Letting Go and Hanging On
One of the hallmarks of missionary life is tenacity and perseverance in the task.
Category: Volume 43 – Issue 4
Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents
Discussions of contextualization among evangelicals inevitably provoke a niggling question: How far can we go in making the gospel relevant within hum…
The Ministry of Presence—Just Show Up!
We are an oral culture in Africa. This calls for face-to-face contact.
C. Stacey Woods and the Evangelical Rediscovery of the University
This biography of C. Stacey Woods (1909-1983) is the story of how American college and university campuses became both a mission field and a fertile s…
Why Muslims Are Repelled by the Term Son of God
When witnessing to Muslims, it is crucial to take into account critical stumbling blocks, especially the use of the term “Son of God.”
God’s Rivals: Why Has God Allowed Different Religions?
This volume’s chief value is found in its summary and analysis of four ante-Nicene Church fathers who dealt with the issue of religious systems in c…
Beware of Dhimmi Writers
Lessons to learn from the way Christian writers have reacted to Muslims and the Islamic faith.
Integral Ministry Training Design and Evaluation
“May God give us grace and creativity to push the boundaries, to create, to re-evaluate, to change, to redesign, and to serve with greater effective…
Funding a Kingdom Business
Identifying different approaches mission agencies and churches are using to fund “kingdom businesses.”
Missiological Models in Ministry to Muslims
Schlorff confronts those who take contextualization too far in respect to Muslims.