item: #1 of 918 id: gme-1 author: Merkle, Benjamin title: Eldership: A Biblical Foundation for Church Planting date: 2009 words: 6166 flesch: 67 summary: The New Testament presents a consistent, though perhaps not completely uniform, pattern of church leadership. The apostle Paul dedicated is efforts to planting and nurturing of churches in Asia Minor and Greece. keywords: authority; church; congregation; elders; leaders; pastor; paul cache: gme-1.pdf plain text: gme-1.txt item: #2 of 918 id: gme-10 author: Kreitzer, Mark title: Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change date: 2010 words: 4220 flesch: 55 summary: Hiebert addresses the impact of each on Christianity and mission and then lastly gives a brief outline for developing a biblical worldview in order to engage, critique, and help transform non-Christian worldviews. Fourth, human worldviews are constantly changing, only through Christ’s eyes can we “find the final revelation of God’s view of reality.” keywords: christian; god; hiebert; human; modernity; reality; truth; worldview cache: gme-10.doc plain text: gme-10.txt item: #3 of 918 id: gme-100 author: Greenway, Roger S. title: Can't We All Worship Together? date: 2010 words: 1960 flesch: 61 summary: As Harold Netland points out in his book Encountering Religious Pluralism: The Challenge to Christian Faith and 2 Mission (IVP, 2001), the traditional links between Christianity and Western culture are coming loose. The plain truth is that most Christians have never known anything else but religious pluralism and have been surrounded by non-Christian faiths. keywords: christian; ethos; god; pluralism cache: gme-100.pdf plain text: gme-100.txt item: #4 of 918 id: gme-102 author: Wan, Enoch; Yee-chong Wan, Johnny title: ”PARTNERSHIP” -- A RELATIONAL STUDY OF THE TRINITY AND THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS date: 2010 words: 3366 flesch: 54 summary: A Trinitarian Study of Partnership The Triune God illustrates a supreme model of partnership in His works of creation and of salvation. A Human-Human Model of Partnership – A Horizontal Dimension Paul and the believers in Philippi demonstrated a model for partnership in mission, that between missionary and church. keywords: christian; god; partnership; paul; philippians; son cache: gme-102.doc plain text: gme-102.txt item: #5 of 918 id: gme-103 author: Mar, Gary title: Song Writing and Seeking the Shalom of the City date: 2010 words: 13989 flesch: 84 summary: that the Grand O pening ha d b e e n m ove d to O ctob er 22nd, a few d a ys a fter m y return . that m y father, John M ar, ha d b e e n d ia g nose d with inopera b le lung c keywords: asian; b e; brook; c e; center; chinese; church; com; d b; e d; eric; g e; god; hen; ing; lord; m e; m y; stony; stud; tim cache: gme-103.pdf plain text: gme-103.txt item: #6 of 918 id: gme-1033 author: Carne, Steven Arthur title: KOINŌNIA FOR THE NATIONS: A BIBILICAL MODEL OF CHURCH-MISSIONARY PARTNERSHIP date: 2012 words: 7203 flesch: 63 summary: Howard Foltz is even more forceful We should note that without the essential element of world mission to all the peoples of the earth, a fellowship or local church is not a church in the biblical sense of the word. “What Local Churches Are Saying to Mission Agencies.” keywords: church; churches; god; gospel; kingdom; missionary; missions; new; partnership; paul; philippians; work cache: gme-1033.doc plain text: gme-1033.txt item: #7 of 918 id: gme-1034 author: Robinson, George G. title: THE GOSPEL AS STORY AND EVANGELISM AS STORY TELLING date: 2012 words: 8680 flesch: 71 summary: Through the arrival of Jesus of Nazareth, God was bringing in the promised new era of salvation for Israel and for the world, because through Jesus God would deal with sin.” The Mission of God THE GOSPEL AS STORY AND EVANGELISM AS STORY TELLING George G. Robinson, D.Miss. keywords: christ; creation; cross; earth; god; gospel; grand; jesus; mission; narrative; story cache: gme-1034.doc plain text: gme-1034.txt item: #8 of 918 id: gme-1035 author: CARROLL, JAMES B. title: SOCIAL ACTION AND EVANGELISM: ENVISIONING A NEW RELATIONAL PARADIGM FOR 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY date: 2012 words: 7751 flesch: 55 summary: Our frustrated voyager bears a striking resemblance to American Christianity in the 21st Century and the division in the highway he is traversing offers a distinctive symbolism of the present-day separation of social action and evangelism in the faith and practice of the Church. The relationship between social action and evangelism is as divided as the distinctive forks of that highway with little hope of reunion under present conditions and in the foreseeable future. keywords: action; american; christianity; church; evangelism; faith; god; jesus; life; love; ministry; social; world cache: gme-1035.doc plain text: gme-1035.txt item: #9 of 918 id: gme-1036 author: Wan, Enoch title: THE PHENOMENON OF DIASPORA: MISSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONS date: 2012 words: 6290 flesch: 31 summary: Diaspora Quick Links · African Diaspora Studies Links · African Diaspora (Universal Black Pages) · African Diaspora Links (Columbia U.) · Belonging and Diaspora: The Chinese and the Internet · Music from Africa and the African Diaspora · Mapping Africa: Africa and the Diaspora Movement · Anasazi Diaspora · From:educate.si.edu/migrations/rasta/rasta.html: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari www.educate.si.edu/migrations/rasta/rasta.html www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/african/ www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Diaspora.html www.africana.com/ The African Diaspora in Latin America - LANIC The African Diaspora... From:lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/african/ African Studies - African Diaspora http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Diaspora.html Angola Diaspora http://www.angola.org/referenc/Diaspora/ Armenian Diaspora http://users.erols.com/guerig/ http://www.armenianDiaspora.com/ http://www.armembassycanada.ca/Diaspora/Diaspora.htm www.armeniaDiaspora.com/ Belarusian Diaspora http://www.belarus-misc.org/bel-diasp.htm Chinese Diaspora http://www.huaren.org/body.shtml http://www.hardboiled.org/2-3/Diaspora.html http://www3.telus.net/arts/wunbu/ht_riot.html Congolaise http://www.Diaspora-cdger.de/ Filipinos in the Diaspora http://www.oovrag.com/~oov/ Greek Diaspora http://www.greece.gr/GLOBAL_GREECE/index.htm http://www.anemos.com/Diaspora/nep/ http://www.omogenia.com/newspaper/newsDiaspora.htm Haitian Diaspora http://www.teleDiaspora.com/Links.htm http://www.haiti-usa.org/modern/evolution.php http://www.hmtcc.org/Diaspora.html Hispanic Diaspora http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2000/07/Diaspora.html http://www.iesfonline.org/hispanic%20Diaspora.htm Indian Diaspora http://www.msn.co.in/nri/indianDiaspora/Default.asp http://www.indianest.com/spirituality/041.htm Irish Diaspora http://www.irishDiaspora.net/ http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/soc/families/ Irish & Scottish http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ahrbciss/Diaspora.shtml Jewish Diaspora http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Jews_Diaspora.asp http://www.livius.org/di-dn/Diaspora/rome.html http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/english/04.html http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/HEBREWS/DIASPORA.HTM http://www.gesher-berlin.org/ http://www.israelmybeloved.com/history_prophecy/Diaspora_2/ Beth Hatefutsoth Museum of the Jewish People - - a museum about both Diaspora and Israeli Jewish... www.bh.org.il/ Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Diaspora and Israel - 1 The Jewish Diaspora and Israel. keywords: african; asian; chinese; christian; churches; diaspora; escobar; europe; global; hanciles; migration; mission; movement; new; phenomenon; south; studies; world cache: gme-1036.doc plain text: gme-1036.txt item: #10 of 918 id: gme-1037 author: Porter, Daniel V. title: DIAGNOSING WORLDVIEWS OF URBAN POPULATIONS: CASE STUDY AND THEORY date: 2012 words: 7018 flesch: 62 summary: This paper briefly summarizes the author’s dissertation research on this question: essential definitions, methodology, biblical case studies and findings, contemporary case study with worldview questionnaire instrument and findings, and final theory and recommendations for further research. The research is constructed around certain essential definitions, methodology and research design, biblical case studies and derived theory, a contemporary case study with the Worldview Questionnaire, and final findings, theory and conclusions. keywords: assumptions; case; covenant; god; life; new; people; reality; research; study; theory; words; worldview cache: gme-1037.doc plain text: gme-1037.txt item: #11 of 918 id: gme-1038 author: Lillard, Tiffany title: AN INDIGENOUS LITERATE LEADERSHIP FOR AN ORAL LEARNING COMMUNITY date: 2012 words: 6811 flesch: 61 summary: In 1999, Dinanath went to a seminar where he learned how to teach using oral methods instead of through lectures and books as he had been doing. He spoke to the people in their own heart language and used oral methods that related to this community’s culture to teach theology. keywords: bible; jesus; journal; missions; oral; orality; people; scripture; storying; teaching cache: gme-1038.doc plain text: gme-1038.txt item: #12 of 918 id: gme-1039 author: None title: gme-1039 date: None words: 5383 flesch: 56 summary: As churches followed those at the frontier through preachers, evangelists, and lay leaders, new churches were planted but the new churches were not open to all groups. The overwhelming concern of the initial European immigrants was not evangelism or church planting, but to escape persecutions and create a space where they could live, worship and express their faith as they chose. keywords: america; church; churches; culture; ibid; immigrants; new; people; planting; states; united cache: gme-1039.doc plain text: gme-1039.txt item: #13 of 918 id: gme-104 author: Wan, Enoch title: A Missio-Relational Reading of Romans: A Complementary Study to Current Approaches date: 2010 words: 7426 flesch: 55 summary: A relational approach was demonstrated to be helpful in studying the themes of “relational gospel,” “indebtedness,” Paul’s “priestly service,” and gospel-effected relationships vertically and horizontally. Ch 16 Greetings & benediction from missionary Paul who desired for partnership · Personal greetings of 30+ to individual and house churches; · keywords: christ; gentiles; god; gospel; grace; love; paul; relational; romans; rome cache: gme-104.doc plain text: gme-104.txt item: #14 of 918 id: gme-1040 author: None title: gme-1040 date: None words: 1953 flesch: 61 summary: To that end, Wax sets forth an argument balancing the true Gospel of the scripture against several counterfeit gospels that have infiltrated the church, highlighting all the while how only the true Gospel of Christ can satisfy where the counterfeits are cheap and empty. With this leg, Trevin Wax highlights the importance of the visible people of God as a necessary byproduct of the Gospel. keywords: church; counterfeit; gospel cache: gme-1040.doc plain text: gme-1040.txt item: #15 of 918 id: gme-1041 author: Reeves, Tim title: From Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission: an academic appraisal date: 2012 words: 2230 flesch: 59 summary: Given these subtleties it seems that we are not easily going to get to the root of African ideas about God without the use of African language; for without that language who knows what nuances are going to be lost in translation. The trouble is we have been somewhat mislead by the superficial similarity between the logical use of language such as we see in see in propositional logic and the highly open ended, very flexible and fuzzy nature of natural language. keywords: african; chapter; language; mission cache: gme-1041.doc plain text: gme-1041.txt item: #16 of 918 id: gme-1042 author: Martin, Carlos G. title: A BIBLICAL CRITIQUE TO C5 STRATEGIES AMONG MUSLIMS date: 2012 words: 4855 flesch: 58 summary: Believers develop a Christian identity. · C5 Communities of Muslim believers who maintain their Islamic identity. · C6 Secret, isolated, or underground believers. Muslims, however, don’t see C4 believers as Muslims. keywords: believers; contextualization; cultural; culture; muslim; syncretism cache: gme-1042.doc plain text: gme-1042.txt item: #17 of 918 id: gme-1043 author: Wan, Enoch title: Humor date: 2012 words: 284 flesch: 90 summary: THE BAPTIST COWBOY AND BEER THE BAPTIST COWBOY AND BEER A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. keywords: cowboy cache: gme-1043.doc plain text: gme-1043.txt item: #18 of 918 id: gme-105 author: Cooper, Michael T. title: COLONIALISM, NEO-COLONIALISM AND FORGOTTEN MISSIOLOGICAL LESSONS date: 2010 words: 5461 flesch: 48 summary: We recognize the contributions of western churches and missionary agencies in the birth and growth of churches in many parts of the Third World. Western church planters must strive to use indigenous forms of leadership and social organization to effectively contextualize the church (Hiebert 1994, 82). keywords: american; christian; church; colonialism; forms; missionaries; missionary; missions; theology; western; world cache: gme-105.pdf plain text: gme-105.txt item: #19 of 918 id: gme-106 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Statistics on Islam: Some True, Some False, Some Way False date: 2010 words: 951 flesch: 68 summary: � � �� “4. I got my information from several sources including the following books: � � Unveiling Islam by Ergun & Amir Caner � Inside Islam by Reza Safa � Deceiving A Nation by Douglas Layton”� � � � keywords: islam cache: gme-106.pdf plain text: gme-106.txt item: #20 of 918 id: gme-107 author: Altstadt, Robert; Wan, Enoch title: The Salvation of the Unevangelized: What the Literature Suggests date: 2010 words: 6050 flesch: 53 summary: InterVarsity Press, 2004 � Unger, Walter The Destiny of Those Who Have Never Heard: A Bibliographical Essay http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?822 (10 pages) �. � What Is Inclusive Christianity and Interfaith Ministry? keywords: christian; god; gospel; inclusive; jesus; john; knowledge; pages; pluralism; religions; revelation; salvation; salvific cache: gme-107.pdf plain text: gme-107.txt item: #21 of 918 id: gme-108 author: Harris, Mark title: Suggested Guidelines for Contextualizing the Gospel for Modern Russian Youth date: 2010 words: 11024 flesch: 63 summary: Alternate beliefs, values and attitudes from abroad are being assimilated by many Russian young people. Negative Experiences of Evangelism – Following the flood of Western evangelicalism into Russia, many young Russian people were trained with superficial methods of evangelism. keywords: christ; church; culture; god; gospel; life; new; orthodox; people; person; russian; youth cache: gme-108.pdf plain text: gme-108.txt item: #22 of 918 id: gme-109 author: Sanders, Van E. title: A Theological Study of Point of Contact Theory date: 2010 words: 22122 flesch: 58 summary: The heart (������) functions as the “source of the instinctive feelings from which those impulses go forth which govern the exercise of the understanding and will.”121 ”137 Paul uses � _ov, without the article, because only one true God exists.138 The true God did not equal the vain things or idols (������v) the Lycaonians customarily revered as gods. keywords: acts; christian; christianity; contact; continuity; discontinuity; general; god; gospel; grand; jesus; john; knowledge; library; missions; nature; new; non; paul; people; points; position; press; rapids; religions; revelation; salvation; theology; william; world; � � cache: gme-109.pdf plain text: gme-109.txt item: #23 of 918 id: gme-1093 author: None title: gme-1093 date: None words: 242 flesch: 33 summary: A: LEARNING FROM PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES A1 For such a Time As This: Journeying with Tribal Peoples – Georgia Grimes Shaw A2 Slices of Papua New Guinea Life – Aretta Loving A3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE WHY THIS “BOOK” IS ECO-FRIENDLY – Nancy Thomas INTRODUCTION: Relationship as Mission WINDOW keywords: journey; people cache: gme-1093.docx plain text: gme-1093.txt item: #24 of 918 id: gme-1094 author: None title: gme-1094 date: None words: 2585 flesch: 70 summary: In the innovative spirit that is Betty Sue, we offer you this tribute to honor the life and on-going contributions of Dr. Betty Sue Brewster. Thus our challenge became, what kind of project would be a fitting tribute and capture the essence of Dr. Betty Sue Brewster? keywords: betty; green; life; mission; sue cache: gme-1094.docx plain text: gme-1094.txt item: #25 of 918 id: gme-1095 author: None title: gme-1095 date: None words: 178 flesch: 60 summary: Top left to right: IMCO 1980, Rie Manabe-Kim and family 2012, Joy McCarthy translating; 2nd row: Aretta and Ed Loving, Rie Manabi-Kim, Jean and Chuck Van Engen at Machu Picchu in Peru, Georgia Shaw with Samo women in PNG 2011, bottom row: Cheryl Bear a Carrier First Nations believer, Joy McCarthy, working women in India taken by Betty Sue Brewster 2009, Cameroon women rejoicing over new Mofou-gudur translation in 2008. Aretta Loving and Joy McCarthy have both translated Scriptures in Papua New Guinea, Aretta and Ed with the Awa and Joy with the Kanite and Inoke. keywords: people cache: gme-1095.docx plain text: gme-1095.txt item: #26 of 918 id: gme-1096 author: Shaw, Georgia Grimes title: A1 For Such A Time As This: Journeying with Tribal Peoples date: 2012 words: 5990 flesch: 72 summary: The years I spent with First Nation[footnoteRef:4] peoples (1968-1986) allowed me time and place to be good news to the poor as I learned their cultural ways and languages. While in Pasadena, I had spent a good deal of time with the Shaw family[footnoteRef:17], house sitting and taking care of their three sons periodically. keywords: bible; change; dan; god; language; learning; life; lord; people; samo; time; work; years cache: gme-1096.docx plain text: gme-1096.txt item: #27 of 918 id: gme-1097 author: Loving, Aretta title: A 2 Slices of Papua New Guinea Life date: 2012 words: 4015 flesch: 86 summary: A fiction-based-on-fact article that Tressa wrote for an advanced placement high school English class showed us not only that her talent for writing blossomed under these devoted teachers but also that she longed to see Awa people come to know Jesus. Who would have dreamed this missionary would be the secretary who typed drafts of the entire Awa New Testament as many as five times in those years we were translating? keywords: awa; day; jesus; life; new; people cache: gme-1097.docx plain text: gme-1097.txt item: #28 of 918 id: gme-1098 author: Engen, Jean Van title: A3 Adjusting To Change: When One’s Homeland Becomes The Foreign Land date: 2012 words: 5425 flesch: 72 summary: Every week new students with no English speaking skills were enrolled in the school, which meant moving the most advanced students up and out of each level in order to make space for the newest students. Our children needed a mother who could help them make the transition to new things instead of one who was living in the past. keywords: chuck; grief; mexico; school; teaching; time; work; years cache: gme-1098.docx plain text: gme-1098.txt item: #29 of 918 id: gme-1099 author: Kim, Rie Manabe- title: A4 Incarnational Engagement: North American Missionaries in Japan date: 2012 words: 4212 flesch: 68 summary: Though missions and language schools had worked hard to teach the Japanese language-culture to the missionaries, I began to suspect that some improvements could be made in certain language-culture learning models that had resulted in isolating missionaries from the Japanese community. This story illustrates a pattern in the experience of some missionaries to Japan who sensed a call from God to come, then attended language school only to leave Japan before they had fully adjusted or built significant relationships with Japanese people. keywords: culture; god; japan; language; learning; life; missionaries cache: gme-1099.docx plain text: gme-1099.txt item: #30 of 918 id: gme-11 author: Bollback, Anthony title: What God is doing in China Recently date: 2010 words: 1122 flesch: 72 summary: What God is doing in China Recently Anthony Bollback - pj@bollback.com (source: www.ChurchInChina.com) Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org  “Spiritual Dynamics” - January 2010. THE HMONG OR MIAO PEOPLE OF CHINA<<>> The Hmong or Miao people of <> numbering 9,000,000. keywords: china cache: gme-11.doc plain text: gme-11.txt item: #31 of 918 id: gme-110 author: Hedlund, Roger title: The Biblical Approach to Other Religions date: 2010 words: 8643 flesch: 61 summary: The moral and justice requirements of Old Testament religion were established through Moses and proclaimed by the later prophets. Moreover the assigned topic, The Biblical Approach to Other Religions, contradicts the FOIM Conference requirement that it be presented from an Indian perspective! keywords: christ; christianity; church; god; gods; human; indian; israel; jesus; job; lord; new; religion; salvation; testament; world; yahweh cache: gme-110.pdf plain text: gme-110.txt item: #32 of 918 id: gme-1100 author: McCarthy, Joy title: A5 Creating Windows: Planting God’s Word in Papua New Guinea date: 2012 words: 4253 flesch: 76 summary: In contrast to the first Kanite New Testament dedication there was a wonderful celebration and three weeks of the Biblical Education Leadership Training (BELT) conducted by Youth With a Mission. Kanite people gathered around the helicopter at a remote village Without the helicopter this would have taken us at least four days of very difficult mountain climbing; four nights of sleeping in a local village hut and at least two days to recover. keywords: god; guinea; kanite; language; literacy; people; testament; training; village cache: gme-1100.docx plain text: gme-1100.txt item: #33 of 918 id: gme-1101 author: Shaw, Georgia title: WINDOW B LEARNING FROM PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS date: 2012 words: 191 flesch: 64 summary: Lisa Engdahl’s journey moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles InterVarsity to co-founding Servant Partners. The final article in this window is from Jude Tiersma Watson in which she shares her journey into Joy on the streets of Los Angeles. keywords: window cache: gme-1101.docx plain text: gme-1101.txt item: #34 of 918 id: gme-1102 author: Engdahl, Lisa title: B1 Trauma is Poverty’s Twin: Stories that Shaped My Journey date: 2012 words: 1991 flesch: 69 summary: Out of this renewal movement on college campuses on the West Coast, many students moved into urban poor communities when they graduated. It can be an occupational hazard of people in urban poor mission to judge other Christians for their materialism, and to adopt an attitude of superiority and a notable rigidness about simple living. keywords: mission; partners; people; work cache: gme-1102.docx plain text: gme-1102.txt item: #35 of 918 id: gme-1103 author: Woodberry, K. Roberta title: B2 Being the Hands of Jesus on the Afghan Border date: 2012 words: 1651 flesch: 82 summary: After our marriage, Dudley finished graduate school and we served together in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Michigan, and California. As a stay-at-home Mom for 20 years, I was still able to teach, direct adult and children’s choirs at church and school and provide a home for our family in some difficult places. keywords: children; dudley; piano; school cache: gme-1103.docx plain text: gme-1103.txt item: #36 of 918 id: gme-1104 author: Chung, K. Sue title: B3 Mongolians: How They Came Into My Heart date: 2012 words: 6050 flesch: 80 summary: During the first 3 years of our time, Yun and I had established friendship with many people and now most of them have become pastors of Mongolian churches and key people in other Christian organizations. It was a divine appointment of God and perfect timing. keywords: god; life; mongolia; people; time; work; years; yun cache: gme-1104.docx plain text: gme-1104.txt item: #37 of 918 id: gme-1105 author: Leonard, Juanita Evans title: B4 Hope In Action: My Journey through Open Doors date: 2012 words: 4797 flesch: 70 summary: Was anyone going to be interested in a woman who had lived and worked in East Africa in family life education? The Migrant Ministry focused on activities for the children and young people while their parents worked in the fields. keywords: church; family; kenya; life; mission; people; work; years cache: gme-1105.docx plain text: gme-1105.txt item: #38 of 918 id: gme-1106 author: Watson, Jude Tiersma title: B5 JOURNEY FROM OBEDIENCE TO JOY date: 2012 words: 3809 flesch: 79 summary: Life is a gift—let me give thanks for every day is a gift to be received from God. Now here I was, among the concrete density of urban life, and God seemed silent. keywords: day; family; god; joy; life; place cache: gme-1106.docx plain text: gme-1106.txt item: #39 of 918 id: gme-1107 author: Shaw, Georgia title: WINDOW C LEARNING FROM PEOPLE IN MINISTRY date: 2012 words: 225 flesch: 65 summary: Photos from top left: PRODOLA session in Peru 2007, Betty Sue’s mother Martha Green, Marit Landrø, Roberta King playing the thumb piano and singing with Hellen, 2nd row; Nancy Thomas, Pathways Africa 2012 photo, Charlene Poulos in cancer hospital, Juanita Evans Leonard, Betty Sue with Mongolian SOD 2008. 3rd row; Marguerite Kraft, SIS faculty 2012, lower row: Betsy Glanville and Sarah Kim 2012, Betsy Glanville teaching a DMiss cohort 2012, Marilyn Clinton and Christine Cervantes, SIS staff, and Betty Wagner founder of Wayfarers, Inc. keywords: ministry cache: gme-1107.docx plain text: gme-1107.txt item: #40 of 918 id: gme-1108 author: Kraft, Marguerite G. title: C1 Responding to God’s Call: Women Gifted For Cross–Cultural Missions date: 2012 words: 3209 flesch: 65 summary: Whereas men in the receptor society may fear their loss of position and power when a foreign male arrives, women are anxious to develop meaningful relationships with other women regardless of cultural differences. It has been very important to me to have meaningful relationships with other women. keywords: god; husband; language; relationships; spiritual; women cache: gme-1108.docx plain text: gme-1108.txt item: #41 of 918 id: gme-1109 author: King, Roberta R. title: C2 CALL AND RESPONSE: MUSICAL JOURNEYS IN MISSION date: 2012 words: 2689 flesch: 55 summary: He helped me to identify key components in studying African music cultures as we interacted weekly, one–to–one concerning music communication in Africa.[footnoteRef:3] As a result I began exploring the development of worship music in culturally appropriate forms and the ways in which it is employed. keywords: church; communication; mission; music; nairobi; time cache: gme-1109.docx plain text: gme-1109.txt item: #42 of 918 id: gme-111 author: Dahms, John V. title: Biblical Ethics date: 2010 words: 11220 flesch: 71 summary: Lutzer; The Morality Gap, 106, insists, If exceptions are made to moral laws, these exceptions must have scriptural authority. In the rest of the Old Testament there are sections in which the Law is not specifically mentioned, or only rarely so. keywords: commandments; ethics; god; law; love; matt; new; paul; prescriptions; rom; son; spirit; testament; view cache: gme-111.pdf plain text: gme-111.txt item: #43 of 918 id: gme-1110 author: Landrø, Marit title: C3 Giving God a Chance: A Pentecostal on the Journey’s Edge date: 2012 words: 3664 flesch: 68 summary: From then on I would to be more behind the scene, training young people in Norway for missionary work, as best I knew how. The key issue were the importance of understanding worldview in missionary work. keywords: god; missionary; norway; pentecostal; training; years cache: gme-1110.docx plain text: gme-1110.txt item: #44 of 918 id: gme-1111 author: Glanville, Elizabeth title: C4 Embracing the Second Half of Life: Journey into Leadership date: 2012 words: 4707 flesch: 71 summary: My journey was unique, but there were many other women on similar paths, dealing with similar issues that were unique to women. The Second Adulthood is the outgrowth as these women emerge into new leadership positions, building on life learning experiences from raising children. keywords: god; leadership; life; new; program; teaching; time; women cache: gme-1111.docx plain text: gme-1111.txt item: #45 of 918 id: gme-1112 author: Thomas, Nancy title: C5 Opening Windows: My Journey As A Trainer of Writers date: 2012 words: 2941 flesch: 67 summary: In the midst of the excitement of applying my passion for writing to the encouragement of Aymara writers, questions began to surface. Somehow it all connected to the original joy of writing my first poem and, years later, the satisfaction of seeing Aymara writers emerge to bless their own context. keywords: aymara; god; people; poem; writers; writing; years cache: gme-1112.docx plain text: gme-1112.txt item: #46 of 918 id: gme-1113 author: Watson, Jude Tiersma; Shaw, Georgia title: CONCLUSION: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE date: 2012 words: 9242 flesch: 66 summary: On another occasion Betty Sue found herself surrounded by a group of big guys taunting her about where Cain get his wife…with an immediate response, Betty Sue said, “It doesn’t matter where Cain got his wife, what matters is do you know Jesus?” Life in Venezuela was simple and being home schooled was especially suited to Betty Sue’s personality as she organized her own schedule and usually got her school work done by noon and had the rest of the day free, even in high school. As usual Betty Sue’s more introvert processing balanced Tom’s extreme extrovert visionary processing. keywords: betty; betty sue; brewster; culture; god; language; learning; lord; ministry; mission; missionary; new; people; school; sue; time; tom; work; world; years cache: gme-1113.docx plain text: gme-1113.txt item: #47 of 918 id: gme-112 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Review of A Word in Season: Perspectives on Christian World Mission date: 2010 words: 459 flesch: 47 summary: Themes include: mission and the Holy Spirit, mission in the modern city, the cultural captivity of the Western church, the need for conversion in the West, the continuing validity of international missions, mission in a pluralist society, and what should be done in these days by the World Council of Churches, the churches of Europe, and Christian churches generally. I fear that those who would buy into this agenda would strive forever to make existing churches better, neglecting the planting of new ones, and seeing little growth, or little real progress on the frontiers of gospel advance. keywords: world cache: gme-112.pdf plain text: gme-112.txt item: #48 of 918 id: gme-1127 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2012 words: 111 flesch: 35 summary: Editorial: Happy New Year to our readers -- wishing you a blessed new beginning. We are glad to have 3 new sections added in 2013 for all 4 issues: • “MISSIOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF DAVID HESSELGRAVE” by David Hesselgrave • “CONTEXTUALIATION” by Jackson Wu • “CREATIVE CONRNER” by the late Paul Grant from his creative legacy Another column from last year will be continued for all 4 issues, i.e. • “URBAN CHURCH PLANTING” by professor Damian Emetuche We are preparing to launch GM-Korean in the near future, so please in prayers for the team of volunteers for this major undertaking. keywords: david cache: gme-1127.doc plain text: gme-1127.txt item: #49 of 918 id: gme-1129 author: Chung, Michael title: Matthean missiology: messianic messenger authority, and the great commission date: 2012 words: 6297 flesch: 66 summary: � Nolland Matthew p.383. � Osborne Matthew p.328. keywords: authority; christ; commission; disciples; god; gospel; great; jesus; mark; matthew; teaching; writes cache: gme-1129.doc plain text: gme-1129.txt item: #50 of 918 id: gme-113 author: Richard, H.L. title: Reviews of A Christian Folk Religion in India: A Study of the Small Church Movement in Andhra Pradesh, with Special Reference to the Bible Mission of Devadas and The New Wine-Skins: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India date: 2010 words: 737 flesch: 56 summary: New church movements across the globe defy neat characterization. A Study of the Small Church Movement in Andhra Pradesh, with Special Reference to the Bible Mission of Devadas P. Solomon Raj Centre for Contemporary Christianity: Bangalore, India 2004 and The New Wine-Skins: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India P. Solomon Raj ISPCK: keywords: church; raj cache: gme-113.pdf plain text: gme-113.txt item: #51 of 918 id: gme-1130 author: Wu, Jackson title: We compromise the gospel when we settle for truth: how “right” interpretations lead to “wrong” CONTEXTUALIZATION date: 2013 words: 11894 flesch: 50 summary: Baker, 2012), 65.� � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:9qDOr4Sm,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf N. T. Wright, \\i How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels\\i0{} (New York, N.Y.: HarperOne, 2012), 72.},plainCitation:N. T. Wright, How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels (New York, N.Y.: HarperOne, 2012), 72.},citationItems:[{id:1448,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/QNWEVFEN],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/QNWEVFEN],itemData:{id:1448,type:book,title:How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels,publisher:HarperOne,publisher-place:New York, N.Y.,event-place:New York, N.Y.,call-number:0000,shortTitle:How God Became King,author:[{family:Wright,given:N. T.}],issued:{year:2012}},locator:72}],schema:https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json} �N. T. Wright, How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels (New York, N.Y.: HarperOne, 2012), 72.� � Examples of works that emphasize this individual focus include � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:8NpXaRD8,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Mark Seifrid, \\uc0\\u8220{}Unrighteousness by Faith: Apostolic Proclamation in Romans 1:18\\uc0\\u8211{}3:20,\\uc0\\u8221{} in \\i Justification and Variegated Nomism: The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism\\i0{} (ed. D. A. Carson, Mark A. Seifrid, and Peter T. O\\uc0\\u8217{}Brien; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Exodus language is used in the prophets (pointing to the end of exile and the salvation of God people) and in the New Testament. keywords: god; gospel; honor; ill; interpretation; items; jesus; language; law; mich; new; people; rapids; right; scripture; testament; users/467902; world; � � cache: gme-1130.doc plain text: gme-1130.txt item: #52 of 918 id: gme-1131 author: Grant, Paul E. title: Death? Bring it on! date: 2013 words: 221 flesch: 66 summary: Bring it on! by Paul E. Grant - April 2010 Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org Jan 2013 I welcome this transition We commonly label “death”, An immediate transformation By the grace of the Spirit’s breath* Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit Combine to welcome me, There I will stand in the merit Of Jesus Christ of Calvary Sudden death is sudden glory, Instantaneous transfiguration! Life as we know is transitory, Heaven is my celebration That is, a welcome just for me, Face to face with Christ my Saviour! So death, where is your sting?1 Where, O grave, is your victory? Listen now to Bible boasting, Death was conquered at Calvary!2 Our focus this side of dying Should be one of preparation, Engaging in edifying Ourselves for service, post-resurrection Life in Christ is a continuum Heaven for us begins on earth, Never should it be seen as a vacuum It has an eternal worth Death is the unique nano-second Of transfer to Heaven’s glory, Why should we fear when beckoned To our eternal territory? keywords: death cache: gme-1131.doc plain text: gme-1131.txt item: #53 of 918 id: gme-1132 author: Emetuche, Damian title: A Case for Multicultural Church Plant date: 2013 words: 4995 flesch: 57 summary: In many cities, immigrant churches and new church plants have difficulty getting a good facility where they can worship and organize many of their activities. What about language churches or ministry? keywords: america; church; community; god; new; north; people; plant; states cache: gme-1132.doc plain text: gme-1132.txt item: #54 of 918 id: gme-1133 author: Blincoe, Bob title: The Day of Salvation for Muslims Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Blincoe date: 2013 words: 1435 flesch: 69 summary: The Day of Salvation for Muslims Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Blincoe By Bob Blincoe and Duane Alexander Miller Botero Bob Blincoe is the US Director of Frontiers, an organization that is ‘with love and respect, inviting all Muslim peoples to follow Jesus. Duane Alexander Miller Botero lectures in Church history and theology at Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary in Nazareth of Galilee. keywords: bob; book; christian; muslims cache: gme-1133.doc plain text: gme-1133.txt item: #55 of 918 id: gme-1134 author: Hesselgrave, David title: Jesus Christ – Views from Multiple Cultural Lenses date: 2013 words: 690 flesch: 72 summary: Set up a template formatted like this one (or request on on a diskette or CD) PAGE 1 MISSIOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF DAVID HESSELGRAVE Jesus Christ – Views from Multiple Cultural Lenses David Hesselgrave Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org Jan 2013 It seems that there has always been more than one view of the story of Jesus. If and when you come to see who Jesus Christ really was and is, the virgin birth will not be a problem for you.” keywords: jesus; virgin cache: gme-1134.doc plain text: gme-1134.txt item: #56 of 918 id: gme-1135 author: Nussbaum, Stan title: Vulnerable Mission Strategies date: 2013 words: 4297 flesch: 62 summary: We advocates of vulnerable mission don’t aim to fail. Vulnerable mission starts from different premises. keywords: god; gospel; language; mission; money; people; thinking cache: gme-1135.doc plain text: gme-1135.txt item: #57 of 918 id: gme-1136 author: Currah, Galen title: COME QUICKLY DAWN: A Training Novel date: 2013 words: 390 flesch: 52 summary: A Training Novel George Patterson, William Carey Library, 2012 Reviewed by Galen Currah Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org Jan 2013 George Patterson remains widely known to international missionaries for his teaching, training and writing. keywords: novel; training cache: gme-1136.doc plain text: gme-1136.txt item: #58 of 918 id: gme-1137 author: Harries, Jim title: The Immorality of the Promotion of Non-Indigenous Languages in Africa date: 2013 words: 7051 flesch: 62 summary: Elsewhere, including in Kenya, there was rhetoric in favour of African languages. Transplanting the British legal system to Kenya (and other African countries) may not be what it seems, because the understanding of legal (and other) terms will be influenced by the vernacular terms and procedures (of African languages) that they are seen as translating. keywords: a.m.; africa; context; development; english; language; people; tanzania; use; way; word cache: gme-1137.doc plain text: gme-1137.txt item: #59 of 918 id: gme-1138 author: Wan, Enoch title: Humor date: 2013 words: 8 flesch: 103 summary: Be careful where you put a price tag! keywords: tag cache: gme-1138.doc plain text: gme-1138.txt item: #60 of 918 id: gme-1139 author: Wong Ko, Deborah title: Blessed Assurance date: 2012 words: 82 flesch: 66 summary: “Blessed Assurance”— A song by Deborah Wong Ko   Deborah Wong Ko holds a B.A. in music from Furman University and a M.M. in voice performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio. Deborah and her husband Chi Sown Ko, M.D., a dermatologist, dedicate this video song Blessed Assurance to God with love. keywords: deborah cache: gme-1139.htm plain text: gme-1139.txt item: #61 of 918 id: gme-114 author: Johnson Rethinasamy, Elwin title: Review Sharing your Faith with a Hindu date: 2010 words: 372 flesch: 37 summary: The luxury of this book is not only the information about various Hinduism and its practices, it also challenges the reader in every chapter by explaining its limitations for a person being saved from his/her sinful nature and the need of knowing the truth that Jesus is the way, truth and the light. As a Lutheran myself, I am personally very taken by his view on true conversion which is also the same confessional position of the Lutherans. keywords: hindu cache: gme-114.pdf plain text: gme-114.txt item: #62 of 918 id: gme-115 author: Johnson Rethinasamy, Elwin title: Review of Sharing your Faith with a Buddhist date: 2010 words: 590 flesch: 52 summary: This book is an eye opener to learn how Buddhism is multifaceted in its theology, practice and understanding God according to regions, folk beliefs, socio, political and economic influences of Buddhism practiced nation-states of South Asia and South East Asia. For many of us, Buddhism is a one common religion predominantly in South Asia and South East Asian regions. keywords: book; buddhism cache: gme-115.pdf plain text: gme-115.txt item: #63 of 918 id: gme-116 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Review of The Languages of the World date: 2010 words: 196 flesch: 40 summary: Part III is a country-by-country survey, with a few sentences about the main language or languages of each, or their linguistic makeup. Even a casual browsing gives the reader perspective on the linguistic diversity of humanity, good for the development of World Christian understanding. keywords: language cache: gme-116.pdf plain text: gme-116.txt item: #64 of 918 id: gme-117 author: None title: gme-117 date: None words: 330 flesch: 63 summary: Sacco gives no deep analysis and offers no real solutions, but here presents the opportunity to reflect on larger questions of the nature of war, inter-ethnic strife, oppression, and bigotry in the human experience. Most American Evangelicals are strongly pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian. keywords: sacco cache: gme-117.pdf plain text: gme-117.txt item: #65 of 918 id: gme-118 author: Exiomo, Jonathan title: Review of Scattered: The Filipino Global Presence date: 2010 words: 704 flesch: 41 summary: The book is a compendium of articles by different presenters of varied disciplines designed to address issues related to the phenomenon of diaspora in general and Filipino diaspora in particular in relation to the missiological mandate of Jesus Christ to the church. Articles 7 to 15 provide challenging answers in the forms of vision-filled organizations and structure that provide a network of resources for the Christian OFWs that should engage in the realization of the Great Commission. keywords: articles; diaspora cache: gme-118.pdf plain text: gme-118.txt item: #66 of 918 id: gme-1184 author: Wan, Enoch title: Theme:Serving in African Context date: 2013 words: 31 flesch: 54 summary: Unlike previous issues, the theme for this one is narrow and specific – focusing on African context. Please enjoy the labor of love of our contributors. keywords: readers cache: gme-1184.doc plain text: gme-1184.txt item: #67 of 918 id: gme-1185 author: Harries, Jim title: Understanding and Responding to the Prosperity Gospel in Africa date: 2013 words: 6376 flesch: 61 summary: Many African people see wealth as arising as types of blessing. The arguments I present above should have made it clear why many African people choose to remain silent on these issues; either they are happy to accept the ‘magic’ involved, or their own vested interests are in the continuation of the current system, with all the immediate benefits involved especially for people in key positions with a knowledge of English. keywords: african; ministry; mission; people; prosperity; religion; understanding; wealth; west; westerners cache: gme-1185.doc plain text: gme-1185.txt item: #68 of 918 id: gme-1186 author: Howard, Kevin L. title: KWAME BEDIAKO: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MOTIVATING FORCE BEHIND HIS THEOLOGY AND IDENTITY date: 2013 words: 12636 flesch: 60 summary: �Bediako, Understanding African Theology in the 20th Century, Themelios vol. 20, no. 1 (October 1994): 18; Cry Jesus! �See Kwame Bediako, Scripture as the Interpreter of Culture and Tradition, in Africa Bible Commentary (ed. keywords: african; ancestors; atr; bediako; christian; culture; god; gospel; ibid; identity; jesus; kato; revelation; scripture; theology cache: gme-1186.doc plain text: gme-1186.txt item: #69 of 918 id: gme-1187 author: Wu, Jackson title: CONTEXTUALIZING THE ONE GOSPEL IN ANY CULTURE: A MODEL FROM THE BIBLICAL TEXT FOR A GLOBAL CONTEXT date: 2013 words: 18543 flesch: 48 summary: � See � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:D0XGh900,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Piper, \\i God Is the Gospel\\i0{}.},plainCitation:Piper, God Is the Gospel. IVP Academic, 2013); N. T. Wright, “Paul’s Gospel and Caesar’s Empire,” Center of Theological Inquiry (Princeton) 2 (Spring 1999): 42–65;� � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:ut3Qx8uI,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Richard A. Horsley, ed., \\i Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society\\i0{} (T&T Clark, 1997); Denny Burk, \\uc0\\u8220{}Is Paul\\uc0\\u8217{}s Gospel Counterimperial?: keywords: \\i; christ; citation.json; csl; csl_citation; god; good; gospel; ill; items; jesus; jesus gospel; king; language; master; news; paul; people; place":"wheaton; schema; style; users/467902; zotero_item; � addin; � � cache: gme-1187.doc plain text: gme-1187.txt item: #70 of 918 id: gme-1188 author: Emetuche, Damian title: THEOLOGICAL CONVICTIONS FOR MULTICULTURAL CHURCH PLANT date: 2013 words: 11657 flesch: 63 summary: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:16-19). For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.” keywords: christ; church; culture; father; god; gospel; ibid; jesus; john; life; ministry; mission; new; paul; people; world; worship cache: gme-1188.doc plain text: gme-1188.txt item: #71 of 918 id: gme-1189 author: Hof, Eleonora Dorothea title: DISTURBANCE’ AS A NEW PARADIGM FOR MISSION: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GLOBAL CONSULTATION OF THE WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE date: 2013 words: 8631 flesch: 25 summary: },citationItems:[{id:600,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/425400/items/TXWJZ2EF],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/425400/items/TXWJZ2EF]}],schema:https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json} �Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative.� � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:8hrw3LVK,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Anton Houtepen, \\uc0\\u8220{}Mission as Learning Process,\\uc0\\u8221{} in \\i World Christianity Reconsidered: Questioning the Questions of Ecumenism and Missiology: Contributions for Bert Hoedemaker\\i0{}, ed. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.),DOI:10.1111/j.1758-6631.2011.00066.x,call-number:67510308,shortTitle:Mission's Changing Landscape,author:[{family:Kim,given:Kirsteen}],issued:{year:2011,month:11},page-first:244},locator:258}],schema:https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json} �Kirsteen Kim, “Mission’s Changing Landscape: Global Flows and Christian Movements,” International Review of Mission 100 (2011): 258.� � � ADDIN ZOTERO_TEMP ��� ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:9l57sJTx,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Inus Daneel, Charles Van Engen, and Hendrik Vroom, \\i Fullness of Life for All - Challenges for Mission in Early 21st Century\\i0{} (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2003); Ogbu Kalu, Peter Vethanayagamony, and Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, eds., \\i Mission After Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission\\i0{} (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010); Andrew F. Walls and Akintunde E. Akinade, \\i A New Day: Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh\\i0{} (New York: Peter Lang, 2010); William R. Burrows, Mark R. Gornik, and Janice A. McLean, \\i Understanding World Christianity: The Work and Vision of Andrew F. Walls\\i0{} (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011); Ogbu Kalu and Alaine M. Low, \\i Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities\\i0{} (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).},plainCitation:Inus Daneel, Charles Van Engen, and Hendrik Vroom, Fullness of Life for All - Challenges for Mission in Early 21st Century (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2003); Ogbu Kalu, Peter Vethanayagamony, and Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, eds., Mission keywords: christianity; citation.json; csl; disturbance; god; items; language; master; missiology; mission; new; schema; style; users/425400; world; zotero_item; � addin; � � cache: gme-1189.doc plain text: gme-1189.txt item: #72 of 918 id: gme-119 author: Brickner, David title: Review of Jewish-Gentile Couples: Trends, Challenges, and Hopes date: 2010 words: 136 flesch: 50 summary: The book is published by William Carey Library, Pasadena California USA and is also available through Jews for Jesus in San Francisco and at Purple Pomegranate Productions, 415-864-2092, e-mail. I am excited to see it implemented in the field of Jewish missions and missions around the world. keywords: review cache: gme-119.pdf plain text: gme-119.txt item: #73 of 918 id: gme-1191 author: Grant, Paul title: BEYOND HUMAN ACCREDITATION THE CALL date: 2013 words: 783 flesch: 38 summary: Western worldview thought Promotes accreditation, Pursuit of learning and training For a profession or vocation For societies to develop In our post-modern cultures People must be skilled and taught Through levels and procedures Training, skilling, and apprenticeships, Are pathways towards a vocation; Professional recognition is achieved Through higher education A man or woman is normally affirmed By an accrediting organisation Approved by governments under law To confer due recognition People who succeed are recognised And given a qualification, This gives the person eligibility And status for career and function Jesus’ call for labourers Carries different requirements, The Master simply confronts us With a challenge to obedience Through total submission to his will We begin our discipleship training, Captivating our deepest affections He promotes our yearning for learning Sealed and empowered by the Holy Spirit We are tutored in truth and grace, Revelation provides true information Held fast by his embrace Credentialled by God’s own equipping, We are given a qualification, Transformed by the renewing of our minds A transcendent education Obedience to Jesus’ surpassing call Means brain power is brought into order, Human accreditations have their place But the Spirit is the Controller The call of God brings enlightenment Of a kind transcending all wisdom Yet thought made captive to God’s will Takes on a new dimension keywords: accreditation; god cache: gme-1191.doc plain text: gme-1191.txt item: #74 of 918 id: gme-1192 author: Hesselgrave, David title: MISSIOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF DAVID HESSELGRAVE Teaching “Kingdom of God” in Missionary Context date: 2013 words: 622 flesch: 74 summary: In one of those temptations, Satan showed Jesus the greatness and glory of earthly kingdoms and offered them to him if he would simply bow down and worship Satan (Matt. 4:9). Special Copy Paper Template for Word 97 2 MISSIOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF DAVID HESSELGRAVE Teaching “Kingdom of God” in Missionary Context David keywords: kingdom cache: gme-1192.doc plain text: gme-1192.txt item: #75 of 918 id: gme-1193 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Old-Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict Is In Tim Chaffey and Jason Lisle date: 2013 words: 1008 flesch: 51 summary: REVIEW & PREVIEW  Old-Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict Is In Tim Chaffey and Jason Lisle  Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2008   Reviewed by Mark R. Kreitzer, D.Miss., Ph.D. Director, International M.Div. In this volume, Jason Lisle is the scientific authority, while Tim Chaffey is the writer and editor. keywords: earth; lisle; scripture cache: gme-1193.doc plain text: gme-1193.txt item: #76 of 918 id: gme-12 author: McClung, Grant title: 2010-2020: A ‘Decade from Heaven’ date: 2010 words: 1277 flesch: 54 summary: All of that may be true on the surface, especially from the standpoint of North Americans who finally are catching up to the dismal economic realities already experienced for many decades by the “Majority World” (A term used by “New Internationalist” magazine to refer to Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean). Here is one report from an eyewitness to the recent Urbana 2009 Student Mission Convention where more than 16,000 students from 100+ countries came together to consider their place in God’s work in the world: “Many Inter-Varsity staff who have been to Urbanas for decades have said this is the most spiritually hungry group of Urbana students they’ve ever seen. keywords: decade; god; world cache: gme-12.doc plain text: gme-12.txt item: #77 of 918 id: gme-120 author: Wan, Enoch title: A CRITIQUE OF CHARLES KRAFTS USE/MISUSE OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION AND MISSIOLOGICAL FORMULATION date: 2010 words: 10125 flesch: 41 summary: Two books have been published in response to Kraft's Christianity in Culture, i.e. Edward N. Gross's Is Charles Kraft An Evangelical? METHODOLOGY The generous cooperation of Dr. Kraft of Fuller Theological Seminary, in the provision of an updated comprehensive listing (see Appendix I for a sample of selected titles) of his published works, is gratefully acknowledged. keywords: 1979a; bible; christian; christianity; communication; conn; culture; evangelical; god; gospel; integration; interpretation; kraft; message; model; multi; new; revelation; sciences; theology; truth; wan cache: gme-120.pdf plain text: gme-120.txt item: #78 of 918 id: gme-121 author: Zaretsky, Tuvya title: A fresh approach for ministry to American Jewish-Gentile couples date: 2010 words: 10355 flesch: 52 summary: Birth rate The 1990 NJPS also discovered a birth rate of 1.8 children per Jewish couple in America households. 8 Demographer, Samuel Heilman, analyzed the findings of the 1990 NJPS, “Jewish identity seems to have moved increasingly toward ethnicity or heritage and culture, while being a ‘good Jew’ has been defined in vaguely moral terms.” keywords: american; children; christian; community; couples; evangelistic; families; family; gentile; gentile couples; god; identity; interfaith; intermarriage; jewish; jews; judaism; ministry; new; people cache: gme-121.pdf plain text: gme-121.txt item: #79 of 918 id: gme-1213 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial : Urban Mission date: 2013 words: 53 flesch: 59 summary: We are grateful that there are many volunteers serving effectively in teams for the various editions of GM: EDITORIAL Urbanization is a global phenomenon and urban mission is one of the most promising strategies for the 21st Century thus the theme and focus of this issue. keywords: issue cache: gme-1213.doc plain text: gme-1213.txt item: #80 of 918 id: gme-1215 author: Steffen, Tom title: Chronological Practices and Possibilities in the Urban World date: 2013 words: 11894 flesch: 64 summary: It has moved beyond written Bible stories printed in lesson format to help one become a better storyteller to oral Bible stories that can be heard, experienced, and practiced. The A Team center near Bangkok International Airport attracted students and professionals to their English language evening classes that included a bonus English time of Bible stories. keywords: bible; book; christ; church; discipleship; evangelism; god; gospel; group; international; mcilwain; movement; new; oral; orality; people; stories; story; storying; storytelling; time; training; way; world cache: gme-1215.doc plain text: gme-1215.txt item: #81 of 918 id: gme-1216 author: Emetuche, Damian title: Urban Church Planting as Spiritual Warfare (Part One) date: 2013 words: 6606 flesch: 74 summary: It is actively being involved in the incessant warfare between God and the devil. It was not an organization or denomination but a reference to the transformed individual lives saved from the bondage of the evil forces to the kingdom of God. keywords: church; god; israel; jesus; job; kingdom; lord; peter; testament cache: gme-1216.doc plain text: gme-1216.txt item: #82 of 918 id: gme-1217 author: Wu, Jackson title: Biblical Theology from a Chinese Perspective: Interpreting Scripture through the Lens of Honor and Shame date: 2013 words: 12936 flesch: 63 summary: � � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:UBcsF2Es,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Jackson Wu, \\i Saving God\\uc0\\u8217{}s Face: A Chinese Contextualization of Salvation through Honor and Shame\\i0{} (Pasadena, Calif.: WCIUP, 2013), 10\\uc0\\u8211{}68.},plainCitation:Jackson Wu, Saving God’s Face: A Chinese Contextualization of Salvation through Honor and Shame (Pasadena, Calif.: WCIUP, 2013), 10–68.