Theology-Making and Ex-Muslim Christians

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

by Duane Alexander Miller Pickwick Publications, 2011. —Reviewed by Paul Martindale, adjunct assistant professor, Islamic Studies and Cross-Cultural Ministry, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; director, Summer Institute on Islam and Islamic Ministry Consultant for Pioneers.  

Managing Trauma’s Effects on the Practitioner (as tested and tried in Rwanda)

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

To appreciate the scope of the Rwandan genocide is difficult; in terms of human and material loss, it equated to three New York Twin Tower collapses per day for one hundred consecutive days without the external logistical and emergency medical support which accompanied that disaster. Over 800,000 Rwandan people died, both Tutsi and moderate Hutu, mostly by hand-held weapons, in 100 days among a population of seven million living in an area the size of Maryland.

Christian Mission & Economic Systems: A Critical Survey of the Cultural and Religious Dimensions of Economies

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

by John Cheong and Eloise Hiebert Meneses, eds. William Carey Library, 2015. —Reviewed by Eva M. Pascal, PhD candidate, Religious Studies, Boston University; full-time instructor at Saint Michael’s College, Vermont.  

Deliberately Dependent: Lessons from Costa Rica about Community & Leaning on God and Others

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

We were in our 20s, newly married, and fresh out of El Instituto de Lengua Española in Costa Rica when we began working way up in the mountain village of San José de la Montaña at Camp Roblealto.  On Sundays, especially, we missed gathering at one of our family’s homes for Sunday dinner back in the States. We reminisced about the big pot of sauce with sausage and meatballs, raviolis, salad, and bread from Modern Bakery in Lodi, N.J. Equally, we sometimes found ourselves craving a turkey dinner, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and potato rolls.   

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis: Ministry to People on the Move

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

by Patrick Johnstone with Dean Merrill Global Mapping International, 2016.  —Reviewed by Joshua Gorenflo, MDiv and M.A. theology student at Abilene Christian University.  

Reflections on Short-Term Missions

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

A few years ago, fifteen to twenty people travelled from the United States to another country to build a village house for a missionary family. Many of the participants had construction experience. The building project lasted several weeks. By the time these Americans left, the village house was almost complete.

Touching the Heart of Gulen: Gospel Pathways for Reaching the Movement

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
December 19, 2019

The July 15 coup in Turkey has brought the name of Fethullah Gulen and the movement which bears his name to the attention of the international community. On an almost daily basis, we read news reports of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, blaming Gulen for fomenting the coup and calling for his extradition from the United States. Since the late 1990s Gulen’s hizmet (service) movement has been very active in the U.S., running a network of 146 charter schools1, about 50 local interfaith dialogue groups and numerous cultural centers across the country. (C.A.S.I.L.I.P.S. 2014).

Soils for Church Growth: What the Research Says about Persecution, Wealth, and Happiness

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April 5, 2019

Stanley Hauerwas has suggested that the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13 can be applied to a study of church growth in various cultures (Hauerwas 2015, 129-130). In particular, he suggests that wealth and the fear of persecution are hindrances to church growth. This article explores whether there is any statistical data that either support or refute this suggestion.

The Gospel in a Plural World: Interrogating the Relationship between Proclamation and Compassion

Posted on October 1, 2017 by
April 5, 2019

A recent conversation about global ministry among the poor provoked me to further thinking about missions and compassion. A certain Western Christian humanitarian missionary in an impoverished Majority World context described herself as called to be the “hands and feet” of Jesus, in extending mercy to the least, the forgotten, and the marginal. To that extent, she is a wonderful model—she extends the compassion of the Good Shepherd by way of (physically) rescuing, housing, feeding, and educating vulnerable children and orphans.

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