Editorial: WASP and Thankful for It
I am a WASP and thankful for it!
"A WASP? You mean White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant? And you're glad of it? You've got to be kidding!"
Category: Volume 9 – Issue 3
Looking at Missions from an Anthropological Point of View
An anthropological view of missions relates to values, ethnocentricity and missionary ghettos, says William Kornfield. This article, which sets the st…
Identification – Key to Effective Communication
Is "going native" the answer to the missionary's quest for identification? David Hesselgrave shows that this is a superficial, and not completely bibl…
The Silent Language Every Missionary Must Learn
If you are shocked by the opening sentence of the article below, then read on, because many of us without realizing it have offended nationa…
Worldview: 2010
ISRAEL: CONFLICTING TREND Two significant and somewhat conflicting trends concerning Jesus Christ are emerging in Israel. Jews are showing …
God’s Model for Cross-cultural Communication – the Incarnation
What is your communications batting average? If you act the way the nationals thank you would act, then you can be pretty sure your average is about z…
Using Filipino Culture to Enhance Christian Education
American Christianity has long been identified with an institutionalized and democratic church structure. What happens when such institutions are supe…
Jesus Christ – Still the Hope of the World
The history of missions has seen many changes - in the culture of those ministered to, the strategy of missions, the methods and techniques of communi…