},citationItems:[{id:1868,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/A849QRC5],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/A849QRC5],locator:10–68}]} �Jackson Wu, Saving God’s Face: A Chinese Contextualization of Salvation through Honor and Shame (Pasadena, CA: WCIUP, 2013), 10–68. � For Chinese culture, see David Yau-fai Ho, “On the Concept of Face,” AJS 81, no. 4 (1976): 870. � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:7OyUdQrZ,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Hui Ching Chang and G. Richard Holt, \\uc0\\u8220{}A Chinese Perspective on Face: A Inter-Relational Concern,\\uc0\\u8221{} in \\i The Challenge of Facework: Cross-Cultural and Interpersonal Issues\\i0{} (ed. keywords: \\i; chinese; contextualization; culture; face; family; god; gospel; honor; israel; items; jesus; nations; people; shame; theology; users/467902; world; � � cache: gme-1217.doc plain text: gme-1217.txt item: #83 of 918 id: gme-1218 author: Gwamzhi, Ladep N. title: Contextualization in Diaspora Mission: An African Christian’s Perspective of the Mission Agenda in the US date: 2013 words: 6538 flesch: 55 summary: Craig Ott argues that migration, which has recently been intensified by globalization, has played a significant role in Christian mission from the early church to date. African missiologist, Tokunboh Adeyemo sadly surmises: The most striking reality facing Christian missions in the world today is the decline of Christianity in the West, largely caused by a deadening, anti-Christian, humanistic, secularist philosophy. keywords: christian; church; contextualization; culture; god; gospel; holy; jesus; missionary; people; spirit cache: gme-1218.doc plain text: gme-1218.txt item: #84 of 918 id: gme-1219 author: None title: gme-1219 date: None words: 452 flesch: 36 summary: The kingdom to come is immeasurable Beyond the dimensions of science, New worlds will exceed the incredible With Jesus, an eternal alliance A calling to ministry is a continuum So no one can ever “retire”, Service in which we are now engaged Will be enhanced when we go higher Daniel was faithful for ninety years And assured of a personal function In worlds to come at the end of the days, A heritage of eternal unction (Paul E. Grant 1.2007; Revised 5.2007) � Isaiah 14:12f; keywords: creation cache: gme-1219.doc plain text: gme-1219.txt item: #85 of 918 id: gme-122 author: Van Engen, Chuck title: Is the Church for Everyone? Planting Multi-Ethnic Congregations in North America date: 2010 words: 24747 flesch: 62 summary: However, he has no chapter dealing with ethnic churches and nothing on ethnic church planting or the development of multi-ethnic churches. Thus it is imperative that we understand this dual nature of the Church when we consider the matter of planting ethnic churches and relate this to planting multi-ethnic churches. keywords: america; book; christ; church; church growth; church planting; churches; congregations; context; cultural; culture; donald; ethnic; g.r; god; gospel; group; mcgavran; mission; multi; new; north; north america; people; planting; unit; universality; wagner; world cache: gme-122.pdf plain text: gme-122.txt item: #86 of 918 id: gme-1220 author: Hesselgrave, David J. title: Apostolic Faith in the Book of Acts date: 2013 words: 625 flesch: 66 summary: Other churches shy away from, and even downgrade creeds and doctrine. Within one generation, the gospel had been proclaimed and believers gathered in churches from Syrian Antioch to Illyricum in the vicinity of modern Trieste, and from Jerusalem to Rome and beyond. keywords: acts; faith cache: gme-1220.doc plain text: gme-1220.txt item: #87 of 918 id: gme-1221 author: Harries, Jim title: Vulnerable Mission as an Alternative to Failing Aid Paradigms: Facing Reality on Reaching Africa date: 2013 words: 3572 flesch: 59 summary: Few would deny the beauty of the deeply held values of brotherhood and respect held by many African people. The Reality of Aid Reading early (or even later) accounts of life in Africa, or visiting the continent, should make it clear that the way of life of African people results in their living in what in Western English can be termed ‘poverty’. keywords: africa; life; maranz; mission; people; west; world cache: gme-1221.doc plain text: gme-1221.txt item: #88 of 918 id: gme-1222 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2013 words: 75 flesch: 85 summary: It is MUCH cheaper than speed cameras, radar guns, police officers, etc. How's this for effective speed control? keywords: speed cache: gme-1222.doc plain text: gme-1222.txt item: #89 of 918 id: gme-1223 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2013 words: 69 flesch: 90 summary: Fun Quotes Answering machine message, I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. keywords: message cache: gme-1223.doc plain text: gme-1223.txt item: #90 of 918 id: gme-123 author: Tira, Sadiri Joy B. title: FILIPINO INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: A STRATEGIC MODEL FOR FILIPINO DIASPORA GLOCAL® MISSIONS date: 2010 words: 6452 flesch: 53 summary: This consultation held in the Philippines would result in a spreading awareness among Filipino Evangelical leaders of the necessity to strategically train and prepare Filipino OFWs for their service in other lands, and would further connect Filipino Christians for a joint effort in fulfilling the Great Commission. These vital issues were: the need for prayer mobilization; the need for a communication tool such as a prayer bulletin or newsletter to link the network; leadership conferences for church leaders in strategic limited access regions; the need to minister and strengthen Filipino expatriate families7 through Family Conferences; the recruitment of teachers and trainers to conduct evangelistic and discipleship training in the 10/40 Window; and the need to expand the network into other countries where there is a high number of Filipino OFWs. keywords: church; consultation; diaspora; filipino; fin; god; international; jesus; missions; network; north; prayer; window; world cache: gme-123.pdf plain text: gme-123.txt item: #91 of 918 id: gme-124 author: Thomas, T.V.; Wan, Enoch title: WHAT DENOMINATIONAL LEADERS SHOULD KNOW BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD REGARDING INTERCULTURAL MINISTRIES date: 2010 words: 2823 flesch: 35 summary: A questionnaire (see Appendix) with fifteen open-ended questions was designed and distributed to dozens of ethnic workers for their input. Similarly, ethnic workers tend to place more focus on the intangible way of reward such as honor and shame. keywords: caucasian; ministries; ministry; nac; self; table; way; workers cache: gme-124.pdf plain text: gme-124.txt item: #92 of 918 id: gme-1243 author: Robinson, George G. title: Technology & Trends in Missions: An Editorial Introduction date: 2013 words: 533 flesch: 52 summary: Consider the fact that non-residential missions of the “facilitator” variety, as well as short-term international missions opportunities, were unheard of prior to advances in air travel. Some trends that were embraced widely embraced have proven to be counterproductive (think Crusades); while other trends that were resisted by the Church, at least in part, have led to an explosive gospel advance (think Gutenberg Bible). keywords: mission; trends cache: gme-1243.docx plain text: gme-1243.txt item: #93 of 918 id: gme-1244 author: Robinson, George G. title: GM Contributor Bios date: 2013 words: 388 flesch: 54 summary: Upon completion of her Master of Divinity in Missiology, she plans to serve in mission work in North America as well as partner with international missions in discipleship and church planting.  Global Missiology (www.globalmissiology.org) October 2013 Edition editor – Dr. George G. Robinson, Assistant Professor of Missions & Evangelism and Headrick Chair of World Missions, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC. (www.sebts.edu) keywords: missiology cache: gme-1244.docx plain text: gme-1244.txt item: #94 of 918 id: gme-1245 author: Conner, Dustin title: COMMUNICATING THE #GOSPEL MESSAGE WITHIN A POST-POSTMODERN, DIGITALLY CONNECTED CULTURE date: 2013 words: 9487 flesch: 53 summary: In post-postmodern digital text, authorship is always plural and exists in a structured hierarchy of the primary framer of the text who sets the rules of interaction for the secondary author who comments on the text. In this paper I examine the nature of the author, text, and recipient in post-postmodern communication and seek a contextually appropriate way of communicating the gospel in a digital culture. keywords: church; communication; culture; gospel; grand; learning; new; paradigm; people; post; postmodern; postmodernism; rapids; text; truth cache: gme-1245.doc plain text: gme-1245.txt item: #95 of 918 id: gme-1246 author: Bunch, James title: PHOTOJOURNALISM AND CHURCH PLANTING: The Strength of Images and Storytelling in Planting Churches date: 2013 words: 4181 flesch: 59 summary: Published at www.GlobalMissiology.org, October 2013 Photojournalism might not be the first thing a person thinks about when the topic is church planting. At first glance, it may be difficult to connect this form of media to church planting. keywords: church; missions; people; photojournalism; planting; story cache: gme-1246.doc plain text: gme-1246.txt item: #96 of 918 id: gme-1247 author: Stevens, Kayla title: TO THE ENDS: THE FACILITATOR’S ROLE IN THE SYMPHONY OF MISSIONS date: 2013 words: 3582 flesch: 47 summary: Biblically, the intertwining melodies of church planting movements are illustrated throughout scripture and incorporate many of the ideologies concerning the facilitator’s role in church planting. Church planting facilitators focus a specific amount of time on indigenous churches that seek to reproduce without the need of a foreign missionary. keywords: church; churches; facilitator; movements; planting cache: gme-1247.doc plain text: gme-1247.txt item: #97 of 918 id: gme-1248 author: Wu, Jackson title: THE GOSPEL WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL CONTEXTUALIZATION date: 2013 words: 17220 flesch: 57 summary: � � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:GDFlF8Oe,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Li Wen, \\uc0\\u8220{}Young Chinese Couples Face Pressure from \\uc0\\u8216{}4-2-1\\uc0\\u8217{} Family Structure,\\uc0\\u8221{} \\i People\\uc0\\u8217{}s Daily Online\\i0{}, August 25, 2010, n.p. Xiaojing yizhu [Translated notes on The Book of Filial Piety], (Beijing, Zhonghua Book Company), 1. � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:pL6jiwP2,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Rappa and Tan, \\uc0\\u8220{}Political Implications of Confucian Familism,\\uc0\\u8221{} 93.},plainCitation:Rappa and Tan, “Political Implications of Confucian Familism,” 93.},citationItems:[{id:1503,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/FBIB6V8S],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/FBIB6V8S],locator:93}]} �Rappa and Tan, “Political Implications of Confucian Familism,” 93.� � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:b2v5ybQE,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Jenny Yau, Judith Smetana, and Aaron Metzger, \\uc0\\u8220{}Young Chinese Children\\uc0\\u8217{}s Authority Concepts,\\uc0\\u8221{} \\i Social Development\\i0{} 18, no. 1 (2009): 211, 221, 224.},plainCitation:Jenny Yau, Judith Smetana, and Aaron Metzger, “Young Chinese Children’s Authority Concepts,” Social Development 18, no. 1 (2009): 211, 221, 224.},citationItems:[{id:1889,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/2AX78NAU],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/2AX78NAU],locator:211, 221, 224}]} �Jenny Yau, Judith Smetana, and Aaron Metzger, “Young Chinese Children’s Authority Concepts,” Social Development 18, no. 1 (2009): 211, 221, 224.� � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:idkJvMFz,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf Kwang-Kuo Hwang, \\uc0\\u8220{}Guanxi and Mientze: Conflict Resolution in Chinese Society,\\uc0\\u8221{} \\i Intercultural Communication Studies\\i0{} 8, no. 1 (1997): 30.},plainCitation:Kwang-Kuo Hwang, “Guanxi and Mientze: Conflict Resolution in Chinese Society,” Intercultural Communication Studies 8, no. 1 (1997): 30.},citationItems:[{id:1891,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/JVCIIZNT],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/467902/items/JVCIIZNT],locator:30}]} �Kwang-Kuo Hwang, “Guanxi and Mientze: Conflict Resolution in Chinese Society,” Intercultural Communication Studies 8, no. 1 (1997): 30.� � I do not suggest that the child obeys whatever his parents command. keywords: \\i; children; china; chinese; culture; face; family; father; god; gospel; honor; items; jesus; n.p; new; online; parents; people; shame; users/467902; world; zotero_item; � addin; � � cache: gme-1248.doc plain text: gme-1248.txt item: #98 of 918 id: gme-1249 author: Emetuche, Damian title: Church Planting as Spiritual Warfare - Part 2 date: 2013 words: 7977 flesch: 73 summary: In other words, the mission and task of the Holy Spirit is to fulfill and actualize the victory of Jesus Christ here and now through conversion, regeneration of hearts, deliverance from a life of sin and satanic bondage, to faith and life in Christ Jesus. “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. keywords: acts; christ; church; god; holy; jesus; luke; mark; power; spirit cache: gme-1249.doc plain text: gme-1249.txt item: #99 of 918 id: gme-125 author: Singh, Pritam; Thomas, T.V. title: MINISTERING TO SOUTH ASIANS IN CANADA AND BEYOND date: 2010 words: 1932 flesch: 56 summary: In July of 2001, God laid a vision in the hearts of various leaders of the South Asian Diaspora for a new and relevant work aimed at the next generation of young South Asians. With limited opportunities for permanent residence coupled with political instability and insecurity in the Middle East, many South Asians are immigrating to Canada. keywords: asian; canada; generation; god; percent; south cache: gme-125.pdf plain text: gme-125.txt item: #100 of 918 id: gme-1250 author: None title: gme-1250 date: None words: 636 flesch: 59 summary: This general procedure was probably followed in many early missionary undertakings (cf. Overseas as well as at home, there is a temptation to identify certain “abilities” or “competencies”; classify them as “gifts”; and choose church officers on that basis. keywords: acts; church cache: gme-1250.doc plain text: gme-1250.txt item: #101 of 918 id: gme-1251 author: Jackson, Morgan title: AUDIO BIBLES AND THE ENDS OF THE EARTH date: 2013 words: 2159 flesch: 58 summary: Audio Bible Distribution For the first 15 years of our international ministry, Bible recordings on cassette were the primary media choice. Within just a few years we were being approached by missionaries and pastors from other countries pleading with us to expand our work to include other languages as poverty and illiteracy were major barriers to missions work. keywords: audio; bible; god; people; world cache: gme-1251.doc plain text: gme-1251.txt item: #102 of 918 id: gme-1252 author: Bridges, J. D. title: The Story and Leveraging Technology for the Sake of the Gospel date: 2013 words: 1456 flesch: 70 summary: The vision behind this website was to give individuals and churches free access to The Story booklet by embedding it on their websites, blogs, and/or Facebook pages to supplement their evangelism efforts. This led us to write and publish The Story booklet, but not after asking several questions. keywords: gospel; story; technology cache: gme-1252.doc plain text: gme-1252.txt item: #103 of 918 id: gme-1253 author: Bender, Doug title: Would Jesus Tweet? Why Videos, Websites, and Tweets are more than a Passing Fad date: 2013 words: 954 flesch: 75 summary: Would Jesus leverage videos, social media, and the world wide web to spread the world’s most important message? Because in an age where leaders too often come off as unreal superheros, social media allows you the chance to be personal, raw, and a bit more human, a chance, we think, Jesus would have jumped at. keywords: jesus; media; people cache: gme-1253.docx plain text: gme-1253.txt item: #104 of 918 id: gme-1254 author: Hirt, Matthew title: Book Review - The Insanity of God: The True Story of Faith Resurrected date: 2013 words: 1516 flesch: 61 summary: While many readers may desire a resolution at the end of the story, Ripken challenges the reader to become part of the resolution. Ripken goes on to criticize this avoidance tactic that many American Christians have implicitly embraced arguing that it is not a matter of “Do I have the freedom?” keywords: god; persecution; ripken cache: gme-1254.doc plain text: gme-1254.txt item: #105 of 918 id: gme-1255 author: Wan, Enoch title: Global Missiology Humor Part 1 date: 2013 words: 163 flesch: 65 summary: When the book came out, the section on Great Uncle Clarence read: “Great Uncle Clarence occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important government institution. Much to their horror, it was discovered that Great Uncle Clarence had been executed in the electric chair for committing murder. keywords: family cache: gme-1255.docx plain text: gme-1255.txt item: #106 of 918 id: gme-1256 author: Wan, Enoch title: Global Missiology Humor Part 2 date: 2013 words: 30 flesch: 64 summary: image4.jpeg image5.jpeg image6.jpeg image7.jpeg image8.jpeg image9.jpeg image10.jpeg image11.jpeg image12.jpeg image13.jpeg image14.jpeg image1.jpeg image2.jpeg image3.jpeg Are you getting the maximum use of your vehicle? keywords: image4.jpeg cache: gme-1256.docx plain text: gme-1256.txt item: #107 of 918 id: gme-1257 author: Grant, Paul title: WHAT CAN I TAKE TO HEAVEN? date: 2013 words: 240 flesch: 52 summary: By the late Paul Grant Published at www.GlobalMissiology.org, October 2013 We cram our lives with collectables Like a train with containers in tow, Our assets, possessions, and materials, Define us wherever we go We categorise our attainments, Or make lists of goals we’ve perceived, We examine our own assessments And consider what we’ve achieved Who we are, in our way of thinking, Consists of many fulfilments, As a new creation, sins forgiven, To see him and serve him face to face * 2 Corinthians 4:18 Paul E. Grant, April 2008 keywords: heaven cache: gme-1257.doc plain text: gme-1257.txt item: #108 of 918 id: gme-126 author: None title: gme-126 date: None words: 5920 flesch: 62 summary: We need to become world Christians in our outlook. Let's take a bird's eye view, so as to see the grand sweep of world history without getting bogged down in the details. keywords: century; christianity; christians; church; god; history; people; population; today; world cache: gme-126.pdf plain text: gme-126.txt item: #109 of 918 id: gme-127 author: DeNeui, Paul H. title: CONTEXTUALIZING WITH THAI FOLK BUDDHISTS date: 2010 words: 11502 flesch: 64 summary: What Can We Learn from Thai Folk Buddhists? What Can We Learn from Thai Folk Buddhists? keywords: animism; believers; buddhist; christ; christian; church; communication; folk; folk buddhism; forms; god; jesus; john; life; people; power; practices; spirit; thai; thai folk; thailand; world cache: gme-127.pdf plain text: gme-127.txt item: #110 of 918 id: gme-128 author: Wan, Enoch title: ETHNIC RECEPTIVITY AND INTERCULTURAL MINISTRIES date: 2010 words: 3812 flesch: 46 summary: Ethnic churches may begin with a monolingual immigrant congregation made up of OBEs. Many ethnic Canadians from Buddhist, Hindu, and Islam backgrounds take pride in their religious devotion, personal discipline, and ascetic deliberation of their ancestral faith. keywords: canadian; christian; church; culture; evangelism; gospel; integration; variation cache: gme-128.pdf plain text: gme-128.txt item: #111 of 918 id: gme-129 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: How to Foment a City-Wide Missions Movement: Lessons from Singapore date: 2010 words: 3287 flesch: 67 summary: SCEM organized a lot of mission events. I would advocate organizing mission events for all sectors of the Christian community – children, youth, students, the elderly, intercessors, professionals, musicians, artists, and so on. keywords: churches; city; events; missions; scem; singapore cache: gme-129.pdf plain text: gme-129.txt item: #112 of 918 id: gme-130 author: Sills, Michael David title: Training leaders for the majority world church in the 21st century date: 2010 words: 6187 flesch: 62 summary: In conversations with church leaders from Hong Kong in the south to port cities along China’s eastern edge, the greatest need in China today is for leaders; more specifically, trained leaders. The list of men who developed and honed to precision this ingenious method of training leaders in the majority world reads like a “who’s who” of missionary greats: Ralph Winter, F. Ross Kinsler, Ted Ward, Sam Rowen, George Patterson, Sam Burton, Fred Holland, and Herbert Klem just to name a few (Winter 1969). keywords: church; churches; cultures; ecuador; education; extension; latin; leaders; ministry; missions; new; pastors; people; press; quito; seminary; tee; theological; training; university; william; world cache: gme-130.pdf plain text: gme-130.txt item: #113 of 918 id: gme-131 author: Wong, Chai Kee title: Can It Be Bad When It’s So Useful? Management Science as a Carrier of Modernity date: 2010 words: 11185 flesch: 58 summary: Surely a good dose of well-regarded corporate practices can do church management a world of good! Church management should be an epitome of good management, so says the conventional wisdom. keywords: christian; church; churches; companies; customer; god; good; leadership; management; management science; new; organisations; parachurch; people; science; service; values; work; world cache: gme-131.pdf plain text: gme-131.txt item: #114 of 918 id: gme-132 author: Barcley, William B. title: READING ROMANS MISSIOLOGICALLY date: 2010 words: 5873 flesch: 57 summary: Reading Romans Missiologically, William B. Barclay, 1999 Published at www.GlobalMissiology.org in 2003 3 On the other hand, there are, it seems to me, insurmountable problems with this view: a. Paul never explicitly addresses a problem of division. ”24 Dunn argues that, in addition to apologetic and pastoral purposes, a Reading Romans Missiologically, William B. Barclay, 1999 Published at www.GlobalMissiology.org in 2003 5 missiological purpose is central to understand Paul’s reason for writing Romans.25 And Moo writes that the various purposes of Paul for writing Romans share a common denominator, namely, Paul’s missionary situation.26 keywords: gentiles; god; gospel; jews; letter; mission; paul; reading; romans; rome cache: gme-132.pdf plain text: gme-132.txt item: #115 of 918 id: gme-133 author: Patterson, George; Currah, Galen; Wan, Enoch title: Classroom Instruction and Mentoring Compared date: 2010 words: 5037 flesch: 61 summary: New leaders begin almost from the beginning to train newer leaders in newer churches or cells. Just as newborn babies need much personal attention, new leaders and new churches need mentoring until they are doing what the New Testament requires for them. keywords: church; churches; classroom; leaders; mentoring; ministry; new; students; teaching cache: gme-133.pdf plain text: gme-133.txt item: #116 of 918 id: gme-134 author: Patterson, George; Currah, Galen title: Church Multiplication — Guidelines and Dangers date: 2010 words: 3050 flesch: 64 summary: Churches take the responsibility for planting new churches. New churches reproduce newer ones. keywords: church; churches; god; jesus; leaders; multiplication cache: gme-134.pdf plain text: gme-134.txt item: #117 of 918 id: gme-136 author: Wan, Enoch title: FIVE BEST THINGS TO SAY IF YOU GET CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK date: 2010 words: 127 flesch: 83 summary: NUMBER 2: Did you ever notice sound coming out of these keyboards when you put your ear down real close?   NUMBER 1 and MY all time Favorite best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk: (Raising your head slowly) '... in Jesus' name, Amen like they raved about in the time-management course you sent me to. NUMBER 3 : 'Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-out. keywords: number cache: gme-136.htm plain text: gme-136.txt item: #118 of 918 id: gme-137 author: Wan, Enoch title: Random Thoughts date: 2010 words: 82 flesch: 84 summary: If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? keywords: thoughts cache: gme-137.htm plain text: gme-137.txt item: #119 of 918 id: gme-138 author: None title: gme-138 date: None words: 8206 flesch: 77 summary: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS God is one! keywords: christ; father; god; holy; holy spirit; jesus; persons; son; spirit; trinity cache: gme-138.doc plain text: gme-138.txt item: #120 of 918 id: gme-139 author: Seim, Brian title: Diaspora Mission date: 2010 words: 13033 flesch: 72 summary: So, our city looks more like other cities around the world than the country of which it is part. My brothers went to smaller cities, maintained traditional lives. keywords: acculturation; change; church; churches; cities; city; community; culture; god; joe; joseph; language; life; new; people; phone; robert; time; urban; village; work; world; years cache: gme-139.doc plain text: gme-139.txt item: #121 of 918 id: gme-140 author: Rosado, Caleb title: The Four Worlds Model and the Urban Church date: 2010 words: 6249 flesch: 67 summary: In this article I will introduce a conceptual model for understanding today’s urban world and the challenges that such an understanding poses for missiology in an urban context. The same can be said of the theologies, urban theories, and methodologies of ministry that emerge to meet the challenge of urban ministry. keywords: context; east; god; model; understanding; urban; west; wholeness; worlds cache: gme-140.doc plain text: gme-140.txt item: #122 of 918 id: gme-142 author: Wan, Enoch title: THREE STEPS ENGAGING THE DIASPORA IN CANADA IN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS date: 2010 words: 829 flesch: 31 summary: For a case study on the First Filipino Church in Edmonton engaging in diaspora mission, see “Filipino International Network: A Strategic Model for Filipino Diaspora Glocal® Missions” by Sadiri Joy B. Tira Published in Global Missiology, Featured Article, October 2004, www.globalmissiology.net · Enoch Wan, Missions Within Reach: Intercultural Ministries in Canada. According to the projection of Statistics Canada, by 2031, approximately 28% of the population will be foreign-born. keywords: canada; diaspora cache: gme-142.doc plain text: gme-142.txt item: #123 of 918 id: gme-143 author: Daban, Mary Roberts title: Chinese Confucian Christians: A Blended, Nuclear Identity in North America date: 2010 words: 16660 flesch: 51 summary: In this study, I seek to discover the main components of Chinese Christian identity in North America. What is most important in the construction of Chinese Christian American identities, for example? keywords: american; analysis; chinese; christian; church; confucian; construction; culture; family; focus; god; group; harmony; identity; identity construction; love; participants; person; relationships; ren; representations; self; study cache: gme-143.doc plain text: gme-143.txt item: #124 of 918 id: gme-144 author: Tino, Rev. James title: GOSPEL PROCLAMATION AMONG THE URBAN POOR date: 2010 words: 3987 flesch: 52 summary: We know that there will always be poor people among us, but the question for us as Western missionaries is, “will we be among the poor?” II. These two factors - fear and unmet needs – create (or at least, contribute to) the desire for protection and for supernatural assistance, which are key for understanding the widespread practice of various forms of popular religion or “folk religion” by poor people around the world. keywords: class; gospel; life; people; problem; religion cache: gme-144.doc plain text: gme-144.txt item: #125 of 918 id: gme-145 author: Ruark, Torin title: Review : Communicating Across Cultures date: 2010 words: 810 flesch: 44 summary: The book applies this theory to cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and cultural adaptation. The challenge of cross-cultural communication is ensuring that all parties feel their needs are being met through the communication process. keywords: communication; ting cache: gme-145.doc plain text: gme-145.txt item: #126 of 918 id: gme-147 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2010 words: 104 flesch: 100 summary: Always keep your words soft and sweet - just in case you have to eat them.  Birthdays are good for you.   keywords: days cache: gme-147.doc plain text: gme-147.txt item: #127 of 918 id: gme-148 author: Wan, Enoch; Wan, Johnny Yee-chong title: PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION - #2 date: 2010 words: 18069 flesch: 62 summary: The resignation of Jaffray’ chairmanship has been clearly stated in The C&MA Annual Report for the year of 1930 which is cited from “The Annual Report of South China Alliance Mission, 1930,” in The South China Alliance Tidings (Wuchow, China, 1931-April No.2), 12. � Jaffray went to hear A. B. Simpson in person, and from that time he surrendered himself to Christ and gave his whole life to Christ for becoming a missionary for the Chinese people. keywords: alliance; c&ma; china; china alliance; chinese; christian; church; east; field; god; indies; jaffray; leadership; life; ministry; missionaries; missionary; new; simpson; south china; tomatala; tozer; work; world; years cache: gme-148.doc plain text: gme-148.txt item: #128 of 918 id: gme-149 author: Cuartas, Victor H. title: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAFY:PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AMONG THE HISPANICS date: 2010 words: 4301 flesch: 46 summary: He is the author of “Empowering Hispanic Leaders.” These suggestions obviously hold out much promise in meeting the needs for more widespread training for Hispanic leaders. keywords: book; education; hernandez; hispanic; ibid; leaders; ministry; theology cache: gme-149.doc plain text: gme-149.txt item: #129 of 918 id: gme-152 author: Unknown, Author title: The Parable of the Fishermen date: 2010 words: 633 flesch: 76 summary: Some studied much and traveled to learn the history of fishing and to see faraway places where the founding fathers did great fishing in centuries past. They sponsored costly nationwide and worldwide congresses to discuss fishing and promote fishing and hear about all the ways of fishing, such as new fishing equipment, fish calls, controlling water temperatures and whether any new bait was discovered. keywords: fishing cache: gme-152.pdf plain text: gme-152.txt item: #130 of 918 id: gme-153 author: None title: gme-153 date: None words: 1615 flesch: 64 summary: Church planting is no different. Church planting is an event, whereas cultivation is a process, which includes, preparing the soil, weeding, sowing seed, watering, fertilizing, protecting and reaping immediately when the harvest is ready. keywords: church; harvest; india; planting cache: gme-153.pdf plain text: gme-153.txt item: #131 of 918 id: gme-155 author: Peter Sekhonyane, www.joelnews.org, title: PRAYER CHANGES VIOLENT TOWNSHIPS IN SOUTH AFRICA date: 2010 words: 841 flesch: 74 summary: For three weeks he intensively trained Christians of all churches on prayer and the principles of 24-hour prayer. Prayer is taken to the people and some are being prayed for in their homes! keywords: peter; prayer cache: gme-155.pdf plain text: gme-155.txt item: #132 of 918 id: gme-156 author: Hesselgrave, David title: The Doctor Who Attended His Own Funeral date: 2010 words: 1233 flesch: 78 summary: Dr. Sakakida is the only man I have ever known who not only arranged, but also attended, his own funeral! Then, in October of 1958, Dr. Sakakida joined our English Bible class in order to learn—what else?—English! keywords: funeral; sakakida cache: gme-156.pdf plain text: gme-156.txt item: #133 of 918 id: gme-157 author: None title: gme-157 date: None words: 5276 flesch: 57 summary: Business entrepreneurs start new ventures. In a diminutive analogy, business entrepreneurs see the potential for a business and through the exercise of their unusual gifts, call into existence all the production, marketing, sales, and distribution that make their vision a reality. keywords: business; christian; church; country; entrepreneurs; god; missions; people; strategy; work; world cache: gme-157.pdf plain text: gme-157.txt item: #134 of 918 id: gme-158 author: McGatlin, Ron title: Only the Supernatural can save our Nation date: 2010 words: 1656 flesch: 76 summary: We as western nations have separated ourselves from the provision and protection of God by seeking after many natural gods such as immoral pleasure, sports, riches, power, intellectual supremacy, and all that fulfills the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The core of supernatural living is confidence or faith in spiritual supernatural God to provide all that is needed to sustain and fulfill life. keywords: god; nations cache: gme-158.pdf plain text: gme-158.txt item: #135 of 918 id: gme-159 author: Allison, Norman E. title: Understanding and Teaching Religious Belief Systems in the 21st Century Missions date: 2010 words: 6713 flesch: 61 summary: Since our class is concerned primarily with understanding non-Western belief systems, this understanding is further illustrated through readings from Nuer Religion, by E. E. Evans- 9 Pritchard. In the specific application and integration of all these factors, I need to further state that my own study of religious belief systems began during the ten years I spent working among the Arabs of Jordan and Lebanon. keywords: anthropology; belief; course; level; model; new; people; press; religion; students; systems; thought; world cache: gme-159.pdf plain text: gme-159.txt item: #136 of 918 id: gme-16 author: Brickner, David N. title: Jewish Resistance to The Gospel date: 2010 words: 9411 flesch: 62 summary: Ministers who separate themselves from Jewish Christians and who eschew opportunities to tell Jewish people about Jesus out of respect and friendship for rabbis must ask themselves, how good a friend they are to the cause of Christ. Celebrated Yiddish linguist Leo Rosten gives a definition for the Jewish people when he quotes the anonymous saying, “Jewish people are just like everyone else . . . . keywords: believers; christian; church; community; faith; god; gospel; history; identity; jesus; jews; leaders; need; new; people; resistance cache: gme-16.pdf plain text: gme-16.txt item: #137 of 918 id: gme-160 author: Inc., AFC title: September 2006 Prayer Calender date: 2010 words: 1392 flesch: 78 summary: Pray for physical health, good com- munication at home, strength and re- newed passion to do their work and to serve Him. 24 Please pray for AFC ministry staff to have an adequate circle of friends for the support of their ministry. 27 Violet Chen, Bo Cheng, Mona Caris, Betty Erickson, Betty Gast, Gretta Groff, Jane Hostetter, Janet Leaman, Grace Lo, and Nancy Martin serve as volunteers with AFC ministry at the AFC headquarters. keywords: afc; chinese; lord; new cache: gme-160.pdf plain text: gme-160.txt item: #138 of 918 id: gme-161 author: Franklin, Kirk title: The Apostle Paul, Asian Diaspora and Mission date: 2010 words: 3467 flesch: 62 summary: Hello Dale The Apostle Paul, Asian Diaspora and Mission Kirk Franklin - Executive Director of Wycliffe Australia (Permission granted by author for posting at Global Missiology, October 2006) I. Introduction This paper analyses the characteristics of the biblical Jewish Diaspora and the Septuagint Scriptures and synagogues that were important to them. Accounts exist of Jewish Diaspora settling in China (referred to as Sinim in Isaiah 49:12), India, Arabia and Ethiopia (DeRidder 1975:60-69). keywords: asian; church; diaspora; jews; missionary; paul; people; synagogue; world cache: gme-161.pdf plain text: gme-161.txt item: #139 of 918 id: gme-162 author: Wan, Enoch title: Diaspora Missiology date: 2010 words: 759 flesch: 31 summary: Dr. Terry Casino (Ph.D. & Th.D.) - Filipino diaspora in Europe 2. Dr. Enoch Wan (Ph.D.) - Chinese diaspora 19. keywords: diaspora; missiology; ph.d cache: gme-162.pdf plain text: gme-162.txt item: #140 of 918 id: gme-1626 author: Wan, Enoch; Nguyen, Tin V. title: Towards a Theology of Relational Mission Training - An Application of the Relational Paradigm Enoch Wan and Tin V. Nguyen date: 2013 words: 4020 flesch: 57 summary: In this paper, a theology for relational mission training is proposed. Conclusion In this paper, a theology for relational mission training is proposed. keywords: god; mission; paul; relationship; spiritual; timothy; training cache: gme-1626.doc plain text: gme-1626.txt item: #141 of 918 id: gme-1627 author: Lim, Theodore title: Application of Lim’s Model in Measuring Missionaries’ Job Satisfaction by Evaluating Their Degree of Contextualization in Mission Field date: 2013 words: 6171 flesch: 55 summary: There are people who can adapt to different cultural environments very well, but some people do not deal well with those in other cultures. Personality and Intimacy Each individual's personality and level of intimacy preference are of such importance in adapting to other cultures. keywords: contextualization; culture; degree; language; mission; missionaries; people; survey; work cache: gme-1627.doc plain text: gme-1627.txt item: #142 of 918 id: gme-1628 author: Harries, Jim title: Jigger Fleas, Spirits, Inter-cultural Theology and the Development of Africa date: 2013 words: 5527 flesch: 65 summary: Hence it is important that outsiders who want to work in such a way as to bring sustainable benefit to African people should communicate using African languages, as far as possible from within an African cultural framework. Such people do not have the freedom to talk about ‘them’ (i.e. Africans) in any kind of objective way, because they are ‘one of them’. keywords: africa; feet; flea; jigger; people; west; world cache: gme-1628.doc plain text: gme-1628.txt item: #143 of 918 id: gme-1629 author: Ladep, Gwamzhi N. title: Migration and the African Christian Diaspora in the United States: Imperative of Cross-cultural Mission date: 2013 words: 3645 flesch: 53 summary: The common argument promoting this theory is that homogenous churches grow faster than multiethnic churches. One area in which the Church in the United States can express her unity and promote God’s kingdom agenda involves building multicultural churches that incorporate diversity in ministry. keywords: church; churches; diaspora; god; jesus; states; united cache: gme-1629.doc plain text: gme-1629.txt item: #144 of 918 id: gme-163 author: Missiology, Global title: GLOBAL DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY CONSULTATION date: 2010 words: 659 flesch: 59 summary: Dr. Yamamori will address the topic “Business as Mission.” The convener of the event, Dr. Tetsunao Yamamori, will present a free public lecture at a chapel service on Thursday, November 16, at 9:30 AM. keywords: diaspora; ph.d cache: gme-163.pdf plain text: gme-163.txt item: #145 of 918 id: gme-1630 author: None title: gme-1630 date: None words: 501 flesch: 40 summary: Church prophets – there seem to be few, At times bring some inspiration, May God send prophets to bring a debut Of national transformation � Dimitri Panin (1976) quoted in Alexander Solzenhitsyn – A Century In His Life by D.M. Thomas, 1998. One man stood out in protest Against this ghastly slaughter, It seems he was God-sent to contest This evil, and become a universal reporter Alexander Solzenhitsyn is his name An extraordinarily heroic figure, His passion was to fearlessly declaim This diabolic evil with vigour From Czar regimes, then Lenin and Stalin There came totalitiarian rule, Anti-God communism treated millions as vermin, Monstrous oppression unspeakably cruel A brilliant scientist and mathematician keywords: god; prophet cache: gme-1630.doc plain text: gme-1630.txt item: #146 of 918 id: gme-1631 author: None title: gme-1631 date: None words: 20 flesch: 85 summary: New Year Greetings The Lord Bless You and Keep You Deborah Ko (Soprano) Peter Tang, M.D. (Tenor)   Watch the Video keywords: video cache: gme-1631.doc plain text: gme-1631.txt item: #147 of 918 id: gme-1632 author: Hesselgrave, David title: The Legacy of the Apostle Paul to Apostolic Faith and Mission Today date: 2013 words: 626 flesch: 64 summary: For example, in his classic Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? (Eerdmans), Roland Allen compares the methods of Paul with the missionary methods of his day (early 20th century) and finds Paul’s to be superior. But Jesus’ mission was different than Paul’s and ours as well. keywords: mission; paul cache: gme-1632.doc plain text: gme-1632.txt item: #148 of 918 id: gme-1633 author: Dye, T. Wayne; Hatcher, Tim title: Video Translation: Opportunity and Challenge date: 2013 words: 5709 flesch: 58 summary: We think that with fewer than twenty video portrayals, video Scriptures would result in much better communication. Those relationships will inevitably be portrayed in some way in video Scriptures; we depend on exegetes and consultants to help us make those portrayals be as true to source culture meaning as possible. keywords: bible; information; jesus; language; new; original; people; scripture; translation; video; written cache: gme-1633.doc plain text: gme-1633.txt item: #149 of 918 id: gme-1634 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth date: 2013 words: 6724 flesch: 56 summary: Christ’s disciples are to think God’s revealed thoughts after Him and to follow our King in both implicit and thoroughly-thought-out trust in every area of life. Second, this volume implicit and sometimes explicitly agrees that there are no such things as neutral facts that compel us to believe something contrary to that which God reveals in Scripture. keywords: creation; death; earth; evil; genesis; god; gospel; mortenson; scripture; time; ury; volume cache: gme-1634.doc plain text: gme-1634.txt item: #150 of 918 id: gme-1635 author: Bush, Luis; Fulton, Brent; in China, A Christian Worker title: China's Next Generation: New Church, New China, New World date: 2013 words: 20 flesch: 68 summary: China's Next Generation: New Church, New China, New World Luis Bush, Brent Fulton & A Christian Worker in China Download keywords: china cache: gme-1635.doc plain text: gme-1635.txt item: #151 of 918 id: gme-1636 author: Wan, Enoch title: If you think you’re having a bad day… date: 2013 words: 9 flesch: 108 summary: If you think you’re having a bad day… keywords: day cache: gme-1636.doc plain text: gme-1636.txt item: #152 of 918 id: gme-165 author: Wainwright, Geoffrey title: Review of "God the Holy Trinity: Reflections on Christian Faith and Practice" date: 2010 words: 444 flesch: 44 summary: Author Information: Timothy George (Th.D., Harvard University) is founding dean of Beeson Divinity School. Status: Fall 2006 Description: God the Holy Trinity brings together leading scholars from diverse theological perspectives to reflect on various theological and practical aspects of the core Christian doctrine of the Trinity. keywords: christian; trinity cache: gme-165.pdf plain text: gme-165.txt item: #153 of 918 id: gme-1654 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2014 words: 60 flesch: 17 summary: Readers are encouraged to use the link to browse the upcoming issue of Occasional Bulletin of Evangelical Missiological Society where three more pieces on the same theme will be published. Theme: Vulnerable Mission Editorial: This is a special issue focusing on “Vulnerable Mission” featuring papers presented at the two conferences held in the UK and the USA. keywords: theme cache: gme-1654.doc plain text: gme-1654.txt item: #154 of 918 id: gme-1655 author: Tuggy, John D title: Sex and Vulnerability: Casual Mission vs. Covenant Marriage date: 2014 words: 12122 flesch: 32 summary: �[� ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:nb7I5Zmi,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf \\i World Vision International Accountability Report 2010\\i0{}; \\uc0\\u8220{}GDP 2010 (current US$) The mutuality of gift exchange puts local church partners on a more equal exchange, allowing the Northern partner – usually entering the partnership with a “giving” mentality – to experience the transformative effect of receiving. keywords: \\i; biblical; church; citation.json; covenant; csl; csl_citation; god; items; language; master; mission; new; partnership; schema; style; testament; users/770342; world; zotero_item; � addin; � � cache: gme-1655.doc plain text: gme-1655.txt item: #155 of 918 id: gme-1656 author: Varney, Peter title: VULNERABLE MISSION: THE USE OF LOCAL LANGUAGE AND RESOURCES, IN THE WORK OF THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN BORNEO date: 2014 words: 4586 flesch: 64 summary: Perhaps Iban Christians may offer some new conceptualizations to other parts of the Christian world where traditional religions have encountered western Christianity. Few of today’s Iban Christians or church leaders use such language about hell today. keywords: anglican; borneo; christian; iban; mission; people; sarawak; sebayan; traditional; world cache: gme-1656.doc plain text: gme-1656.txt item: #156 of 918 id: gme-1657 author: Grigg, Viv title: ECONOMIC DISCIPLESHIP: VULNERABILITY TO LIBERATE THE VULNERABLE date: 2014 words: 3220 flesch: 68 summary: I was teaching our ten principles of economics Grigg, 2010() to a cluster of slum pastors in a beautiful slum church with plywood walls and galvanized iron roof in an African city. Productivity XE “productivity” Good outcomes 6yrs and 49 yrs of productivity Parables of multiplying seed as a Kingdom XE “Kingdom” principle 4.Cooperative Economics XE “cooperative economics” Let “us” make Common purse, Not a needy one among them Provide for others 5. keywords: discipleship; economics; good; jubilee; pastors; people cache: gme-1657.doc plain text: gme-1657.txt item: #157 of 918 id: gme-1658 author: Easterling, John F title: Church Planting in the Slums of Bangkok: Moving from a Missionary Dependency Model to a Vulnerable Mission Model date: 2014 words: 4520 flesch: 65 summary: Kevin studied on-site the ministry to the poor in Fresno, California and then he traveled to Manila to see how a network of churches is transforming the slum communities through a combination of church planting and community development. The number of house churches is in flux with some groups open for a season and sometimes reopening or reforming in other ways. keywords: church; churches; community; house; kevin; missionary; thailand; walton cache: gme-1658.doc plain text: gme-1658.txt item: #158 of 918 id: gme-166 author: Currah, Galen title: Review of "Reproducible Pastoral Training: Church Planting Guidelines from the Teachings of George Patterson" date: 2010 words: 960 flesch: 72 summary: This book is not, however, a scientific study of how current church planting movements grow, nor does it propose an ideal curriculum in one size that fits all. Keep church body balanced; avoid stressing pet ministries. 39. keywords: church; guidelines; training cache: gme-166.pdf plain text: gme-166.txt item: #159 of 918 id: gme-1663 author: Johnson, Jean title: DOES HOLISTIC MISSION GUARANTEE HOLISTIC CHURCHES? date: 2014 words: 4202 flesch: 55 summary: Alan Johnson, who has served as a missionary for twenty-seven years in Thailand and has written much about the Buddhist worldview, suggests that local churches are uniquely placed to implement ministry as word and deed within their communities: Local churches have “family” type characteristics, work primarily within their own sociocultural sphere, have a multiplicity of giftings, and their members are embedded in relationships within the community. (2011:67–73) But is this holistic mindset and subsequent social action more rare or common among local churches? keywords: christian; churches; client; community; mission; patron; people; worldview cache: gme-1663.doc plain text: gme-1663.txt item: #160 of 918 id: gme-1666 author: Hanger, Ralph title: SCOPE OF UNHEALTHY DEPENDENCY date: 2014 words: 3719 flesch: 59 summary: We have all probably looked in from the outside to other people’s situations (and even our own), and felt that foreigners are too much in control of local church work or decision making or resource use or have been ‘in post’ too long or have an irrelevant life-style and so on. When there is the mindset (either amongst Africans or people from the MDW) that feels that everyone who comes from the MDW is superior to local people, 2. keywords: african; church; churches; dependency; mdw; mission; way cache: gme-1666.doc plain text: gme-1666.txt item: #161 of 918 id: gme-1667 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cultural Humor 1 date: 2014 words: 60 flesch: 101 summary: Scroll Down         Your CAT SCAN and LAB TESTS are now Complete. MEDICAL TEST:   STARE INTO THE CAT'S EYES FOR 10 SECONDS     keywords: seconds cache: gme-1667.doc plain text: gme-1667.txt item: #162 of 918 id: gme-1668 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cultural Humor 2 date: 2014 words: 555 flesch: 83 summary: Every year. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. WITNESS: Forty-five years. _________________________________ ATTORNEY: keywords: attorney cache: gme-1668.doc plain text: gme-1668.txt item: #163 of 918 id: gme-1672 author: Harries, Jim title: THE TALK LEADS THE WAY (ASTRAY): MISSION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA TODAY date: 2014 words: 3350 flesch: 56 summary: As well as destabilising communities, it carries the strong implicit message that African peoples are perpetually dependent clients of wealthy powerful Western patrons. Let us say that equivalents of both yes and welcome in African languages do not mean what they do in English: Terms such as Ee for ‘yes’ are in a sense grunts of appreciation for a sharing of mutual humanity rather than an acknowledgement of the correctness of what someone has said. keywords: africa; diagram; english; language; people; system; world cache: gme-1672.doc plain text: gme-1672.txt item: #164 of 918 id: gme-1673 author: Hesselgrave, David J. title: Missiological Reflection on Acts 13 date: 2014 words: 577 flesch: 61 summary: Finally, notice that these “missionaries of the churches” were “called to a work”—to doing or aiding gospel proclamation and church planting. Missionaries went out from Antioch, but not “on their own.” keywords: church cache: gme-1673.doc plain text: gme-1673.txt item: #165 of 918 id: gme-1679 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2014 words: 35 flesch: -14 summary: EDITORIAL Our theme in this issue is “Diaspora Missiology” to coincide with the Mission Leaders Conference (www.MissioLeadersConferene.org – Sep. 26-27, 2014 Hilton Atlanta, Georgia) which covers matters related to: immigration & migration, globalization, urbanization and exploitation. keywords: exploitation cache: gme-1679.doc plain text: gme-1679.txt item: #166 of 918 id: gme-168 author: Stewart, James title: Finding Our Way with Technology date: 2010 words: 1619 flesch: 57 summary: I am one who welcomes change, loves the potential that new technologies represent, but recognizes that we still have much to learn about how to integrate new systems into our contemporary cultural context. I love gadgets of every sort, and eagerly search the popular and professional literature for the next generation of technologies that will change our lives, perhaps to a degree and in a direction yet unimagined. keywords: god; science; technologies; technology cache: gme-168.pdf plain text: gme-168.txt item: #167 of 918 id: gme-1682 author: Crane, Michael D. title: An Uncomfortable Challenge: Lessons for Today’s Diasporas from the First Century Diaspora date: 2014 words: 5388 flesch: 55 summary: Through the centuries, Jewish diaspora communities have been some of the most prominent, and the missiological implications of these communities are worth examining. Many diaspora communities have faced unimaginable suffering due to community prejudice or government policies designed to favor the majority population, not to mention what they may have endured in their land of origin. keywords: assimilation; christians; communities; community; diaspora; god; jews; majority; people; population cache: gme-1682.doc plain text: gme-1682.txt item: #168 of 918 id: gme-1683 author: Young, Peter R. title: Insights and Ironies: Some Contributions of African Missiology date: 2014 words: 7149 flesch: 52 summary: Adogame has proposed many different barriers that may explain why Europeans (for he is examining African churches in Europe) do not feel comfortable in African churches Adogame, 2007() , but largely it is their very African-ness that is the source of the discomfort. In the mid twentieth century, as colonial dominance declined and as there was a realisation of the value of African culture in itself without reference to Europeans, African Christians also began to rethink theology. keywords: african; bediako; christian; christianity; church; churches; culture; faith; gospel; missiology; mission; theology cache: gme-1683.doc plain text: gme-1683.txt item: #169 of 918 id: gme-1684 author: Chinn, Leiton Edward title: Reflections on Reaching the International Student Diaspora in North America date: 2014 words: 6615 flesch: 46 summary: International students, scholars, and faculty, along with their families, constitute one of the sub-categories of temporary foreign residents. In 1975 at the world mission conference of famed Park Street Church in Boston, a former international student gave a powerful message, “The Great-Blind Spot in Missions Today” about ministry among international students, and how the Church often failed to see the tremendous opportunity and potential for world missions to and through foreign scholars. keywords: america; campus; church; country; international; ism; ministry; mission; missionary; north; students; vision; world; years cache: gme-1684.doc plain text: gme-1684.txt item: #170 of 918 id: gme-1685 author: Cashin, David title: Diaspora Ministry to Muslims in Japan, New Zealand and Sweden date: 2014 words: 4018 flesch: 64 summary: I define these broadly as large church versus house church and multicultural versus culture specific. Larger Churches sometimes develop an interest in Muslims but I have noticed that some have picked up a significant number of Muslim seekers without specifically aiming for it. keywords: church; churches; house; japan; muslim; new; sweden cache: gme-1685.doc plain text: gme-1685.txt item: #171 of 918 id: gme-1686 author: Pieters, Pastor Matt title: Are You a Christian or a Disciple? date: 2014 words: 599 flesch: 55 summary: Rather than shy away from the challenges of biblical discipleship as defined by Jesus, Gross acknowledges the challenges head on in a way that gets at the heart of the issues: following the real Jesus not our imagination, Jesus’ way of evangelism to “make disciples,” embracing Jesus’ “hard” words to follow him, obey, and turn in repentance, not being merely shallow converts. In this gem of a book Gross unpacks for us what Jesus’ call to follow him as disciple means and how, if we are to truly follow Jesus, we must walk down the same path he walked. keywords: jesus cache: gme-1686.doc plain text: gme-1686.txt item: #172 of 918 id: gme-1687 author: Wan, Enoch title: ANIMAL CRACKER-UPPERS date: 2014 words: 3 flesch: 6 summary: ANIMAL CRACKER-UPPERS   keywords: animal cache: gme-1687.doc plain text: gme-1687.txt item: #173 of 918 id: gme-1688 author: Wan, Enoch title: Our Theme date: 2014 words: 51 flesch: 30 summary: EDITORIAL – Our theme in this issue is “Diaspora Missiology” to coincide with the Mission Leaders Conference (www.MissioLeadersConferene.org – Sep. 26-27, 2014 Hilton Atlanta, Georgia) which covers matters related to: immigration & migration, globalization, urbanization and exploitation. Are you getting the maximum use of your vehicle? keywords: exploitation cache: gme-1688.doc plain text: gme-1688.txt item: #174 of 918 id: gme-1689 author: Olatoyan, Isaiah O. title: A Visionary Missionary date: 2014 words: 2969 flesch: 63 summary: See Louis M. Duval, Baptist Missions in Nigeria (Richmond, VA: Education Department Foreign Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention, 1928), 110. Education Department Foreign Mission Board Southern Baptist Convention, 1928), 157. keywords: baptist; mission; nigeria; smith; southern; work cache: gme-1689.doc plain text: gme-1689.txt item: #175 of 918 id: gme-169 author: Missiology, Global title: Internet Evangelism date: 2010 words: 3228 flesch: 31 summary: Posting articles • Website housekeeping (using website and reporting broken links, etc.) Remember, there are huge needs for evangelistic sites in non- English languages. keywords: christians; evangelism; gospel; non; online; people; site; web; website cache: gme-169.pdf plain text: gme-169.txt item: #176 of 918 id: gme-1690 author: Miller, Duane Alexander title: AN INTERVIEW WITH MOH-CHRISTOPH BILEK: ALGERIAN, BERBER, EX-MUSLIM AND CATHOLIC date: 2014 words: 1921 flesch: 67 summary: 8) The Catholic Church has come under a lot of fire from ex-Muslim Christians for its statement on Islam in the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate , which states that Muslims ‘adore the one God, living and subsisting in himself…’ and does not recommend evangelizing Muslims, but to ‘work sincerely for mutual understanding and preserve…justice and moral welfare…’ (section 3). His doctoral thesis, titled 'Living among the Breakage: Contextual Theology-making and ex-Muslim Christians' was successfully defended at the University of Edinburgh in 2013. keywords: christians; church; islam; muslim cache: gme-1690.doc plain text: gme-1690.txt item: #177 of 918 id: gme-170 author: Hiebert, Paul G.; Hiebert, Frances F. title: Case Studies in Missions date: 2010 words: 86560 flesch: 76 summary: Finally, the church might follow the policy practiced by many other churches in Africa and deny church membership to Too Many Wives 41 polygamists altogether. Other churches in South India had found that where equality and a rejection of caste had been made a condition for entry into the church, many Untouchables entered. keywords: ancestors; bible; case; chief; children; christian; church; churches; come; committee; country; culture; day; decision; elders; faith; family; father; felt; god; good; gospel; greg; help; high; home; house; husband; jesus; john; leaders; life; love; man; mark; marriage; matter; meeting; members; ministry; mission; missionaries; missionary; money; mother; mrs; need; new; parents; pastor; people; place; prayer; problem; reverend; right; school; son; spirit; time; village; way; wife; wives; women; work; world; worship; years cache: gme-170.pdf plain text: gme-170.txt item: #178 of 918 id: gme-1709 author: Wan, Enoch title: THE IDS SERIES ON “DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY” date: 2014 words: 543 flesch: 55 summary: “Case Studies of Diaspora Missiology: Jew, Chinese and Filipino on the Move” - Dr. Enoch Wan., Dr. Twovya Zaretsky and Dr. Joy Tira (D.Miss. level – 3 credits) 2) “Business as Transformation: Principles and Practice of Holistic Mission” -- Dr. Ted Yamamori (M.A. or D.Miss. level – 3 credits) · Hosted the ASSOCIATES FOR DIASPORA, LCWE, January 3-5, 2008 in Portland, OR · “The Mission to Hindus in Diaspora” – Dr. Atul Aghamkar, summer 2009 (D.Miss. 3 credits) For more information about IDS: please contact Dr. Enoch Wan, Director of IDS at 503-517-1804 or e-mail ewan@westernseminary.edu LAUNCHING THE IDS SERIES (Available @ www.amazon.com - CreateSpace Store / BOOK) · keywords: diaspora; enoch cache: gme-1709.doc plain text: gme-1709.txt item: #179 of 918 id: gme-171 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: A Covenantal Ontology of the Triune God: An Attempt to Expound the Relationship between the Covenant and Ontology and Answer Richard Phillips’ Criticisms of My Views date: 2010 words: 41329 flesch: 62 summary: God reveals Himself to us as the One and Only Living God, who from eternity is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thus, if the name “Son of God” means the one who is our covenantal Messiah and Savior, and suggests the covenant given to us in Christ, then by analogy the name “Son of God” implies covenantal relationship when used of the Son’s relationship to the Father. keywords: adam; covenant; covenant god; creation; divine; doctrine; essence; father; god; john; love; man; persons; reformed; relationship; son; son relationship; spirit; theology; til; trinity; van; view; word; works cache: gme-171.pdf plain text: gme-171.txt item: #180 of 918 id: gme-1710 author: G. Robinson, George title: Editorial date: 2014 words: 612 flesch: 51 summary: EDITORIAL: “CONVICTION OR COMPROMISE IN MISSIONARY METHODS?” By George G. Robinson Published in Global Missiology, October 2014 @ www.globalmissiology.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– “Too slow and introspective!” Blessed to be a blessing, George G. Robinson (D.Missiology) Assistant Editor, Global Missiology Associate Professor of Missions & Evangelism Headrick Chair of World Missions Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary keywords: conviction; theological cache: gme-1710.docx plain text: gme-1710.txt item: #181 of 918 id: gme-1711 author: Wu, Jackson title: There Are No Church Planting Movements in the Bible: Why Biblical Exegesis Missiological Methods Cannot Be Separated date: 2014 words: 4461 flesch: 65 summary: [20: For example, CPM practitioners lay special stress on the fact that CPM churches are led by locals rather than outside missionaries. David Watson, Vice-President of Global Church Planting with CityTeam International, is a well-known spokesman for CPM theory. keywords: acts; bible; church; churches; cpm; cpms; paul; planting cache: gme-1711.docx plain text: gme-1711.txt item: #182 of 918 id: gme-1712 author: Wu, Jackson title: The Influence of Culture On the Evolution of Mission Methods: Using ‘Church Planting Movements’ As A Case Study date: 2014 words: 3525 flesch: 56 summary: Third, I give one explanation why the model survives despite a lack of biblical precedent.[footnoteRef:2] There are strong forces within missionary subculture that have enabled CPM theory to evolve into a popular ministry model. David Garrison is a leading spokesman for CPM theory. keywords: church; cpm; culture; gentiles; gospel; planting; theory cache: gme-1712.docx plain text: gme-1712.txt item: #183 of 918 id: gme-1713 author: Garrison, David title: Church Planting Movements Are Consistent with the Teachings & Practices of the New Testament: A Response to Jackson Wu date: 2014 words: 2930 flesch: 72 summary: 171ff.] · Extraordinary Prayer · Abundant Evangelism · Intentional Planting of Reproducing Churches · The Authority of God’s Word · Local Leadership · Lay Leadership · House Churches · Churches Planting Churches · Rapid Reproduction · Healthy Churches These ten elements are found in every Church Planting Movement that have appeared in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Churches Planting Churches - were churches planting churches consistent with New Testament patterns of Kingdom advance? keywords: acts; church; churches; planting; testament cache: gme-1713.docx plain text: gme-1713.txt item: #184 of 918 id: gme-1714 author: Coleman, Doug title: The Jerusalem Council & the Insider Movement Paradigm date: 2014 words: 5451 flesch: 56 summary: A Closer Look at IMP Views In the interest of representing IMP views as fairly as possible and further informing readers unfamiliar with IMP appeals to Acts 15, I would first like to note a few additional points stressed by IMP advocates. The implication, of course, is that just as God was working among Gentile believers in the first century, He is working among Insider believers today, and this activity of God should play a significant (perhaps even primary?) role in adjudicating the question of whether these movements are valid. keywords: acts; believers; council; gentiles; god; ibid; imp; insider; prohibitions; witherington cache: gme-1714.docx plain text: gme-1714.txt item: #185 of 918 id: gme-1715 author: Smither, Edward title: A Celtic Approach to Reaching Oral Learners: A Survey of the Oral and Visual Strategies used by the Jona Community ca. 600-800 date: 2014 words: 2753 flesch: 59 summary: Employing many symbols and as many as fifty different animal figures, the Picts constructed gravestones as well as monuments to commemorate their history, including things like military victories.[footnoteRef:11] Henderson and Henderson have grouped Pictish stone art into three periods or classes that also coincide with their spiritual history. In the Class II period, the primary goal of Pictish stone art was to represent the cross, which the Hendersons regard as “a consequence of [their] conversion.” keywords: art; book; columba; cross; pictish; picts cache: gme-1715.docx plain text: gme-1715.txt item: #186 of 918 id: gme-1716 author: Greenham, Ant title: The Ethics of Silence in Witness to Muslims date: 2014 words: 4680 flesch: 65 summary: Islam is focused on God’s oneness to the extent it regards any association with God, including associating the Lord Jesus Christ with him, as the unforgivable sin.[footnoteRef:16] It rejects God’s supreme work of taking on flesh that he might take us to be with him. Perhaps another approach, whereby one focuses on Jesus Christ and one’s new identity in him, while practicing a selected and judicious silence on Islam, is better. keywords: christ; god; islam; islamic; issues; jesus; muhammad; muslims; new; qur’an cache: gme-1716.docx plain text: gme-1716.txt item: #187 of 918 id: gme-1717 author: James, Brian title: Biblical Hospitality & the Problem of the Caste System: Redefining Community in Hindu Background Believer Churches date: 2014 words: 7079 flesch: 62 summary: The concept of purity and pollution further enhance the social separation occurring between different castes. Members from different castes are also now more likely to mix in social settings with the urbanization taking place in India. keywords: caste; church; churches; family; god; hindu; hospitality; india; jesus; new; people; system; varna cache: gme-1717.docx plain text: gme-1717.txt item: #188 of 918 id: gme-1718 author: Akin, Paul title: Michael Goheen’s “A Light to the Nations” date: 2014 words: 2008 flesch: 61 summary: With the storyline of Scripture as his guide, Goheen traces the missional thrust inherit in God’s people from the formation of Israel to contemporary local churches. He argues that the biblical narrative presents a missional ecclesiology that local churches need to recapture today. keywords: book; church; goheen; israel cache: gme-1718.docx plain text: gme-1718.txt item: #189 of 918 id: gme-1719 author: Parker, Ryan title: Logan, Robert. “Be Fruitful and Multiply” date: 2014 words: 4015 flesch: 49 summary: [8: Ibid, 14, 58] Logan states that first, he “hopes to convince the unconvinced” of the necessity of multiplication in church planting, not simply church planting itself.[footnoteRef:9] To this end, Logan attempts to provide biblical support for the “basic concept of church multiplication,” as well as discussing “many different ways God has called [every Christian] to be involved in church multiplication. In order for multiplication to take root in the DNA or the genetic code of a church and its hopefully subsequent movement of planted churches planting churches, leaders must be developed in order to lead from the “grassroots” level (Acts 2:37–41; Matt 9).[footnoteRef:17] keywords: church; god; ibid; logan; mission; multiplication; planting cache: gme-1719.docx plain text: gme-1719.txt item: #190 of 918 id: gme-172 author: Ho, Pseudonym, Lee-Chow title: RELATIONAL REFLECTION ON “THE PARADOX OF CHANGE AND RELEVANCE”, Part I of 2 date: 2010 words: 871 flesch: 71 summary: Jesus´ next statement “You will be called Peter” – taken to the next level of truth. Our third relational reflection is as follows: If we are to live with the tough tensions of the paradox of change and relevance then our view of truth needs to be re-evaluated and measured against the full stature of Christ who is the way, the truth (Alethia) and the life. keywords: jesus; truth cache: gme-172.pdf plain text: gme-172.txt item: #191 of 918 id: gme-1720 author: Author, Anonymous title: Angels Described By Children date: 2014 words: 371 flesch: 94 summary: -Sara, age 6   Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his  son, who's a very good carpenter.  Angels don't wear halos anymore. keywords: age cache: gme-1720.docx plain text: gme-1720.txt item: #192 of 918 id: gme-173 author: Grant, Paul E. title: REVELATION CONFRONTS CULTURE date: 2010 words: 1162 flesch: 53 summary: And the intelligence of the clever1, But for grasping the knowledge of God Their mechanisms failed to deliver Reason needed something else, A mysterious Spirit power To possess its potentiality If God’s knowledge was to flower Paul spoke of a wisdom that was hidden2 The wisdom of Holy Spirit, When the mind consents to his Lordship This wisdom we inherit Paul goes further when he says The mind of Christ directs us3, Human thinking is thus transformed And wisdom comes to its fullness God’s revelations transcend reason Yet reason under God’s rule, Animated and enlightened, Becomes irresistible In a merger that only God could create Spirit and reason participate, 1 1 Corinthians 1:19 2 1 Corinthians 2:7 3 1 Corinthians 2:16 Revelation Confronts Culture by Paul E. Grant March 2007 Page 3 Reason submits and communicates A knowledge that authenticates Authenticity is in more than the words Of a culture’s imagination, The authentic mind of God is conveyed By the Spirit’s illumination Revelation must descend into reason So I am intrigued that the finest thinking When surrendered to God, its admission Becomes so wonderfully transformed, Its cultural destiny reaches fruition Greek thinking needed a cleansing, Then following, a conversion as well, Its riches free of sin’s baggage Would be fitted for the Gospel to tell Greek thought, Greek words, Greek notions Became instruments of the Divine, Becoming free of self-serving interests They gained a celestial shine Cultural worldviews need conversion Thinking and language are gifts from God, When these are saved and sanctified They pass the test of his measuring rod First Corinthians Chapters One and Two Stress the importance of revelation, Thinking and words when so possessed Exceed all human invention keywords: culture; god; paul cache: gme-173.pdf plain text: gme-173.txt item: #193 of 918 id: gme-174 author: Tuche, D. title: Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa, Part 3: West African Worldviews date: 2010 words: 9865 flesch: 58 summary: But it should be pointed out that other West African peoples are not as individualistic as the Igbo. Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa Part 3   West African Worldviews D. Tuche Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org “Contextualization” January 2009 (Editor’s note: this is the 3rd of a 4-part series on worldview in West Africa) I had argued strongly in a previous work that West Africans are culturally different from African Americans, and therefore require a different missiological approach in regard to presenting the gospel to those that have migrated to the United States and other parts of North America.1 In this article, I wish to share some the West African worldviews in general which most of their immigrants to the United States and Canada share in common. keywords: african; ancestors; beings; culture; god; good; group; ibid; igbo; life; man; materialism; new; people; religion; spirits; states; west; world; worldview cache: gme-174.pdf plain text: gme-174.txt item: #194 of 918 id: gme-175 author: Stewart, James title: I PREFER THINGS THE WAY THEY USED TO BE date: 2010 words: 2440 flesch: 71 summary: We are, indeed, a world leader in many significant arenas including the development of many dominant technologies. How will new technologies change the way we do ministry? keywords: internet; ministry; technology; way; world cache: gme-175.pdf plain text: gme-175.txt item: #195 of 918 id: gme-1752 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2015 words: 29 flesch: 49 summary: The theme for this first issue of 2015 aptly shows the importance of keeping the “Gospel-Proclamation” to be the focus of the Great Commission; instead of misguided priority. keywords: priority cache: gme-1752.doc plain text: gme-1752.txt item: #196 of 918 id: gme-1753 author: Mayer, John A. title: The Great Commission In Reverse: The Greatest Opportunity In Missions History date: 2015 words: 7155 flesch: 70 summary: Thus, you can see the variety of glocal diaspora peoples spreading out around the world’s cities. Table 2, gives a small sampling of some of the glocal diaspora taking place in the cities around the U.S. Thus, you can see the variety of glocal diaspora peoples spreading out around the cities of the U.S. keywords: church; cities; city; diaspora; god; groups; jesus; missions; people; twin; world cache: gme-1753.pdf plain text: gme-1753.txt item: #197 of 918 id: gme-1754 author: Burns, E.D. title: Gospel-Proclamation In Missions: A Philosophy & Methodology date: 2015 words: 5087 flesch: 58 summary: As Paul modeled in each of his epistles, my aim is to predominantly teach gospel doctrine and accordingly proclaim its gospel application—gospel truths first, holy commands second; orthodoxy first, orthopraxy second. Paul says, In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. keywords: christ; church; god; gospel; missionary; missions; paul; preaching; proclamation cache: gme-1754.pdf plain text: gme-1754.txt item: #198 of 918 id: gme-1755 author: Hwang, James C. title: Global Partnership: Re-Vision the Macedonaian Vision – A Voice from the Global South date: 2015 words: 2153 flesch: 65 summary: First, while Apostle Paul wanted to focus on the area of Asia Minor, God led Paul to advance to Europe – a geographic breakthrough. First, while Apostle Paul wanted to focus on the area of Asia Minor, God led Paul to advance to Europe – a geographic breakthrough. keywords: global; god; paul cache: gme-1755.pdf plain text: gme-1755.txt item: #199 of 918 id: gme-1757 author: Farrokh, Fred title: Indigenous Perspectives On Muslim Identity And Insider Movements date: 2015 words: 7035 flesch: 60 summary: A number of the Insider Muslim leaders promote their movements from within Islamic mosques. Fourth, I provide indigenous input on Muslim identity. keywords: christ; community; god; identity; insider; islamic; jesus; mosque; movements; muhammad; muslim; qur’an; word cache: gme-1757.pdf plain text: gme-1757.txt item: #200 of 918 id: gme-1758 author: Kreitzer, Mark title: Dreams and Visions: Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World date: 2015 words: 542 flesch: 56 summary: As powerful as [they]…are, though, they are just the door opener for most Muslims, the starting point for conversion (Doyle 2012, 127). Tom Doyle with Greg Webster Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2012. Reviewed by Mark R. Kreitzer, DMiss, PhD Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Mission, Director International MDiv (English) Kosin University, Busan, South Korea Published in Global Missiology, January 2015 @ www.globalmissiology.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This outstanding book is built around a series of accounts of dreams, visionary encounters, and dynamic healings from Isa al Masih that Muslims—including some in Mecca, Saudi Arabia itself—have experienced that has drawn them to Christ. keywords: doyle; muslim cache: gme-1758.pdf plain text: gme-1758.txt item: #201 of 918 id: gme-176 author: Eastman, Steve title: A Review of David Orton’s "Snakes in the Temple" date: 2010 words: 504 flesch: 57 summary: Orton presents a convincing argument from the Greek that the word “office” was inserted into the translation of a key scripture to legitimize current church government. A Review of David Orton’s A Review of David Orton’s Snakes in the Temple Steve Eastman Published in “Review & Preview” www.GlobalMissiology.org January 2009 David Orton takes what is for many an obscure Old Testament scripture and uses it to diagnose a major problem with the Western church in the twenty-first century. keywords: church; orton cache: gme-176.pdf plain text: gme-176.txt item: #202 of 918 id: gme-1762 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2015 words: 23 flesch: 21 summary: Editorial: We appreciate the contributions of Andrew Barron and Beverly Jamison of Jews for Jesus in this issue on “North American Messianic Jews” keywords: jews cache: gme-1762.doc plain text: gme-1762.txt item: #203 of 918 id: gme-177 author: McGatlin, Ron title: CHURCH IN THE KINGDOM AGE date: 2010 words: 1725 flesch: 69 summary: The kingdom of God church reality must be revealed in our spirits. The major shift from the church or man emphasis age church to the kingdom or God emphasis age church is perhaps the most exciting event since Pentecost The outpourings of the Spirit that brought the Pentecostal revival of a century ago and the renewal revival of a decade ago have reset the stage. keywords: church; god; kingdom cache: gme-177.pdf plain text: gme-177.txt item: #204 of 918 id: gme-178 author: Tuche, D. title: Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa - Part 4: Missiological Implications of West African Worldviews date: 2010 words: 12146 flesch: 56 summary: They could open doors to reach 111“Black Immigrant Churches in the Republic of Ireland” This strategy will be in the form of house churches. keywords: africa; christian; church; churches; evangelism; god; gospel; holistic; house; house church; immigrants; jesus; kingdom; language; life; ministry; mission; new; people; relationship; states; west; world cache: gme-178.pdf plain text: gme-178.txt item: #205 of 918 id: gme-1782 author: Barron, Andrew; Jamison, Beverly title: A Profile of North American Messianic Jews: A Study Conducted by Jews for Jesus date: 2015 words: 6424 flesch: 53 summary: What is clear is that a new narrative of contemporary Messianic Jewish life is needed: one that concedes the changing space, size and structure of the Messianic Jewish community and attempts to understand how Messianic Jewish life is evolving in the 21st century. The relationship of the Messianic Jewish community to the North American culture at-large and the Jewish community in particular is a reflection of these myriad of options. keywords: age; community; family; gospel; groups; jews; messianic; population; respondents; study; table cache: gme-1782.doc plain text: gme-1782.txt item: #206 of 918 id: gme-1783 author: None title: gme-1783 date: None words: 4665 flesch: 51 summary: What Does Paul Say? Paul says a lot, of course, but I will limit my comments to two specific matters. Nowhere does Paul state or even remotely imply that any motive would render void his instruction to avoid participation in pagan sacrifice. keywords: corinthians; higgins; idol; paul; thdtgb0r; users; � � cache: gme-1783.doc plain text: gme-1783.txt item: #207 of 918 id: gme-1785 author: Dean, Marcus W title: Doing Missions as Participants in Diaspora date: 2015 words: 5872 flesch: 57 summary: Enoch Wan has described missions from the diaspora as being either “Missions through the diaspora” which is reaching out through social networks or “Missions by and beyond the Diaspora” which is “cross-cultural missions to other ethnic groups in their host countries, homelands, and abroad” (2011b, p. 5). By embracing the attitude of pilgrim, diaspora Christians can recognize that what they have learning through adapting to a host culture is preparation for cross-cultural missions (Wan, 2011b. keywords: church; community; diaspora; god; identity; missionary; missions; process cache: gme-1785.doc plain text: gme-1785.txt item: #208 of 918 id: gme-1787 author: Edu-Bekoe, Yaw Attah title: DESCRIBING AN AFRICAN DANCING WITHOUT HEARING HIS MUSIC: KEVIN HOWARD HAS GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD KWAME BEDIAKO date: 2015 words: 9065 flesch: 59 summary: This response to Howard’s proposition will begin with a brief description of the forever existing Euro-American negative attitude towards African culture including Bediako’s angst. It is made out of the usual Euro-American negative attitude towards African cultures. keywords: african; akan; ancestors; attitude; bediako; christian; christianity; cultural; culture; faith; god; howard; jesus; kato; kwame; missionary; theology cache: gme-1787.pdf plain text: gme-1787.txt item: #209 of 918 id: gme-1788 author: McCullough, John Mark title: Seven Days that Divide the World date: 2015 words: 14841 flesch: 61 summary: They assume that they can also provide the accurate meaning of the pinpoints of light we see in our telescopes and their distance from the earth, that we can know that we on earth exist in a spiral shaped galaxy called the Milky Way, and so forth. http://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/article/view/1634/3624 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._N._Wilson#cite_note-1 4 began to make this known, since these beginnings of what we call a ‘scientific’ viewpoint shook the foundations of an old religion which believed that God had put Adam in charge of all His earthly creation, and made Man in His own image and likeness; even, when Man had disobeyed Him, this self-same God had Himself become Man, and come down to earth to redeem Him of His sins. keywords: center; creation; data; earth; god; lennox; light; luther; modernity; moving; philip; religion; science; scripture; stott; sun; system; theory; truth; universe; university; view; words; years cache: gme-1788.pdf plain text: gme-1788.txt item: #210 of 918 id: gme-179 author: Wan, Enoch title: Diaspora Couple Priscilla and Aquila: A Model Family in Action for Missions date: 2010 words: 1185 flesch: 63 summary: In Ephesus Priscilla and Aquila opened their home to receive another diaspora Jew from Alexandria – Apollos, “an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures… being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord” (Acts 18:24- 25). Priscilla and Aquila is a Jewish couple on the move: Pontus � Rome � Corinth � Ephesus � Rome. keywords: diaspora; paul; priscilla cache: gme-179.pdf plain text: gme-179.txt item: #211 of 918 id: gme-1790 author: Wan, Enoch title: Life from the seat of a Texas tractor date: 2015 words: 322 flesch: 90 summary: A bumble bee is considerably faster than a  John Deere tractor. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.  keywords: life cache: gme-1790.doc plain text: gme-1790.txt item: #212 of 918 id: gme-18 author: Dent, Don title: Getting From Here to There: The Journey from Sending Churches to Church Planting Movements date: 2010 words: 3046 flesch: 67 summary: New churches begin from preaching and changed lives. New church starts are limited by finances. keywords: believers; church; gospel; people; phase cache: gme-18.pdf plain text: gme-18.txt item: #213 of 918 id: gme-1808 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2015 words: 58 flesch: 60 summary: Editorial: All of us who have experience in cross-cultural context know it well: “Issues of cross-cultural nature matter much.” The focus this time is on issues of cross-cultural nature because of the Great Commission involves many nations and people-groups. keywords: nature cache: gme-1808.doc plain text: gme-1808.txt item: #214 of 918 id: gme-1809 author: Sun, Wendel title: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AND CROSS-CULTURAL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS AS A MODEL date: 2015 words: 5258 flesch: 54 summary: Instead, this article will argue that biblical theology offers a readily available solution to many of the problems associated with cross-cultural theological education. This is not to label biblical theology as the “silver bullet” that solves all problems, but rather to suggest biblical theology as a starting point for a way forward. keywords: cross; god; paul; people; romans; story; theology; use cache: gme-1809.pdf plain text: gme-1809.txt item: #215 of 918 id: gme-181 author: Ho, Pseudonym, Lee-Chow title: RELATIONAL REFLECTION ON “GOD’S INITIATIVE, MAN’S NEED” -– PART 2 of 2 date: 2010 words: 1600 flesch: 71 summary: People are important to God and His agenda – a book (scroll) of remembrance was written before Him. Dialogue breaks down barriers between God and between man and man and man. keywords: god; lord; need; people cache: gme-181.pdf plain text: gme-181.txt item: #216 of 918 id: gme-1810 author: Wu, Joshua title: DESIRING THE KINGDOM IN MISSIONS: AN APPLICATION OF JAMES K. A. SMITH’S “LITURGICAL/ANTHROPOLOGY” IN A CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT date: 2015 words: 10361 flesch: 66 summary: We can now move forward to translate and indigenize worship practices; after all, practices need to be translated just as much as words do. Likely, such worship practices would be especially significant for oral learners. keywords: christian; church; culture; formation; god; kingdom; liturgy; love; missions; practices; smith; worship cache: gme-1810.pdf plain text: gme-1810.txt item: #217 of 918 id: gme-1811 author: Pratt, Zane title: OBEDIENCE-BASED DISCIPLESHIP date: 2015 words: 3420 flesch: 55 summary: 14 Clearly, the truth about God and his gospel is the essential foundation for Christian obedience. That transformation of being also must be in play at every step of discipleship, as gospel obedience is impossible without it. keywords: bible; christian; church; discipleship; life; obedience cache: gme-1811.pdf plain text: gme-1811.txt item: #218 of 918 id: gme-1812 author: Hudson, Carrie title: SHOULD WE EXPECT MOMS TO DO MORE? HOW MOMS MAKE DISCIPLES IN ALL NATIONS date: 2015 words: 3832 flesch: 80 summary: This process prepared us for other good works. She has written Redefining Home: Squatty Potties, Split Pants, and Other Things that Divide My World (Houston, TX: keywords: commission; disciples; ministry; paul; things cache: gme-1812.pdf plain text: gme-1812.txt item: #219 of 918 id: gme-1813 author: None title: gme-1813 date: None words: 10974 flesch: 49 summary: It is no coincidence that the first name for Insider Muslims was “Messianic Muslims.” Nevertheless, despite the lack of important legitimizing factors, Wilder asserts that Muslim Insider believers do exist. keywords: believers; christian; christianity; community; contextualization; culture; ibid; insider; islamic; jesus; kraft; missionaries; movement; muslim; study; theological; woodberry cache: gme-1813.pdf plain text: gme-1813.txt item: #220 of 918 id: gme-1814 author: None title: gme-1814 date: None words: 920 flesch: 63 summary: Compared to similar Bible software, BibleWorks is a steal, seriously. Why should missionaries read a review of Bible software? keywords: bibleworks; software cache: gme-1814.pdf plain text: gme-1814.txt item: #221 of 918 id: gme-1815 author: Udall, Jessica A. title: REVIEW OF A REFLECTION ON DIASPORA CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELISM: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE date: 2015 words: 546 flesch: 38 summary: Urga laments that the great potential of Diaspora believers as evangelists—their faith, commitment to prayer, experience with persecution and boldness in witness—is often muted by culture shock and its resultant divisiveness, depression and insularity. He points the way forward for his immigrant brothers and sisters, transparently describing his journey and inviting them to join him on a path to thriving as cross-cultural witnesses who “desire a better country, that is a heavenly one” (Hebrews 11:6). keywords: diaspora; urga cache: gme-1815.pdf plain text: gme-1815.txt item: #222 of 918 id: gme-1816 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2015 words: 64 flesch: 43 summary: Credits are due to Dr. George G. Robinson who did the planning and production of this issue. Dr. Robinson is the Associate Professor of Missions & Evangelism, Headrick Chair of World Missions, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. keywords: issue cache: gme-1816.doc plain text: gme-1816.txt item: #223 of 918 id: gme-1817 author: Robinson, George G. title: Grounding Disciple-making in God’s Creation Order: Filling the Earth with the Image of God date: 2015 words: 5315 flesch: 64 summary: The blood bought image bearers from all nations fill the earth with their worship for Christ and exercise dominion to bring about flourishing as God intended in the beginning. As the offspring of fractured image bearers, all of humanity is cursed with a bent toward misdirecting our worship away from God and toward creation and ultimately ourselves (Romans 5:12). keywords: creation; genesis; god; image; jesus; man; woman; worship cache: gme-1817.docx plain text: gme-1817.txt item: #224 of 918 id: gme-1818 author: Dent, Don title: Decisive Discipleship: Why Rapid Discipleship is Preferable and How it is Possible date: 2015 words: 6814 flesch: 65 summary: The rest of the week I ministered to the majority Muslim people of our province and it was obvious that new churches among them would have to be radically different. Then, a movement can begin as people hear the gospel, are transformed, share their faith, and encourage other new believers. keywords: believers; christ; church; churches; discipleship; discipling; faith; god; jesus; new; paul cache: gme-1818.docx plain text: gme-1818.txt item: #225 of 918 id: gme-1819 author: Sundell, Jeff title: From "Milk to Meat": Cultivating a Ministry of Multiplication and Maturity date: 2015 words: 2384 flesch: 55 summary: Developing Competent and Confident Teachers of the Word Where church planting is the goal, the transition to indigenous or local leadership of new churches demands application of Paul’s instruction in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. The Value of a Beginning Discipleship Package As new believers come to faith in Jesus Christ, like spiritual infants they need “milk,”—the basics of the faith. keywords: church; disciple; god; word cache: gme-1819.docx plain text: gme-1819.txt item: #226 of 918 id: gme-182 author: Wan, Enoch title: Meditation (Lent Season) and Christian Missions date: 2010 words: 119 flesch: 56 summary: Suffering servant, shameful death, Absolute obedience to the Father’s will; Shedding blood, giving up the last breathe, Atonement paid, righteousness fulfilled, Glory to God and peace on earth, Good news for all who’ve fallen; Entrusted; not angels - the Great Commission, For costly prize He paid; Tears, blood and sacrifice, All on the altar, He laid. keywords: meditation cache: gme-182.pdf plain text: gme-182.txt item: #227 of 918 id: gme-1820 author: None title: gme-1820 date: None words: 2745 flesch: 67 summary: My experience was that, unless women were out shopping, they were typically in their respective homes with other women. Once we arrived in Germany, God used a relationship I established with another mom to force me to examine my heart and subsequently shape the way I would look at other women who needed Christ. keywords: children; god; mission; women cache: gme-1820.docx plain text: gme-1820.txt item: #228 of 918 id: gme-1821 author: White, Justin title: A Blended Church Model: The Way Forward for the American Church date: 2015 words: 5188 flesch: 63 summary: If this is indicative of other U.S. cities, then it may be a difficult road ahead for traditional churches. [2: J.D. Payne has offered a helpful definition of traditional church in his book Missional House Churches:Reaching our communities with the Gospel. keywords: church; churches; discipleship; gifts; house; making; model; new cache: gme-1821.docx plain text: gme-1821.txt item: #229 of 918 id: gme-1822 author: Wohlgemuth, John title: Critical Review of Bill Clem’s “Disciple” date: 2015 words: 3152 flesch: 59 summary: We were created to glorify God and we best glorify him by reflecting his image to him, to other disciples, and to the world. Thus, the way Jesus lived in imaging God reveals the way disciples should live in imaging God. keywords: clem; disciple; god; image; jesus cache: gme-1822.doc plain text: gme-1822.txt item: #230 of 918 id: gme-1823 author: None title: gme-1823 date: None words: 1310 flesch: 54 summary: Notably Greear spends a great deal of time on the importance of extravagant generosity, especially for those living in wealthier parts of the world, and addresses this touchy topic with biblical insight and gospel focus. Greear contends that a Christianity not centered on a growing and deepening love for God is merely religious righteousness, a false Christianity that focuses not on Christ but on the believer’s deeds. keywords: god; gospel; greear cache: gme-1823.doc plain text: gme-1823.txt item: #231 of 918 id: gme-1824 author: None title: gme-1824 date: None words: 1418 flesch: 65 summary: This dependence serves as a key step for the development and implementation of mission strategy (15). The next large section of the book surveys various missions strategies throughout church history. keywords: book; strategy; terry cache: gme-1824.docx plain text: gme-1824.txt item: #232 of 918 id: gme-1825 author: Wan, Enoch title: ATM Male vs. Female Instructions date: 2015 words: 359 flesch: 90 summary: Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided! 23. 1. Drive up to cash machine. keywords: cash cache: gme-1825.docx plain text: gme-1825.txt item: #233 of 918 id: gme-1826 author: Wan, Enoch title: Tech Support date: 2015 words: 336 flesch: 87 summary: Tech support:    Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen. Tech support:    Are you sure it's plugged into the computer? keywords: customer cache: gme-1826.docx plain text: gme-1826.txt item: #234 of 918 id: gme-183 author: Wan, Enoch title: Review of "The Concept of Ethnicity in the Bible: A Theological Analysis" by Mark Kreitzer date: 2010 words: 587 flesch: 40 summary: This volume is a progress report of Dr, Mark R Kreitzer’s extensive study on the topic of ”ethnicity, ” prompted by • His professional service as a missionary in South Africa; • Full-time study in the two doctoral programs at Reformed Theological Seminary; • Personal reflections on his missionary career and in-depth research of many years on “ethnicity” This volume should be a prescribed reading for those who are interested in issues related to: • Microsoft Word - Review_Mark Kreitzer_Concept of Ethnicity_04_09.doc 1 Review The Concept of Ethnicity in the Bible: A Theological Analysis by Mark Kreitzer Lewiston, NY: Mellen. Reviewed by Enoch Wan . keywords: ethnicity; terms cache: gme-183.pdf plain text: gme-183.txt item: #235 of 918 id: gme-184 author: Ki, William title: Review of "Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church" date: 2010 words: 1067 flesch: 48 summary: Historical theology traces the development of theology through time. There are atypical theological articles as well, including “theology of the city,” “Anabaptist theology,” “black theology,” “narrative theology,” “postcolonial theology,” “postliberal theology,” “Caribbean theology,” and “mujerista theology.” keywords: dictionary; global; theological; theology cache: gme-184.pdf plain text: gme-184.txt item: #236 of 918 id: gme-185 author: Kreitzer, Mark title: Review of "The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative" by Christopher J. H. Wright date: 2010 words: 5436 flesch: 62 summary: “The mission of God will be to preserve and maximize the blessing that is inherent in the multiplication of the spread of the nations while removing the blight of human sin and arrogance represented by Babel” (Wright 2007, 203). The mission of God is not merely the salvation of innumerable souls but specifically the healing of the nations” (Wright 2006, 456). keywords: christ; creation; fall; god; israel; mission; nations; people; wright cache: gme-185.pdf plain text: gme-185.txt item: #237 of 918 id: gme-1859 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2016 words: 36 flesch: 43 summary: Editorial: Happy New Year to readers of GM-English This theme of this issue is “Partnership of Churches and Missions Agencies” and we are very pleased to have the contributions by several experts as co-authors. keywords: editorial cache: gme-1859.doc plain text: gme-1859.txt item: #238 of 918 id: gme-186 author: Stewart, James title: Technology Desire vis-a-vis Technology Need date: 2010 words: 1655 flesch: 66 summary: (This is, in fact, an issue we faced recently in our distance education program as we added new video courses and updated several others. We too often feel the moral freedom to underscore our need for new tools by proving to those who are responsible for budgeting and acquisition that we cannot function well without them and our output suffers. keywords: camera; definition; technology; video cache: gme-186.pdf plain text: gme-186.txt item: #239 of 918 id: gme-1860 author: Wan, Enoch title: Churches and Missions Agencies Together Practical Missiology and Good Practices for Partnership date: 2016 words: 6392 flesch: 55 summary: Concluding Remarks This article has described the close collaboration of a pilot working group of missions agency and church leaders. About Us We, Churches and Missions Agencies Together, are a pilot working group of missions leaders of churches and missions organizations in Singapore who expectantly recognize that partnerships between local churches and missions agencies have immense potential to advance world evangelization. keywords: agency; case; church; field; group; missionary; missions; missions agency; partnership; working cache: gme-1860.doc plain text: gme-1860.txt item: #240 of 918 id: gme-1861 author: Hayward, Kenneth title: GOD AND A GODWARD WORLDVIEW FOR THE IMB: CONCERNS ABOUT CPM THEORY date: 2016 words: 9591 flesch: 75 summary: The doctrine of God, it seems, is not the primary motivation in CPM theology. While many friends who accept CPM theology and their methods would likely acknowledge that God should be the core, and they might seek to show how he is central in their methods, he is not. keywords: christ; church; cpm; god; good; gospel; jesus; life; lord; people; planting; theology cache: gme-1861.doc plain text: gme-1861.txt item: #241 of 918 id: gme-1862 author: Wan, Enoch; Dow, Joe title: SERVING CHINA’S INTERNAL DIASPORA: MOTIVE, MEANS AND METHODS/MISSIONS date: 2016 words: 4589 flesch: 65 summary: Rural Migrants in Urban China: Enclaves and Transient Urbanism. “The Moving Population: An Introduction to the Urban Migrants of Modern China,” Kaifa Group, Commissioned by China Source. keywords: china; christ; churches; city; compassion; diaspora; gospel; migrants; people; years cache: gme-1862.doc plain text: gme-1862.txt item: #242 of 918 id: gme-1863 author: GUNTER, N H. title: ADVANCING AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THROUGH INTERCULTURAL TEAM TEACHING date: 2016 words: 7657 flesch: 37 summary: ADVANCING AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THROUGH INTERCULTURAL TEAM TEACHING n H. Gunter Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org January 2016 ABSTRACT Contextualization concerns have dominated the conversation concerning the development of African theological education in recent years. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Nathan Gunter is an EdD student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY pursuing research in the field of African theological education. keywords: african; church; education; global; model; scholars; teaching; team; theological; theology cache: gme-1863.doc plain text: gme-1863.txt item: #243 of 918 id: gme-1864 author: Kreitzer, Rev. Mark R. title: Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims are Falling in Love with Jesus date: 2016 words: 2322 flesch: 59 summary: The last chapter applies the principles Dr. Trousdale shared throughout the book especially on how to run a Discovery Bible Study step by step after much prayer and finding “people of peace.” Many Muslim people groups with no communities of Isa among them now have fifty or more such communities. keywords: book; disciples; discovery; god; people; trousdale cache: gme-1864.doc plain text: gme-1864.txt item: #244 of 918 id: gme-1865 author: Wan, Enoch title: Lexophilia date: 2016 words: 282 flesch: 93 summary: When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A. .. This year's winning submission is posted at the very end.  .. keywords: year cache: gme-1865.doc plain text: gme-1865.txt item: #245 of 918 id: gme-188 author: Ferdinando, Keith title: The Ethnic Enemy—No Greek or Jew . . . Barbarian, Scythian: The Gospel and Ethnic Difference date: 2010 words: 9532 flesch: 53 summary: First, there is the question whether ethnic groups are 'real' or 'socially constructed'; and second, whether human beings are attached to ethnic groups out of calculation of personal interest (in which case they are instrumental) or out of deeply rooted feeling and sentiment (in which case they are primordial). Ethnic groups give themselves names and perpetuate them; share myths of origin and historical memories; shape a common language and culture of which religion or worldview is a fundamental constituent; and foster a sense of common identity—of belonging. keywords: christ; difference; ethnicity; genocide; god; groups; hutu; identity; love; nation; new; people; rwanda; sense; terms; tutsi cache: gme-188.pdf plain text: gme-188.txt item: #246 of 918 id: gme-1880 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2016 words: 108 flesch: 71 summary: It might be controversial to some; yet we have chosen it as the theme for this issue with papers from Jim Harris and Jean Johnson to address it. VOL 2, NO 13 (2016): April Editorial Dr. Enoch Wan The release of this issue is on “April Fools' Day” – the week of Easter Sunday of 2016. keywords: april cache: gme-1880.doc plain text: gme-1880.txt item: #247 of 918 id: gme-1881 author: Harries, Jim title: To Compromise on Missionary Vulnerability in Africa? - A Response to Critics of 'Vulnerable Mission' date: 2016 words: 9752 flesch: 59 summary: It is very important for many African people to have a home built in the rural area even if they live and work in the city, for a similar reason. In the absence of a secular worldview in Africa, a non-missionary will also often be seen by many African people as representing God or being a god. keywords: africa; community; god; life; missionaries; missionary; patron; people; resources; system; way; westerners cache: gme-1881.doc plain text: gme-1881.txt item: #248 of 918 id: gme-1882 author: Johnson, Jean title: Look at Us (Acts 3:4): The Missionary Image and Its Implications date: 2016 words: 4209 flesch: 68 summary: or you could refer to them as missionaries. Missionaries walk about in their host countries, districts, or villages. keywords: jesus; man; missionaries; missionary; people; peter; world cache: gme-1882.doc plain text: gme-1882.txt item: #249 of 918 id: gme-1883 author: Harries, Jim title: Building Castles in the Sky: A Case for the Use of Indigenous Languages (and Resources) in Western Mission-partnerships to Africa date: 2016 words: 4067 flesch: 64 summary: That is – for a Western language to be used with respect to Western cultural presuppositions, and an African language to be used with respect to African cultural presuppositions. For example 9.00 a.m (English) becomes saa tatu (i.e. 3 a.m.) in African languages or 10 o’clock in African languages becomes 4 p.m. in English. keywords: african; context; language; mission; people cache: gme-1883.doc plain text: gme-1883.txt item: #250 of 918 id: gme-1884 author: Lim & Dengthuama, Theodore title: An Overview of Christian Missions in Myanmar date: 2016 words: 9234 flesch: 62 summary: There is hope that the lives and communities of Myanmar people would be transformed for the ministry to the poor in the country. Myanmar church leaders and foreign agency leaders have to take these challenges seriously: When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like the sheep without a shepherd. keywords: baptist; buddhists; burmese; christian; church; churches; country; government; judson; life; mission; missionaries; myanmar; new; people; school; seminary; theological cache: gme-1884.doc plain text: gme-1884.txt item: #251 of 918 id: gme-1885 author: de Ruiter, Laura title: Christianity in China: From the History and Operation of “Evergreen China Service” and Beyond date: 2016 words: 6409 flesch: 68 summary: China Aid Association 2013, 2012 Annual Report
Chinese Government Persecution of Christians & Churches in Mainland China, China Aid, Midland. Voiceofthemartyrs.com, China Aid, etc. keywords: china; chinese; christianity; christians; government; people; persecution; stories; story; west cache: gme-1885.doc plain text: gme-1885.txt item: #252 of 918 id: gme-1887 author: Wan, Enoch title: Best Headlines from 2007 date: 2016 words: 202 flesch: 81 summary: Best Headlines from 2007 Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Miners Refuse to Work after death Juvenile Court to Try Shooting defendant War Dims Hope for Peace If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile Cold Wave Linked to temperatures Enfield ( London ) A while later she heard loud meowing and      hissing and ran back To the open window to see Johnny baptizing the      cat in a tub of water. keywords: cat cache: gme-1887.doc plain text: gme-1887.txt item: #253 of 918 id: gme-189 author: Horrell, Scott title: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT: TOWARD A TRANSCULTURAL TRINITARIAN WORLDVIEW date: 2010 words: 7761 flesch: 55 summary: Exploring God’s Relationship to Time (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001); Garrett J. DeWeese, God and the Nature of Time (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004); Paul Helm, Eternal God: A Study of God without Time (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997); and Alan G. Padgett, God, Eternity and the Nature of Time (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992). The apophatic nature of Trinitarian confession reminds us that creeds exist both to define 1 Recent Trinitarian contributions include: Allan Coppedge, The God Who Is Triune: Revisioning the Christian Doctrine of God (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007); Peter Drilling, Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture: A Contemporary Theology of the Trinity (Lanham, MD: keywords: christian; creation; faith; father; god; holy; john; love; personal; son; spirit; theology; time; trinity; world cache: gme-189.pdf plain text: gme-189.txt item: #254 of 918 id: gme-1890 author: Kreitzer, Mark title: Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science date: 2016 words: 14573 flesch: 61 summary: They assume that they can also provide the accurate meaning of the pinpoints of light we see in our telescopes and their distance from the earth, that we can know that we on earth exist in a spiral shaped galaxy called the Milky Way, and so forth. The Renaissance popes reacted furiously to the notion that the earth was not the centre of the universe, nor man the most important being on earth.[footnoteRef:9] There was logic in torturing Galileo,[footnoteRef:10] who first began to make this known, since these beginnings of what we call a ‘scientific’ viewpoint shook the foundations of an old religion which believed that God had put Adam in charge of all His earthly creation, and made Man in His own image and likeness; even, when Man had disobeyed Him, this self-same God had Himself become Man, and come down to earth to redeem Him of His sins. keywords: center; creation; data; earth; god; lennox; luther; modernity; moving; philip; religion; science; scripture; stott; sun; system; theory; truth; universe; university; view; words; years cache: gme-1890.docx plain text: gme-1890.txt item: #255 of 918 id: gme-19 author: Patterson, George; Aw, Ed and Rachel title: Non-residential Missionaries and National Equipping date: 2009 words: 1740 flesch: 67 summary: The NRM is then able to come alongside this individual to facilitatea church planting movement. Aw Introduction A non-residential missionary (NRM) is a person who is not a long-term resident of his/her field of focus but has a long-term commitment. keywords: national; nrm; work cache: gme-19.doc plain text: gme-19.txt item: #256 of 918 id: gme-190 author: GM, Staff at title: Jesus chose death on the cross to pay the price for your sin and mine. date: 2010 words: 22 flesch: 57 summary: Microsoft Word - humor_Jesus got the check_04_09.doc Jesus chose death on the cross to pay the price for your sin and mine. (www.newchristian.org.uk/reverendfun.html) keywords: www.newchristian.org.uk/reverendfun.html cache: gme-190.pdf plain text: gme-190.txt item: #257 of 918 id: gme-191 author: Emetuche, Damian O. title: ISSUES IN PLANTING A MULTICULTURAL CHURCH date: 2010 words: 5488 flesch: 55 summary: However, with the help of anthropology and ethnomusicology, we now recognize the difference in music style of different races and peoples group. Since then, church planting has emerged as a distinct subject within missiological world. keywords: church; culture; god; gospel; growth; new; people; percent; population; states; style; vision; world cache: gme-191.pdf plain text: gme-191.txt item: #258 of 918 id: gme-1911 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Rescuing the Doctrine of Father-God from Contextualization Gone Awry:God and Time as a Test Case of Syncretism date: 2016 words: 19577 flesch: 61 summary: If God experiences succession in his being, then metaphysical time is “divine time.” . . . In doing so, God fully knows what is occurring in human time and space. keywords: creation; diversity; divine; duration; eternity; everlasting; father; future; generations; god; human; meaning; past; philosophy; present; scripture; time; words; עולם cache: gme-1911.doc plain text: gme-1911.txt item: #259 of 918 id: gme-1912 author: Harries, Jim title: The Necessity of the Use of African Languages in African Church and Society date: 2016 words: 4232 flesch: 76 summary: “Why are you talking to the White man in Dholuo you idiot” said the bus driver to his conductor sitting next to him as we were shooting down the road The Necessity of the Use of African Languages in African Church and Society Jim Harries Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org July 2016 “We should write our theology in African languages, because otherwise there are so many misunderstandings …” (Stinton 2006:141, citing Benezet Bujo). I tell them that English does not translate into African languages and vice versa. keywords: context; dholuo; english; language; people; use cache: gme-1912.doc plain text: gme-1912.txt item: #260 of 918 id: gme-1913 author: Johnson, Alan R. title: Practitioner reflections on the methodologies of church planting movements in the Thai setting date: 2016 words: 5546 flesch: 61 summary: Traditional church movements and their fellowships, even if house-based, are observable and measurable over time and come with self-correcting mechanisms. For those of us who have worked in traditional church movements, closures are as much a part of life as new beginnings. keywords: church; churches; cpm; cpms; groups; house; movements; people; thai cache: gme-1913.doc plain text: gme-1913.txt item: #261 of 918 id: gme-1914 author: Johnson, Jean title: Neglect One, Neglect the Other date: 2016 words: 3254 flesch: 61 summary: Neglect the Idiom, Neglect the Worldview Worldview and language are inseparable. Worldview is housed in language, right down to its idioms. keywords: authenticity; language; neglect; people; resources; worldview cache: gme-1914.doc plain text: gme-1914.txt item: #262 of 918 id: gme-1915 author: Hilderbrand, Kelly title: A literature review of Thai leadership style with application to Christian leadership models and church governance in Thailand date: 2016 words: 6364 flesch: 56 summary: This means that Thai church leadership should not be as dictatorial as it has been in the past. I contend that this is detrimental to church growth and, based on the literature, I make several suggestions for mission agencies striving to indigenize Thai church leadership structures. keywords: christian; church; client; governance; leadership; model; patron; people; structure; study; thai; thailand cache: gme-1915.doc plain text: gme-1915.txt item: #263 of 918 id: gme-1916 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross Cultural Humor date: 2016 words: 497 flesch: 96 summary: · Velcro - what a rip off! · Don’t worry about old age; it doesn’t last. I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx. · keywords: frog cache: gme-1916.doc plain text: gme-1916.txt item: #264 of 918 id: gme-1917 author: Robinson, IV, George G. title: What is the #NoPlaceLeft Movement and Why it Matters date: 2016 words: 1125 flesch: 57 summary: And soon a virtual movement was afoot via what has become known as the #NoPlaceLeft Coalition. Dr. Dave Miller served on staff in a legacy church model but has more recently implemented a #NoPlaceLeft strategy planting a network of small catalytic churches in the Oklahoma City area. keywords: context; movement; noplaceleft cache: gme-1917.doc plain text: gme-1917.txt item: #265 of 918 id: gme-1918 author: Colyer, Aaron title: Legacy Church Pastors Need Not Fear Losing Leaders by Implementing a #NoPlaceLeft Strategy date: 2016 words: 6234 flesch: 55 summary: � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {citationID:dLRmYbSN,properties:{formattedCitation:{\\rtf \\uc0\\u8220{}Releasing Your Best for the Mission of God,\\uc0\\u8221{} {\\i{}NAMB}, accessed August 24, 2016, https://www.namb.net/send-network-blog/releasing-your-best-for-the-mission-of-god.},plainCitation:“Releasing Your Best for the Mission of God,” NAMB, accessed August 24, 2016, https://www.namb.net/send-network-blog/releasing-your-best-for-the-mission-of-god.},citationItems:[{id:20,uris:[http://zotero.org/users/local/MzI7bUy1/items/D2AFXNNR],uri:[http://zotero.org/users/local/MzI7bUy1/items/D2AFXNNR],itemData:{id:20,type:webpage,title:Releasing Your Best for the Mission of God,container-title:NAMB,abstract:Academia and seminary can mess up some of our perceptions about developing church leaders for the...,URL:https://www.namb.net/send-network-blog/releasing-your-best-for-the-mission-of-god,accessed:{date-parts:[[2016,8,24]]}}}],schema:https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json} �“Releasing Your Best for the Mission of God,” NAMB, accessed August 24, 2016, https://www.namb.net/send-network-blog/releasing-your-best-for-the-mission-of-god.� �Anonymous (Joe). Churches that adopt these strategies always grow in size in addition to starting a multitude of new churches!” In that conversation, he continued to passionately cast vision for legacy churches. keywords: church; churches; god; mich; mzi7buy1; new; planting; rapids; users; � � cache: gme-1918.doc plain text: gme-1918.txt item: #266 of 918 id: gme-1919 author: Shank, Nathan title: No Place Left: Strategic Priorities for Mission date: 2016 words: 9646 flesch: 69 summary: � Paul had an expectation for churches to follow the examples handed down to them. � Paul expected the churches he founded to join him in the “work” (1 Cor.15:58; 1 Thess. keywords: acts; century; church; churches; cor; gentiles; god; gospel; mission; missionary; paul; romans; schnabel; spirit; work cache: gme-1919.doc plain text: gme-1919.txt item: #267 of 918 id: gme-192 author: Vanderwerf, Mark title: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA PART 1: A FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLORATION date: 2010 words: 3081 flesch: 43 summary: An accompanying paper demonstrates a rudimentary use of the first paradigm to contrast and compare ethnic national identity as it currently exists in Bosnia-Herzegovina with civic national identity as it existed in Socialist Bosnia-Herzegovina. A good grasp of the dynamics of national identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina will help missionaries in the work of evangelism and discipleship. keywords: bosnia; herzegovina; identity; level; model; nation; paradigm cache: gme-192.pdf plain text: gme-192.txt item: #268 of 918 id: gme-1920 author: Miller, Dave title: Apostolic Leaders: A Common Misconception of the #NoPlaceLeft Movement date: 2016 words: 2951 flesch: 60 summary: Apostolic church planting patterned after the Gospels and Acts requires maturity among churches to sustain the movement. The very nature of a vision to see #NoPlaceLeft where the gospel hasn’t been pushes the church to extend it’s gospel witness beyond familiar cultures through the influence, leadership, and lessons learned from apostolic church planters. keywords: apostolic; church; churches; gospel; leaders; movement; noplaceleft cache: gme-1920.doc plain text: gme-1920.txt item: #269 of 918 id: gme-1921 author: Wood, Chuck; Cox, Carter title: Equipping and Coaching Across the No Place Left Coalition date: 2016 words: 2928 flesch: 70 summary: Training - Training is primarily focused on equipping disciples with vision, process, and tools to see the kingdom come. This has lead to generations of healthy disciples and churches. keywords: coaching; disciples; jesus; process; training cache: gme-1921.doc plain text: gme-1921.txt item: #270 of 918 id: gme-1922 author: Armstrong, Cameron D.; M., Tara; Cardell, Jeff title: Vocational Witness in the Romanian Workplace: Realities and Responsibilities date: 2016 words: 5535 flesch: 64 summary: A unique blend of old and new Europe, Romanian business people often speak English well and are generally concentrated in larger cities such as Bucharest, Cluj, and Timișoara. Using qualitative data based on personal testimony from seven Romanians, this article examines how Romanian evangelical business people understand the missional task. keywords: business; christian; church; disciples; faith; god; people; romanian; work cache: gme-1922.doc plain text: gme-1922.txt item: #271 of 918 id: gme-1923 author: White, Justin title: CHURCH PLANTING BY THE BOOK by Elbert Smith date: 2016 words: 2689 flesch: 68 summary: In the Foreword, Tom Elliff, past president of the International Mission Board, asserts, If I could have only one book on church planting, (other than the Scriptures, of course) this would be the book I would choose (9-10). This is a strong claim considering the recent increase of books on church planting. keywords: book; church; planting; smith cache: gme-1923.doc plain text: gme-1923.txt item: #272 of 918 id: gme-1924 author: Christmas, Robby title: What Jesus Started: Joining the Movement, Changing the World By Steve Addison date: 2016 words: 3783 flesch: 70 summary: Part 2 – What Jesus Continued to Do: The Twelve and the Early Church Part 3: What Jesus Continued to Do: Paul and His Team Once again keeping with the pattern, the first chapter of Part 3 explains how Jesus helped Paul develop a vision to spread the gospel. keywords: addison; disciples; jesus; movement; paul; people cache: gme-1924.doc plain text: gme-1924.txt item: #273 of 918 id: gme-193 author: Vanderwerf, Mark title: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA PART 2: THE PARADIGM APPLIED date: 2010 words: 9643 flesch: 50 summary: Part 1 of this paper proposed a framework for examining national identity as it exists in Bosnia- Herzegovina. In this paper I attempt to demonstrate how the first paradigm in the proposed framework can be used to exploring national identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina. keywords: bosnia; croats; ethnic; herzegovina; identity; language; national; nations; paradigm; people; person; press; religion; serbs; university; use; war cache: gme-193.pdf plain text: gme-193.txt item: #274 of 918 id: gme-194 author: None title: gme-194 date: None words: 19980 flesch: 44 summary: The respected Canadian scholar Wsevolod Isajiw argues for this approach, First of all, the meaning of the concept of ethnicity depends on the meaning of several other concepts, particularly those of ethnic group and ethnic identity. Joireman's comments are similar: Race is a peculiar case of ethnic identity…[it] only indicates ethnicity in particular contexts (Joireman, Nationalism and Political Identity, ibid.). keywords: approach; bosnia; church; collective; community; concept; conflict; culture; ethnicity; group; herzegovina; history; identity; leaders; myths; nationalism; nations; new; people; race; religion; rights; role; society; state; term; theories; theory; understanding; war; world cache: gme-194.pdf plain text: gme-194.txt item: #275 of 918 id: gme-195 author: None title: gme-195 date: None words: 7582 flesch: 59 summary: It is my observation that Christ is most central in multi-ethnic churches. There is also a discernable difference in the character of multi-ethnic churches that emphasize the gospel over a social agenda. keywords: christ; christian; church; churches; culture; ethnicity; family; god; groups; identity; new; people; press; world cache: gme-195.pdf plain text: gme-195.txt item: #276 of 918 id: gme-1951 author: Wan, Enoch title: The Practice of Diaspora Missions in Local Congregation: From Beginning to Base date: 2016 words: 4988 flesch: 42 summary: Active participation in diaspora missions (11:27-30, 13:1-3) · Giving willingly (11:27-30) · Praying earnestly (13:1-3) · Mobilizing for the practice of diaspora missions (13:1-3) PRACTICAL WAYS FOR LOCAL CONGREGATION PARTICIPATING IN DIASPORA MISSIONS: 4 MODELS, 4 STAGES AND 10 STEPS Traditional missiology Practical ways for implementation, such as the CORRECT approach in Figure 8 and the 10 principles/particulars of Figure 9, have been proposed to begin diaspora missions in a local congregation then subsequently develop it to become a base for future expansion and cyclical multiplication. keywords: acts; antioch; church; diaspora; enoch; figure; missiology; missions; practice; relational; wan cache: gme-1951.docx plain text: gme-1951.txt item: #277 of 918 id: gme-1952 author: Wan, Enoch; Wang, Samuel title: Conflict Paradigm for Theology of Religions date: 2016 words: 6161 flesch: 62 summary: It seeks to tackle the pressing challenges of world religions on Christianity in the framework of the cosmic conflict paradigm. The issue of religious pluralism of world religions will be a temporary one, for non-biblical religions will come to an end when the cosmic conflict ends. keywords: bible; christ; conflict; god; jesus; new; paradigm; religion; salvation; world cache: gme-1952.doc plain text: gme-1952.txt item: #278 of 918 id: gme-1953 author: Wan, Enoch title: The Importance and Significance of Missiological Research – Christian Stewardship in Leadership date: 2016 words: 1718 flesch: 30 summary: Due to the brevity of this paper, we began with definition of key terms, then use diagrams to explain the importance and significance of missiological research, and concluded by introducing Wan’s five-step approach in inter-disciplinary research in missiology. INTRODUCTION This paper will begin with defining key terms, followed by explanation of the importance and significance of missiological research in order to help Christian leaders be good stewards of resources and opportunity. keywords: missiology; research; study; theology; wan cache: gme-1953.docx plain text: gme-1953.txt item: #279 of 918 id: gme-1954 author: Jim, Harries title: An ‘Impact Model’ of Language, Mission and Development in East Africa date: 2016 words: 7643 flesch: 60 summary: An ‘Impact Model’ of Language, and its implications for development’ in East Africa 2 An ‘Impact Model’ of Language, Mission and Development in East Africa Jim Harries Published in www.GlobalMissiology.org January 2017 “… we should write ...in African languages because otherwise there are so many misunderstandings” Bénézet Bujo, cited in Stinton (2004:141) It is this kind of confusion, presumably, that caused Bujo to say on behalf of African theologians: “we should write ...in African languages because otherwise there are so many misunderstandings”.[footnoteRef:19] I will continue this critique of the use of foreign languages in governance in Africa using a further argument below.[footnoteRef:20] keywords: africa; context; east; english; impact; kenya; language; meaning; new; people; use; word cache: gme-1954.docx plain text: gme-1954.txt item: #280 of 918 id: gme-1955 author: Mark, Kreitzer R. title: Review of God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the Ends of the Earth date: 2016 words: 4020 flesch: 64 summary: The final consummation Temple is the renewed heavens and earth in which the resurrected Christ as the God-with-us (Immanuel) dwells with His people Christ, then, is the Temple of God, and he, sent out by his Father, sends us out in turn to fill the whole earth with Temple glory, worship and praise, coming from both ethical actions and words. This volume came out of a sermon series by Dr. Mitchell Kim that sought to popularize and apply the deep biblical theology of Greg Beale’s The Temple and Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (IVP, 2004).[footnoteRef:1] It substantiates the awesome insights that a principle-based, type-fulfillment interpretation of the Temple can bring to biblical theology of mission. keywords: beale; christ; earth; god; kim; place; revelation; temple cache: gme-1955.docx plain text: gme-1955.txt item: #281 of 918 id: gme-1956 author: Author, Anonymous title: Cross Cultural Humor date: 2016 words: 15 flesch: 88 summary: That’s how people install new software into their brains. It’s called reading. keywords: reading cache: gme-1956.docx plain text: gme-1956.txt item: #282 of 918 id: gme-1957 author: Author, Anonymous title: Memes and Puns date: 2016 words: 313 flesch: 91 summary: Many folks want to serve God,  But only as advisers.  When you get to your wit's end,  You'll find God lives there.  keywords: god cache: gme-1957.docx plain text: gme-1957.txt item: #283 of 918 id: gme-196 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: ISRAEL AND THE PEOPLES IN PAUL’S COVENANT THEOLOGY: PAULINE LITERATURE AND THE PEOPLES date: 2010 words: 18437 flesch: 69 summary: God does this not by destroying ethno-linguistic diver- sity but by expanding ethnic Israel to include the gentilic peoples without them being re- quired to become ethnic Jews by adopting the whole Mosaic code as was the norm in OT proselyte model. We are not winning people like ourselves to ourselves but sharing the good news that in Christ God has shattered the barriers that divide the human race and has created a new community. keywords: abraham; christ; church; cor; covenant; creation; diversity; e.g.; e;qnh; ethnic; ethnies; ethno; faith; family; gal; god; groups; humanity; individuals; israel; jesus; jews; messiah; new; non; paul; peoples; rom; romans; unity; world cache: gme-196.pdf plain text: gme-196.txt item: #284 of 918 id: gme-1966 author: Das, Rupen title: Impact of the Local Church Showing Compassion: Lessons from the Syrian Crisis date: 2016 words: 4014 flesch: 57 summary: Local churches need support in designing and reporting on aid received: One of the major complaints of donors against the work of local churches is that they don’t understand or appreciate the requirements of donors, and cannot write proper proposals nor provide reports or accountability as required. This paper shares lessons on local churches balancing providing humanitarian aid with its core identity as a church. keywords: church; churches; community; compassion; god; muslim; need cache: gme-1966.doc plain text: gme-1966.txt item: #285 of 918 id: gme-1967 author: Wan, Enoch title: Theme: Local Church and Christian Missions date: 2016 words: 90 flesch: 50 summary: During this time of political turmoil and refugee crisis in Syria, it is timely to include the piece by Dr. Rupen Das of Tyndale (Toronto) in this first issue of GM-English of 2017, along with the piece entitled: “The Practice of Diaspora Missions in Local Congregation: From Beginning to Base.” · At the beginning of 2017, we want to encourage local congregations to be actively involved in the practice of Christian missions for it is fundamentally the base of Great Commission thus the second piece in the “Featured Article keywords: piece cache: gme-1967.docx plain text: gme-1967.txt item: #286 of 918 id: gme-197 author: Professional Services, MSI title: Living to Make a Difference date: 2010 words: 981 flesch: 77 summary: Emeritus FriendWith Photos 20032009.doc “Living to Make a Difference” Dr. Taylor, August 12th 1929 – March 20th 2009 Dear Colleagues and Friends of MSI Dr. James Hudson Taylor III is the great grandson of Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission. Dr. Taylor blessed all MSI colleagues by spending his final lap of life with us. keywords: msi; taylor cache: gme-197.pdf plain text: gme-197.txt item: #287 of 918 id: gme-198 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 125 flesch: 53 summary: · new editions of GM-Vietnamese will be launched in mid-October (delayed due to technical matters of font and format) Not having a budget nor a sponsoring entity, please joint me in celebrating God’s faithfulness to the ministry of Global Missiology as a free online e-journal. In this last issue of 2007, the team of volunteers of Global Missiology is happy to launch two new initiatives: · a new section “Diaspora Study” and would like to welcome Linda Gross who will manage it. keywords: editorial cache: gme-198.doc plain text: gme-198.txt item: #288 of 918 id: gme-1989 author: Wan, Enoch title: April Editorial date: 2017 words: 56 flesch: 55 summary: In this issue, we invited professional workers in Muslim ministry to aid GM-English readers in their understanding. Editorial: Within the contemporary context of our time, in multiple ways (i.e. politics, religion, etc.) keywords: muslim cache: gme-1989.doc plain text: gme-1989.txt item: #289 of 918 id: gme-199 author: Larson, Warren F. title: Talking to Muslims about God: What are the Issues? date: 2010 words: 2384 flesch: 70 summary: His love is the mercy of a king, not the compassion of a father, and for this reason most Muslims cannot say: God is love. Talking to Muslims about God: what are the issues Talking to Muslims about God: What are the Issues?1 Warren F. Larson, Director, Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies, Columbia International University Published under “Featured Article” at www.globalmissiology.org, October 2007 keywords: allah; christians; father; god; muslims; qur’an cache: gme-199.pdf plain text: gme-199.txt item: #290 of 918 id: gme-1990 author: Anonymous, TWO title: ESSENTIALISM AND ISLAM date: 2017 words: 4096 flesch: 64 summary: The ideological commitment to non-essentialism so rampant in our universities today can only cover up the reality of “essential Islam” for so long. Sufism is based on a concept utterly foreign to essential Islam, the immanence of God. keywords: christianity; essence; essentialist; islam; muhammad; muslim; world cache: gme-1990.doc plain text: gme-1990.txt item: #291 of 918 id: gme-1991 author: Anonymous, THREE title: WHY I AM AN ESSENTIALIST ABOUT ISLAM AND WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT? date: 2017 words: 5909 flesch: 59 summary: Islam has not convened councils like the early Christian councils, and the majority Sunni Islam does not have any individuals who can speak for it the way that Popes have spoken for Catholics. The Druze add the writings of their prophet, Hamza ibn Ali (985 – 1021), but in contrast to the Ahmadiyya, do not count themselves as Muslims, although their group could be considered as an offshoot of Shi’a Islam. keywords: boundaries; boundary; christianity; essentialist; faith; islam; islamic; muslims; religion cache: gme-1991.doc plain text: gme-1991.txt item: #292 of 918 id: gme-1992 author: Anonymous, ONE title: 75th Anniversary of December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor: Did We Learn Anything? Yes! 9/11: Did We Learn Anything? Not So Much. date: 2017 words: 1608 flesch: 64 summary: Once militant Shinto was disestablished (separated from state support), then Christian missionaries were free to go to Japan and preach. Are we willing to divide militant Islam from “mosque Islam” the way that we divided militant Shinto from “shrine Shinto”? keywords: enemy; militant; shinto cache: gme-1992.doc plain text: gme-1992.txt item: #293 of 918 id: gme-1993 author: Bryson, Johnathan W. title: GENTRIFICATION: IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY date: 2017 words: 5816 flesch: 50 summary: As opposed to other global gentrification movements gentrification in the west and in particular in the United States, does not seem to be concerned with absorbing the poor or accommodating the influx of diaspora groups who perhaps cannot pay the premium prices that accompany gentrification. GENTRIFICATION IN RECENT LITERATURE Research on the impact of gentrification on urban missiology or urban diaspora missiology is still limited. keywords: areas; cities; city; diaspora; gentrification; housing; impact; march; resources; transportation; urban cache: gme-1993.doc plain text: gme-1993.txt item: #294 of 918 id: gme-1994 author: Jagerson, Jen title: RESONANCE AND SYNERGY: THE IMPACT OF ORAL BIBLE STORYTELLING IN RURAL ETHIOPIA date: 2017 words: 10189 flesch: 52 summary: The STS method seems to not only teach a skill about telling Bible stories for proclaiming the Gospel, it provokes richly engaged levels of transformation and intensive training for interpretation of scripture. (1) It attends directly to the content of particular biblical stories as written by the authors rather than crafting stories together from larger portions of the biblical text. keywords: bible; community; god; learners; method; narrative; new; orality; participants; people; stories; story; text cache: gme-1994.doc plain text: gme-1994.txt item: #295 of 918 id: gme-1995 author: Wan, Enoch title: Observations on: The Mission Bible Commentary: The Gospel According to Luke & The Acts of the Apostles by Paul Bruns date: 2017 words: 291 flesch: 38 summary: Inductively, the author engaged in an intensive inductive study of the texts of Luke-Act by a mission-focused perspective to produce a list of mission principles in two categories: mission messages (MM) and mission imperative (MI). Hence the following schema became a helpful tool to organize comments throughout the volume: NAME LABEL DEFINITION · mission messages MM Mission Messages that Christians proclaim · mission imperative M keywords: mission cache: gme-1995.doc plain text: gme-1995.txt item: #296 of 918 id: gme-1996 author: Hedinger, Karen title: CROSS-CULTURAL HUMOR date: 2017 words: 635 flesch: 89 summary: Class started before I got here. ____________________________________ TEACHER: JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. __________________________________________ TEACHER: keywords: man; teacher cache: gme-1996.doc plain text: gme-1996.txt item: #297 of 918 id: gme-20 author: Sergeant, Curtis title: PLANTING RAPIDLY REPRODUCING CHURCHES date: 2009 words: 3552 flesch: 68 summary: so they know when and how to transition from modeling, to assisting, to watching, to leaving as they initiate work with new believers or new churches. As soon as possible, new believers and new churches should be at the point of being producers rather than merely consumers. keywords: believers; churches; god; lord; time cache: gme-20.pdf plain text: gme-20.txt item: #298 of 918 id: gme-200 author: Gardner, Richard title: Sharing your Faith to Believers of Islam date: 2010 words: 2797 flesch: 77 summary: Unveiling Islam. These two factors make it increasingly important for Muslims to be reached for Christ, and all the more essential that people who share their faith to Muslims be educated in the basic tenets of Islam and how to effectively reach them for the Lord. keywords: allah; god; islam; muslims cache: gme-200.pdf plain text: gme-200.txt item: #299 of 918 id: gme-201 author: GM, Staff at title: DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY FOR GLOBAL MISSIOLOGY: PROLOGOMENA date: 2010 words: 4041 flesch: -31 summary: Armenian Diaspora  Barnard Project on Diaspora and Migration  Cyborg Diaspora and Virtual Imagined Community  Cybernauts of the Arab Diaspora  Diaspora: A Journal in Transnational Studies  Diaspora Polska  Dread History: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari  Baganda in the Diaspora  ISBN: 0292706628 Asian Diaspora (General) Richardson, E. Allen, East Comes West, Asian Religions and Cultures in North America, Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 1985. keywords: african; america; asian; caribbean; chinese; christian; community; cultures; diaspora; ethnic; history; international; isbn; isbn-10; jewish; journal; migration; new; people; research; south; studies; world cache: gme-201.pdf plain text: gme-201.txt item: #300 of 918 id: gme-2015 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2017 words: 36 flesch: 26 summary: Editorial: Recently, there is much report of Russian influence on American election and Russian interference on American democracy. In this issue, the focus is on evangelizing Russians with two featured articles for our readership to enjoy. keywords: editorial cache: gme-2015.doc plain text: gme-2015.txt item: #301 of 918 id: gme-2016 author: Harris, Mark title: Orthodoxy and Soteriology Central Issues in Evangelizing Russians date: 2017 words: 3774 flesch: 55 summary: Although only a small fraction of Russians were active in Orthodox churches, the identity and tenets of Orthodoxy had at least some influence on almost all Russians. A belief that the use of liturgy is not a proper means to worship will greatly hinder any communication with Russian Orthodox people. keywords: church; evangelicals; ibid; orthodox; russian cache: gme-2016.doc plain text: gme-2016.txt item: #302 of 918 id: gme-2017 author: Wan, Enoch title: COMMUNICATING AND EVANGELIZING RUSSIANS BY AMERICANS BASED ON HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL ANALYSIS date: 2017 words: 5187 flesch: 47 summary: Other cultures emphasize developing and maintain interpersonal relationships even if the task gets done more slowly. Some cultures see life as consisting of elements that can be separated from one another, whereas other cultures see life as a single tapestry woven into a unified whole. keywords: church; evangelism; group; hofstede; people; person; russians cache: gme-2017.doc plain text: gme-2017.txt item: #303 of 918 id: gme-2018 author: Coyle, John Courtney title: MUSLIM REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES: HOW GOD VIEWS THEM AND DESIRES THE CHURCH TO FOLLOW IN OBEDIENCE date: 2017 words: 6833 flesch: 68 summary: In the face of great hostility by a large percentage of the American public, how should American church leaders and lay people handle the issue of Muslim refugees in the United States? North American churches, following their leadership, should welcome and embrace Muslim refugees who move into their communities by meeting their physical and emotional needs, and by engaging them with evangelism and discipleship, thus fulfilling both the ‘near’ (Judea and Samaria) and ‘far’ (the ends of the earth) aspects of the Great Commission in Matthew 28. keywords: broadman; carolina; church; commentary; god; holman; jesus; muslim; nashville; new; north; refugees; testament cache: gme-2018.doc plain text: gme-2018.txt item: #304 of 918 id: gme-2019 author: None title: gme-2019 date: None words: 9382 flesch: 34 summary: 溫以諾、「基督徒從事「研究」—— 遵神旨或從人意？」，《教牧分享》，2005年11月號，第2-6 頁。 Papers published in English： Enoch Wan, “� HYPERLINK http://www.enochwan.com/english/articles/pdf/Paradigm%20of%20Inter-Disciplinary%20Research%20Methodology.pdf ��The Paradigm & Pressing Issues Of Inter-Disciplinary Research Methodology�,” Published in Global Missiology, Research Methodology, January 2005, www.globalmissiology.net _________, “� HYPERLINK http://www.enochwan.com/english/articles/pdf/Missiology%20and%20the%20Social%20Sciences.pdf ��Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and Conclusions�” In Missiology and the Social Sciences, Edited by Edward Rommen and Gary Cowen, http://www.enochwan.com/english/articles/pdf/Missiology%20and%20the%20Social%20Sciences.pdf _________, “Rethinking Missiological Research Methodology: � Enoch Wan, “The Paradigm & Pressing Issues of Inter-Disciplinary Research Methodology,” Published in Global Missiology, Research Methodology, January 2005, � HYPERLINK http://www.globalmissiology.net �www.globalmissiology.net�. 2005:2. keywords: chinese; christian; diaspora; enoch; enoch wan; evangelical; january; methodology; missiology; mission; paradigm; relational; research; research methodology; study; table; theological; theology; wan; www.globalmissiology.org cache: gme-2019.doc plain text: gme-2019.txt item: #305 of 918 id: gme-202 author: Wan, Enoch title: DEFENDING OR DEFRAUDING THE FAITH: A PRADIGMATIC COMPARISON OF THE "THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS" OF HENDRIK KRAEMER and JOHN HICK date: 2010 words: 12581 flesch: 54 summary: Contemporary evangelical Christians in are faced with an unprecedented challenge of other religions due to socio-cultural factors (e.g. demographic shift, popularity of pluralism, etc.) and theological shift from within, e.g. Pinnock (1991, 1992, 1994) in North America, Bosch (1991) of South Africa, Neil (1961) and Newbigin (1988, 1989) of the United Kingdom. 1.2 The Purpose and Significance of this Study Contemporary missiologists are aware of the problem that, many different 4 understandings and approaches to other religions, brings confusion to the Christian Church and missionaries (Beyerhaus 1971, 1972, Fellows 1988, Knitter 1985, Küng 1987, Gnanakan 1992, and Scheid 1992). keywords: christian; christianity; church; comparison; deleted; faith; god; hick; human; jesus; john; kraemer; mission; new; religions; revelation; salvation; theology; tor; world cache: gme-202.pdf plain text: gme-202.txt item: #306 of 918 id: gme-2020 author: Liu, Evan title: INTERPRETATION OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IN CHINESE CULTURAL CONTEXT date: 2017 words: 9563 flesch: 32 summary: � � ADDIN EN.CITE Niebuhr19562727276Niebuhr, H. RichardChrist and Culturex, 259 p.Christianity and culture.1956New YorkHarper & Brothers12911404Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms BR115.C8; N5 1956 Main or Science/Business Reading Rms - STORED OFFSITE BR115.C8; N5 1956�H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956), �32-36; the following quotations are from ibid. � � ADDIN EN.CITE 杨泽波200212121217<style face=normal font=default charset=134 size=100%>公与私：义利诠释中的沉疴痼疾</style>Chinese Culture ResearchCCRChinese Culture ResearchCCRChinese Culture ResearchCCR1�杨泽波, “公与私：义利诠释中的沉疴痼疾,” CCR 1 (2002): �43. keywords: app="en; charset="134; chinese; culture; face="normal; faith; font="default; justification; keys> Subject: Re: our mutual friend Paul Hiebert Dear Enoch, Thank you so much for the update on Paul Hiebert. keywords: enoch; hiebert; paul cache: gme-266.pdf plain text: gme-266.txt item: #527 of 918 id: gme-2660 author: Handley, Jr., Joseph W. title: Polycentric Leadership for Kingdom Movements (Part II) date: 2022 words: 4480 flesch: 55 summary: This idea of movement leadership in an age of networks (as shown through Esler in movement leadership and McChrystal through the lens of military leadership) is pivotal for leadership in a global era. Some terms used to describe network leadership include host, servant leader, helper, network weaver, and network orchestrator.  keywords: avery; community; kingdom; leadership; mission; model; movements; need; network; new; people cache: gme-2660.docx plain text: gme-2660.txt item: #528 of 918 id: gme-2661 author: Wu, Jackson title: Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions date: 2022 words: 994 flesch: 56 summary: With candor and clarity, Rhodes evaluates the disturbing trend among many missionaries to seek shortcuts to ministry success. Matt Rhodes’s No Shortcut to Success is a sobering gust of reality for missionaries dehydrated of spiritual encouragement and depleted by the pragmatism endemic to much missiological literature. keywords: missionaries; rhodes; success cache: gme-2661.docx plain text: gme-2661.txt item: #529 of 918 id: gme-2662 author: Coles, Dave title: Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions date: 2022 words: 1126 flesch: 57 summary: Strangely, all the positive examples of missionary success are drawn from at least 100 years ago. In ironic contrast, Rhodes acknowledges that the church planting models he labels as “shortcuts” (CPM and DMM) have in fact resulted in a “proliferation of success stories that fill bookstores” (41). keywords: book; rhodes; success cache: gme-2662.docx plain text: gme-2662.txt item: #530 of 918 id: gme-2663 author: Rodemann, Evi title: Ryan Shaw, Rethinking Global Mobilization: Calling the Church to Her Core Identity date: 2022 words: 609 flesch: 58 summary: Mission mobilization is at a crossroad these days. So why does Shaw write another book on mission mobilization? keywords: global; mobilization cache: gme-2663.docx plain text: gme-2663.txt item: #531 of 918 id: gme-2664 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: W. Jay Moon and W. Bud Simon, Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World date: 2022 words: 2009 flesch: 59 summary: Paul Hiebert, who explained Westerners’ “excluded middle,” writes: 1) Examine worldviews; 2) Be exposed to other worldviews; 3) Create living rituals. The table below gives an overall understanding of evangelism among worldviews: Worldview Guilt/Justice Shame/Honour Fear/Power Indifference/Belonging with Purpose Typical Location West (North America/Europe) East (Middle East, N. Africa, Asia) keywords: evangelism; guilt; power; shame; worldview cache: gme-2664.docx plain text: gme-2664.txt item: #532 of 918 id: gme-2665 author: Editorial Team, GME title: Call for Papers for April 2023 Special Issue: “Theological Education and Mission” date: 2022 words: 124 flesch: 14 summary: The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of recent literature on Theological Education and Mission · Contemporary Case Studies · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analysis · Missiological Analysis · Strategic Models Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due July 31, 2022. Call for Papers: “Theological Education and Mission” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2023 The April 2023 issue of Global Missiology - English will take up the multifaceted theme of “Theological Education and Mission.” keywords: missiology cache: gme-2665.docx plain text: gme-2665.txt item: #533 of 918 id: gme-2666 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2022 words: 19629 flesch: 50 summary: Key Words: Afghanistan, Hazara, mission studies, missionary, people group, unreached Introduction The Hazaras comprise one of the 14 recognized ethnic groups of Afghanistan, according to the 2004 constitution (“CIA World FactBook: Afghanistan” 2021). “Partnership is the solution to a problem many people don’t feel or don’t have. keywords: afghanistan; april; book; christian; church; commission; community; education; evangelism; global; god; good; gospel; group; hazara; hazara people; issn; jesus; kingdom; leadership; missiology; mission; missionaries; movements; need; network; new; orality; people; rhodes; success; theological; vol; work; world cache: gme-2666.pdf plain text: gme-2666.txt item: #534 of 918 id: gme-267 author: Blomberg, Fran title: MISSIOLOGY AS A DISCIPLINE: A BIEF INTRODUCTION date: 2010 words: 1307 flesch: 46 summary: Historical survey: Missiology in the scope of theology Historically, when Mission was the fundamental expression of life in the church, its study was simply accepted as an organic part of theology. The study of missiology again becomes more of a core feature of theology. keywords: church; missiology; mission; study; theology cache: gme-267.pdf plain text: gme-267.txt item: #535 of 918 id: gme-268 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: THANKS TO PAUL HIEBERT date: 2010 words: 366 flesch: 76 summary: Operation World Thanks to Paul Hiebert, my wife and I are still missionaries today, instead of selling automobiles. But when both of those occasions came, we remembered one piece of wise advice from Paul Hiebert, from our time under his teaching at the Fuller (then) School of World Mission. keywords: hiebert cache: gme-268.pdf plain text: gme-268.txt item: #536 of 918 id: gme-2681 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Missiological Iron Sharpening date: 2022 words: 1673 flesch: 38 summary: The missiological iron sharpening in this collection of articles is multifaceted and filled with soul-searching reflection. In our pursuit of constructive discussions on what has become an important and sometimes charged topic, the GME editorial team approached Rhodes as well as Arlund and Farah about contributing articles that, while approaching the “movements” and movements-methodologies discussion from contrasting points of view, would seek to engage each other respectfully and meaningfully. keywords: articles; authors; christian; iron; mission cache: gme-2681.docx plain text: gme-2681.txt item: #537 of 918 id: gme-2682 author: Hakim, Aftab Yunis title: John S. Carpenter, Be Not Afraid to Follow the Footprints from Heaven (2016) and He is Alive: Science Finds Jesus (2018) date: 2022 words: 1216 flesch: 55 summary: Thus, to delve deeply into the mystery of religious faith Carpenter first located Jesus in the medical and scientific world—which also created a medium to reach out to atheists and people of other faiths (2018, 16). 2 Book Reviews John S. Carpenter, Be Not Afraid to Follow the Footprints from Heaven (2016) and He is Alive: Science Finds Jesus (2018) Reviewed by Aftab Yunis Hakim Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, July 2022 Carpenter, John S. (2016). keywords: carpenter; christ; jesus cache: gme-2682.docx plain text: gme-2682.txt item: #538 of 918 id: gme-2683 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Chang Seop Kang, Conversion of Chinese Students in Korea To Evangelical Christianity: Factors, Process, and Types date: 2022 words: 533 flesch: 45 summary: An enlightening sub-section on comparisons with previous studies on Chinese conversions in North America (as well as in China) follows. First is the clearly focused subject matter: characteristics of conversions to evangelical Christianity of Chinese students in South Korea. keywords: kang; students cache: gme-2683.docx plain text: gme-2683.txt item: #539 of 918 id: gme-2684 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: Aby Alexander, Prasad Phillips, and Reji Samuel, Christian Management in a VUCA World: Reflections from a Global Pandemic Context date: 2022 words: 1153 flesch: 48 summary: He writes that Christian management should be studied by exploring biblical concepts of management and examining management concepts in light of Christian values. According to Aby Alexander, “Seeing management from a Christian point of view enables us to respect, review, reflect, redefine, redeem, and restore management principles and practices; this augments the value and worth of management as a practice” (11-12). keywords: christian; management; vuca; world cache: gme-2684.docx plain text: gme-2684.txt item: #540 of 918 id: gme-2685 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: A Tribute to Dr. K. Rajendran: Former General Secretary, India Missions Association and Missions Secretary, World Evangelical Association: (Promoted to glory on 22 May 2022) date: 2022 words: 1100 flesch: 74 summary: 2 2 A Tribute to Dr. Rajendran Former General Secretary, India Missions Association and Missions Secretary, World Evangelical Association (Promoted to glory on 22 May 2022) Dr. Rajendran was chosen and appointed later. keywords: missions; rajendran; vision cache: gme-2685.docx plain text: gme-2685.txt item: #541 of 918 id: gme-2686 author: Estes, Steven L. title: Jesuit Missionary Outreach during the 19th and 20th Centuries date: 2022 words: 3696 flesch: 62 summary: As McGreevy points out, “Nineteenth century Jesuits came to blame the suppression on an alliance of corrupt monarchs and anti-Catholic Enlightenment intellectuals, who together forced the hand of a reluctant Pope Clement” (McGreevy 2016, 12). French Jesuits arrived in Chad and Cameroon, the seed from which the Province of West Africa was formed in 1983. keywords: century; jesuits; mcgreevy; missionaries; missionary; new; o’malley; society cache: gme-2686.docx plain text: gme-2686.txt item: #542 of 918 id: gme-2687 author: Seipp, Derek; Kwon, Jeff title: Early Korean Mission Strategy and Structure 1880-1940: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Mission Methods and Church Movements date: 2022 words: 5231 flesch: 65 summary: Furthermore, Bible study leaders were given more Bible studies to use until the next regional training. As schools and hospitals grew, evangelists and church leaders were often targeted as primary candidates to manage such projects. keywords: bible; church; korean; leaders; mission; missionaries; nevius; new; study cache: gme-2687.docx plain text: gme-2687.txt item: #543 of 918 id: gme-2688 author: Urton, Mike title: Facing Our Fears of Engaging Muslims and Strategies for Navigating Them date: 2022 words: 4008 flesch: 62 summary: Such training should include elements like understanding American Muslim attitudes, examining the similarities between American Muslims and Evangelicals, the necessity of interpersonal interactions, and an emphasis on Jesus's teachings to love our enemies. Regarding the attitudes of American Muslims, a 2017 Pew Forum study found that many American Muslims (55 percent) believed that other Americans are friendly towards them in general. keywords: american; christians; church; fear; mosque; muslims; study cache: gme-2688.docx plain text: gme-2688.txt item: #544 of 918 id: gme-2689 author: Harries, Jim title: Vulnerable Mission in Africa: Why Some of Today’s Intercultural Missionaries Should Restrict Themselves to Local Languages and Resources date: 2022 words: 4402 flesch: 62 summary: We who are not African should not expect African people to do what we cannot. Hence what African people say may not align with how we Westerners describe or recount things in our orientation to “objectivity.” keywords: african; english; foreign; language; people; westerners cache: gme-2689.docx plain text: gme-2689.txt item: #545 of 918 id: gme-2690 author: Sadowitz, Chris title: Vulnerability vs. Corinthian Values: Modern Ministry Thought and Practice at Home and Abroad date: 2022 words: 4885 flesch: 59 summary: Theologia Crucis invites us into the arena of ministry weakness, including suffering with, not suffering for. Also, conforming to the cross means we can treat as insignificant what our cultures value in terms of conducting gospel ministry. keywords: christ; cross; god; ministry; mission; paul; values; vulnerability; weakness cache: gme-2690.docx plain text: gme-2690.txt item: #546 of 918 id: gme-2691 author: Arlund, Pam; Farah, Warrick title: Discussing and Catalyzing Movements: An Invitation to Research, Sacrifice, and Commitment date: 2022 words: 6368 flesch: 56 summary: Abstract As a global discussion and a significantly large phenomenon in the world today, church planting movements (CPM) or disciple making movements (DMM) have attracted much attention and enthusiasm in the missions community. Dave Coles contributed a critical review of the book that represented the perspectives of many who are engaging church planting movements (Coles 2022). keywords: church; churches; dei; disciple; global; missions; motus; movements; planting; rhodes; shortcut cache: gme-2691.docx plain text: gme-2691.txt item: #547 of 918 id: gme-2692 author: Rhodes, Matt title: Advancing Conversations about Proclamational and Movements Methodologies date: 2022 words: 6554 flesch: 57 summary: This article provides constructive critique of movements methodologies, addresses responses to previous critique, and suggests paths for conversation going forward. Certainly, heated debate has erupted over movements methodologies. keywords: arlund; church; coles; farah; methodologies; missionaries; movements; people; rhodes; shortcut cache: gme-2692.docx plain text: gme-2692.txt item: #548 of 918 id: gme-2693 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2022 words: 42075 flesch: 56 summary: Dave Coles contributed a critical review of the book that represented the perspectives of many who are engaging church planting movements (Coles 2022). Instead, we—this article’s co-authors who write as part of the facilitation team of the Motus Dei Network, described below—would like to take a step back and engage the approach of No Shortcut in a way that will facilitate the wider discussion about church planting movements and disciple making movements, particularly in the Western missions conversation. keywords: africa; arlund; believers; bible; book; century; christ; christian; church; churches; coles; disciple; faith; farah; global; god; gospel; growth; issn; jesuits; jesus; july; language; leaders; methodologies; ministry; missiology; missiology issn; mission; missionaries; missionary; movements; muslims; new; paul; people; planting; rhodes; shortcut; study; time; today; training; vol; way; weakness; work; world; years cache: gme-2693.pdf plain text: gme-2693.txt item: #549 of 918 id: gme-2694 author: Adebayo, Samson O.; Alawode, Akinyemi O. title: Missiological Implications of Pietism for Protestant African Christianity date: 2022 words: 4725 flesch: 52 summary: Sadly, many African Christians erroneously believe that politics is a dirty game. Even so, because of a lack of leadership training many African Christians do not know what to do in high offices. keywords: african; century; christianity; christians; church; faith; gospel; jesus; pietism; religion; society cache: gme-2694.docx plain text: gme-2694.txt item: #550 of 918 id: gme-2695 author: Gitau, Wanjiru M. title: Editorial date: 2022 words: 2102 flesch: 70 summary: John’s testimony was to point to Jesus: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” We take it for granted that Jesus is barely known at this point, but the Jesus movement is only in the making, with John the Baptist as a witness and a facilitator of it. keywords: baptist; jesus; john; nicodemus cache: gme-2695.docx plain text: gme-2695.txt item: #551 of 918 id: gme-2696 author: Prinz, Emanuel; Goldhor, Alison title: The Role of Signs and Wonders in Movement Breakthrough date: 2022 words: 4283 flesch: 64 summary: In doing so it reports the findings from two studies, the first-ever empirical research into effective movement catalysts (Prinz 2016) and the first-ever empirical study of factors that either contribute to or inhibit the catalyzing of movements (Prinz, Lewis, and Goldhor 2021). Conclusion Overall, the data reveals that effective movement catalysts possess a strong expectant faith that God will show his power through them—and he does! keywords: catalysts; faith; movement; people; signs; wonders cache: gme-2696.docx plain text: gme-2696.txt item: #552 of 918 id: gme-2697 author: Jeyaraj, Dasan title: Warrick Farah, ed., Motus Dei: The Movement of God to Disciple the Nations date: 2022 words: 2615 flesch: 58 summary: It is a compendium that investigates and documents how God is using movements to advance Christ’s kingdom across the world. The conversation around “movements” is ongoing and is in the process of maturing, even as its definition continues to evolve. keywords: church; dei; god; motus; movements; people; studies cache: gme-2697.docx plain text: gme-2697.txt item: #553 of 918 id: gme-2698 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: Devdutt Pattanaik, Eden: An Indian Exploration of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Lore date: 2022 words: 1727 flesch: 66 summary: Indeed, Pattanaik fails to see how the religious search that begins with man as the centre, and not God, is a central flaw in non-Abrahamic religions.  2 2 Book Review Devdutt Pattanaik, Eden: An Indian Exploration of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Lore Reviewed by J. N. Manokaran Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2022 Pattanaik, Devdutt (2021). keywords: author; book; god; lore; pattanaik cache: gme-2698.docx plain text: gme-2698.txt item: #554 of 918 id: gme-2699 author: Lewis, David title: The “House of Life”: A Russian-to-International Pentecostal Movement date: 2022 words: 3223 flesch: 54 summary: For a church or movement to break beyond the confines of its own broad cultural or linguistic affinity group requires giving greater attention to certain biblical principles or practices that have to some extent been taken for granted, under-valued, or even ignored in the currently prevailing discipleship process of many movements. It is noteworthy that the title of Jedidiah’s book (just cited), Keys to Adopting Nations, contains the plural word “Keys” because the House of Life recognize that there are several different approaches for reaching other cultures. keywords: culture; god; house; life; movement; people; russian cache: gme-2699.docx plain text: gme-2699.txt item: #555 of 918 id: gme-270 author: GM, Editor at title: Trinity and Mission date: 2010 words: 275 flesch: 0 summary: Microsoft Word - Trinity and Mission.doc 1 Trinity and Mission Editor’s note In 2006, The “Global Connections Conference” was held on the theme – “The role of the Godhead - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - in mission” The outstanding papers have been categorized by the Editor of Global Missiology for listing in the April 1 2007 issue of www.globalmissiology.org with permission granted by Vicky Calver, Strategic Development Manager of “Global Connections” A conference designed to explore the Trinity and mission A timely reminder of the importance of having an adequate theological basis for mission and a great opportunity to be updated on trends and developments in mission practice. Uel Marrs, Presbyterian Church in Ireland This Global Connections conference explored who God is - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - and how this understanding shapes what we do in mission. keywords: mission cache: gme-270.pdf plain text: gme-270.txt item: #556 of 918 id: gme-2700 author: None title: gme-2700 date: None words: 4146 flesch: 53 summary: Key Words: Holy Spirit, missions, Pentecostalism, urban  Introduction One of the great movements in Christian history that have shaped the life of the Church and recovered particular biblical experiences is Pentecostalism. The first is the burning passion for taking the gospel to the heathen as the Holy Spirit inspires believers. keywords: christian; church; god; holy; missions; nigeria; pentecostalism; power; spirit; urban cache: gme-2700.docx plain text: gme-2700.txt item: #557 of 918 id: gme-2701 author: Sallu, Michael title: No Longer the Same: Pentecostal Mission in Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa date: 2022 words: 3880 flesch: 46 summary: Various studies, for example, show that a new youth culture is growing in Africa, one that diverges from traditional African cultures and is more aligned with Western cultures (Sallu 2021, 136–152). The leaders’ observation in this regard resonates with findings of other studies of African youth (Negash 2011; Plonski et al. 2013; Prempeh 2020). keywords: african; church; leaders; ocean; pentecostalism; sallu; youth cache: gme-2701.docx plain text: gme-2701.txt item: #558 of 918 id: gme-2702 author: Span, John title: Getting Ahead of the Spirit? The Techniques of Contemporary Mission Movements date: 2022 words: 4634 flesch: 60 summary: What Is CAMEL? CAMEL is an acronym composed of C (chosen), A (announced by angels), M (miracles), and EL (everlasting life). keywords: camel; garrison; god; holy; jesus; method; mission; movements; muslims; spirit cache: gme-2702.docx plain text: gme-2702.txt item: #559 of 918 id: gme-2703 author: Editorial Team, GME title: Call for Papers for October 2023 Special Issue: “Christian Persecution and Suffering” date: 2022 words: 126 flesch: 9 summary: Call for Papers: “Christian Persecution and Suffering” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2023 The October 2023 issue of Global Missiology - English will take up a theme of increasing importance and worldwide relevance, “Christian Persecution and Suffering.” The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of Recent Literature on Christian Persecution and Suffering · Contemporary Case Studies · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analysis · Missiological Analysis Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due January 31, 2023. keywords: missiology cache: gme-2703.docx plain text: gme-2703.txt item: #560 of 918 id: gme-2704 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2022 words: 32376 flesch: 54 summary: Key Words: CAMEL Method, church planting movements, “God is doing a new thing,” “led by the Spirit,” Kingdom Movements Introduction The last 30 years of mission strategy have seen a veritable explosion of new approaches: insider movements, church planting movements (CPMs), disciple multiplication movements (DMMs), Zúme, New Generations, the Oikos method, and more. Church planting movements. keywords: african; article; camel; catalysts; christian; christianity; church; churches; culture; example; faith; global; god; gospel; growth; holy; holy spirit; house; impact; issn; jesus; john; leaders; life; missiology; missiology issn; mission; movement; muslims; new; ocean; october; pentecostalism; people; planting; power; research; september; signs; spirit; urban; vol; wonders; work; world; youth cache: gme-2704.pdf plain text: gme-2704.txt item: #561 of 918 id: gme-2717 author: Khillare, Atul U. title: J. N. Manokaran, Christ, Culture and Communication date: 2023 words: 1210 flesch: 51 summary: Communication The first few chapters give enough understanding and basics for communication. Theological communication or common communication is not owned by the academy: it is a practice sustained by the life and worship of the church. keywords: author; christ; communication cache: gme-2717.docx plain text: gme-2717.txt item: #562 of 918 id: gme-2718 author: Coles, Dave title: Happily Surprised by Works of God’s Spirit date: 2023 words: 4855 flesch: 55 summary: News of a revival usually travels rapidly, and sometimes the reports of revival—in person, print, or broadcast media—touch off new revivals in distant localities. Waugh elaborates: “Many historians wrote from the perspective of the established church, which often opposed and suppressed revival movements…. keywords: church; churches; cpms; disciple; god; mcclymond; movements; people; revivals; spirit cache: gme-2718.docx plain text: gme-2718.txt item: #563 of 918 id: gme-2719 author: Dunaetz, David R. title: The Struggles of Generation Z and the Future of North American Mission Organizations date: 2023 words: 5554 flesch: 53 summary: Similarly, members of Generation Z are less religious and less spiritual than previous generations, attending fewer religious services and spending less time praying (Twenge et al., 2015). Versus Them In North America, Generation Z, compared to previous generations, is more concerned about making a living compared to developing a philosophy of life and living consistently with it (Twenge, 2017b; Twenge et al., 2012). keywords: american; face; generation; media; online; psychological; twenge cache: gme-2719.docx plain text: gme-2719.txt item: #564 of 918 id: gme-272 author: Waybright, Greg title: REMEMBERING DR. PAUL HIEBERT date: 2010 words: 330 flesch: 58 summary: PAUL HIEBERT Greg Waybright President, Trinity International University March 12, 2007 Dr. Paul Hiebert was one of the leading global Christians of the past century: missiologist, anthropologist, teacher of those who will teach the nations (Matthew 28:20), mentor to countless leaders in Christ-centered higher education throughout the world, thinker, encourager, husband, father, friend, follower of Jesus. Personally, few have encouraged me as much as Dr. Paul Hiebert. keywords: paul cache: gme-272.pdf plain text: gme-272.txt item: #565 of 918 id: gme-2720 author: Irons, J. A. title: The Church Planting Movement Debate: Getting to the Heart of the Matter date: 2023 words: 4807 flesch: 64 summary: I see nothing wrong with this since there is much good that can be learned from movement proponents, such as their passion for the lost and emphasis on prayer. A Concluding Word on Relationships While harsh words like “sinister” and “heresy” have been used by critics to label movements or movement proponents, they are not the prevailing view (DeMars & Berger 2021a; Mark Dever on Church Planting Movements, 2019). keywords: biblical; church; critics; god; methods; movements; planting; proponents cache: gme-2720.docx plain text: gme-2720.txt item: #566 of 918 id: gme-2721 author: Miller, Duane Alexander title: Mission and Disintegration in Global Anglicanism from the 1960s through 2022: An Update to Stephen Neill’s Anglicanism date: 2023 words: 4496 flesch: 55 summary: For instance, the Episcopal Church in Brazil (Anglican Communion) has in many cases embraced SSM and the ordination of non-celibate LGBTQ people; likewise, there are some dioceses in the West that are still conservative—though most have left or been forced out and have gone to new, non-Communion jurisdictions or Rome. At this 2022 Conference, a group called the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) sought to reaffirm that Lambeth 1998 1.10 was still the official position of the Communion. keywords: anglican; bishops; church; communion; conference; gafcon; lambeth; provinces cache: gme-2721.docx plain text: gme-2721.txt item: #567 of 918 id: gme-2722 author: Stevenson, J. R. title: Reformed Theology and Movements: What Can We Learn from Each Other? date: 2023 words: 6997 flesch: 59 summary: Church planting movements: How God is redeeming a lost world. Developing pastors and teachers within the fivefold framework of Ephesians 4:11 to sustain church planting movements. keywords: believers; church; god; group; movements; people; reformed; scripture; study; theology; word cache: gme-2722.docx plain text: gme-2722.txt item: #568 of 918 id: gme-2723 author: Abraham, Jose title: A Pneumatological Theology of Religion: Amos Yong’s Approach date: 2023 words: 4822 flesch: 47 summary: Imposing a Christian interpretive framework on other religious traditions would eliminate such serious encounters with other traditions. Abstract In our religiously and culturally pluralistic “global village,” Christians cannot bear witness to the gospel without engaging religious others missionally. keywords: amos; christian; pneumatological; practices; religions; spirit; theology; world; yong cache: gme-2723.docx plain text: gme-2723.txt item: #569 of 918 id: gme-2724 author: Lin, Arthur title: Two Important Research-Based Missionary Training Principles date: 2023 words: 4344 flesch: 57 summary: Third, experiential training is valuable because trainees are challenged and stretched to grow, learn, and adapt in ways not possible in other forms of training. What this article is suggesting is that relationship-based, experiential training is a superior form of training for most missionaries and that organizations would do well to plan their training with these principles in mind—instead of defaulting to current training practices. keywords: field; missionaries; missionary; principles; relationship; research; training cache: gme-2724.docx plain text: gme-2724.txt item: #570 of 918 id: gme-2725 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Editorial - "The Duty of Discrimination" date: 2023 words: 1724 flesch: 48 summary: How does faithfulness in mission service connect to how Moses and the Israelites were to construct the tabernacle “exactly” as God instructed? However we might enthusiastically, creatively, and faithfully work through our particular avenues of mission service, may God continue to guide us in our necessary exercise of “the duty of discrimination.” keywords: exodus; god; mission; moses; tabernacle cache: gme-2725.docx plain text: gme-2725.txt item: #571 of 918 id: gme-2726 author: Priest, Felicia Chinyere title: Jangkholam Haokip and David W. Smith, eds., Voices from the Margins: Wisdom of Primal People in the Era of World Christianity date: 2023 words: 2687 flesch: 50 summary: The author ably identifies the need of tribal people that Christianity has not met and provides how it can be met: inculturation. On the other hand, Christianity is experiencing geographical relocation (numerical growth of Christianity is greater in the Southern Hemisphere) and social transformation (a greater number of Christians are today found in areas of economic deprivation and among tribal people once considered inconsequential). keywords: chapter; christianity; gospel; orality; people; world cache: gme-2726.docx plain text: gme-2726.txt item: #572 of 918 id: gme-2727 author: Teng, Tai Kim title: Kiem-Kiok Kwa and Samuel Ka-Chieng Law, eds., Missions in Southeast Asia: Diversity and Unity in God’s Design date: 2023 words: 2872 flesch: 48 summary: The multifaceted interaction of the gospel with the people grants the reader deeper insight and better understanding of the unique identities of indigenous Christianity that has evolved in each country over each era. Due to a paucity of Christian literature on Southeast Asian missions, this book is indeed timely and will become essential reading material for all scholars and practitioners interested to understand Christian missions in Southeast Asia. keywords: asia; christianity; christians; church; missionaries; percent; southeast cache: gme-2727.docx plain text: gme-2727.txt item: #573 of 918 id: gme-2728 author: GME title: Whole Issue PDF: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2023 words: 45691 flesch: 53 summary: I believe God can and does move in powerful ways among people, and has done so for ages in various forms—in revivals, people movements, and church planting movements. Church planting movements: How God is redeeming a lost world. keywords: 2018; anglican; article; believers; bible; biblical; book; christian; christianity; church; church planting; churches; communication; communion; critics; culture; faith; generation; global; god; gospel; group; issn; january; john; life; missiology; missiology issn; missionaries; missionary; missions; movements; need; new; people; planting; practices; proponents; reformed; religion; revivals; scripture; spirit; study; theology; time; training; twenge; vol; work; world; yong cache: gme-2728.pdf plain text: gme-2728.txt item: #574 of 918 id: gme-2729 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2023 words: 34996 flesch: 52 summary: Finally, powerful personal testimonies demonstrate the pain of being Uyghur and also provide vision for Han Christians to sacrificially love their Uyghur neighbors, including even to enter into their persecution, and be truly set apart from the prevailing, Uyghur-deprecating culture of the Han. How might all Christians, especially Han Christians, understand the event in light of Ephesians 2:11-12? keywords: american; article; attacks; believers; cameroon; chinese; christianity; christians; church; churches; communities; community; faith; generation; global; god; gospel; han; india; issn; issue; jesus; land; leaders; leadership; manipur; missiology; missiology issn; movement; myanmar; needs; new; north; october; organizations; paul; people; persecution; prayer; research; states; suffering; survey; time; tribal; united; uyghur; violence; vol cache: gme-2729.pdf plain text: gme-2729.txt item: #575 of 918 id: gme-273 author: Thomas, Bill title: The Awesome Ways of God: The Movement, “America, Return to God,” Partnershiping with London date: 2010 words: 1289 flesch: 73 summary: September 1, 2006 America, Return To God Prayer Rally GCCI, in cooperation with churches in nine cities, is organizing “America, Return To God Prayer Rallies” to call America return to God. America, Return To God Prayer Rally keywords: america; god; prayer; return cache: gme-273.pdf plain text: gme-273.txt item: #576 of 918 id: gme-2730 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2023 words: 24446 flesch: 54 summary: Rather, such miracles were results of situations which presented themselves. They have also shared describable traits with other people, situations, encounters, and events, but each particular person and episode within the outworking of God’s mission has carried its own fascinating characteristics worthy of marvel, interest, and discerning examination. keywords: aid; catalysts; christ; christian; churches; competencies; consensus; development; global; god; international; issn; jesus; july; kivebulaya; lack; life; listening; literature; miracles; missiology; missiology issn; mission; movement; new; owerri; people; publications; research; safeguarding; story; study; time; traits; vol; world cache: gme-2730.pdf plain text: gme-2730.txt item: #577 of 918 id: gme-2731 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2023 words: 28276 flesch: 48 summary: Institutions of theological education play an important role in equipping the people of God to carry out the educational mandate. The articles in this Global Missiology - English theme issue on “Theological Education and Mission” examine specific aspects of theological education in a variety of cultural contexts. keywords: african; april; asbury; christian; church; churches; context; cultural; cultures; education; focus; function; global; god; harries; honor; institutions; issn; leaders; missiology; missiology issn; mission; missionaries; missionary; model; need; new; people; prophets; role; shame; students; theological; theology; training; vol; world cache: gme-2731.pdf plain text: gme-2731.txt item: #578 of 918 id: gme-274 author: Yamamori, Tetsunao "Ted" title: Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity: An Introduction date: 2010 words: 1403 flesch: 54 summary: Third, the William S. Carter Symposium was planned to stir up interest at the College on missions and church growth and to introduce Milligan’s dream to the missiological world. When this dream was made known to them, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Carter of Dallas, Texas, provided a generous gift enabling us to carry the dream a step further. keywords: book; carter; milligan; symposium cache: gme-274.pdf plain text: gme-274.txt item: #579 of 918 id: gme-275 author: Staff, GM title: Multi-directional mission sending: Exploring the involvement of different cultures and nations in sending mission partners date: 2010 words: 135 flesch: 32 summary: External Websites • Welcome Project - welcoming mission workers to Europe Downloads • A Missionary Paradigm of Partnership between the North and the South (English Version) (19kb) • A Missionary Paradigm of Partnership between the North and the South (Spanish Version) (21kb) • Preparing and Supporting Latin Americans in Mission (111kb) • One World ...Or Else - Personnel: the globalisation of mission and the needs of New Sending Countries - a case study of Korea (13kb) Published in the special issue “A Memoriam of Paul G. Hiebert” www.globalmissiology.org April 1, 2007 Exploring the involvement of different cultures and nations in sending mission partners Editor’s note: It is almost trendy nowadays to talk about networking and partnership. keywords: mission cache: gme-275.pdf plain text: gme-275.txt item: #580 of 918 id: gme-2754 author: Tseng, Gloria S. title: Theological Education and Mission date: 2023 words: 803 flesch: 41 summary: “A Giant on Clay Legs” by Christopher Howles considers the challenges faced by institutions of theological education in Africa and argues for a missiocentric paradigm of theological training. Institutions of theological education play an important role in equipping the people of God to carry out the educational mandate. keywords: education; institutions cache: gme-2754.docx plain text: gme-2754.txt item: #581 of 918 id: gme-2755 author: Howles, Christopher D. title: A Giant on Clay Legs? African Theological Education and the Formation of Missiocentric, Missionary-sending Church Leaders date: 2023 words: 4816 flesch: 39 summary: The Relationship Between Theology and Missiology in African TEIs The apparent consensus among African scholars is that the failure of some African TEIs to effectively internalize mission into their theological education is primarily because, begat from Western mission churches, Western missionaries, and Western denominations, many African TEIs inherited introverted, mission-deprioritized Christendom-based educational paradigms during the eras of colonial (and post-colonial) subjugation. However, the concept itself can be traced as far back as the International Missionary Council’s Willengen conference in 1952, and even to Karl Barth’s seminal 1932 paper “Die Theologie und die Mission in der Gegenwart” (“Theology and Mission in the Present Situation”), in which he sought to locate the Church’s missionary identity in God’s trinitarian being and thus christened the Church as “a human community called to the act of mission” (as cited in Guder, 2015, p. 8). keywords: african; church; education; god; missiology; mission; missionary; theological; theology cache: gme-2755.docx plain text: gme-2755.txt item: #582 of 918 id: gme-2756 author: Daub, Anna title: The Role of Formal Theological Education in Missiological Strategies in Honor/Shame Contexts date: 2023 words: 4270 flesch: 56 summary: Formal Education and Honor In honor/shame cultures, missionaries must question the relationship between formal education and honor. This article argues that missionaries working in honor/shame cultures need to consider the possible role of formal theological education in preparing a church elder/overseer (πρεσβύτερος, ἐπίσκοπος) to be able to teach. keywords: cultural; cultures; education; honor; missionaries; people; shame cache: gme-2756.docx plain text: gme-2756.txt item: #583 of 918 id: gme-2757 author: Hirt, Matthew D. title: Prophets in the Seminary: The Prophetic Function as a Means of Maintaining Missional Focus in Theological Education date: 2023 words: 3863 flesch: 50 summary: It then demonstrates the need for the prophetic function in TE institutions by describing two forms of institutional drift. Finally, the article recommends the role that individuals fulfilling the prophetic function may play in calling TE institutions to refocus on the missionary task. keywords: church; focus; function; god; institutions; prophets cache: gme-2757.docx plain text: gme-2757.txt item: #584 of 918 id: gme-2758 author: Barnes, Phil; Brooks, Will title: Rethinking Reproducibility: An Equipping Model for Missionary Theological Educators date: 2023 words: 4221 flesch: 59 summary: Indigenous church leaders and theologians must be equipped to think theologically about their context and the world. Rev. Cachala travels around Malawi and teaches a course that he designed that challenges and encourages Malawian churches to be involved in frontier missions—telling Malawian church leaders that they are expected to a part of reaching the unreached with the gospel. keywords: churches; content; faithfulness; leaders; missionaries; missionary; missions cache: gme-2758.docx plain text: gme-2758.txt item: #585 of 918 id: gme-2759 author: Palafox, Omar title: Strengthening Spiritual Reconciliation through Theological Education: A Soul-Forming Conversation date: 2023 words: 3998 flesch: 41 summary: Theological education strengthens conversations while harmonizing with the Spirit of God. A method for following the Spirit of God will enhance the spiritual formation and the proper involvement of students in theological education. keywords: church; collaboration; education; god; latin; mission; reconciliation; soul; theology cache: gme-2759.docx plain text: gme-2759.txt item: #586 of 918 id: gme-276 author: Pitterle, John title: Great Commission Prioritization of Countries: Helping to Make Completing the Great Commission More Meaningful for All Believers date: 2010 words: 2929 flesch: 58 summary: Many follow-up actions like more focused prayer and new missionaries or gospel resources targeted for countries with many least reached people can be pursued. Because most Christians can more easily locate countries rather than people groups, readily available missions information was used to prioritize the nations using ten criteria. keywords: christian; commission; countries; country; nations; people; population; world cache: gme-276.pdf plain text: gme-276.txt item: #587 of 918 id: gme-2760 author: GME; Pachuau, Lalsangkima; Keener, Craig S. title: Eyewitness Accounts of the “Asbury Outpouring” date: 2023 words: 3736 flesch: 55 summary: In light of this issue’s emphasis on “Theological Education and Mission,” the Global Missiology – English (GME) editorial team thought it important to include something about the widely known events that began in early February following a regularly scheduled Asbury University chapel service in Asbury, Kentucky, USA. In view of Asbury’s history, the national organizers had chosen Asbury University as the host campus months earlier. keywords: asbury; chapel; experience; god; revival; students; university cache: gme-2760.docx plain text: gme-2760.txt item: #588 of 918 id: gme-277 author: Stewart, Jim title: REDEMPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES date: 2010 words: 1552 flesch: 58 summary: Nevertheless, if we accept even in part the premise that we, in our generation, have indeed been entrusted by God with redemptive technologies in order to make the gospel known, we must also accept and bear an enormous responsibility. 2. Revisit the tools currently available to us and ask the question “How might they be used for gospel ministry?” keywords: gospel; ministry; radio; technologies cache: gme-277.pdf plain text: gme-277.txt item: #589 of 918 id: gme-2774 author: Editorial Team, GME title: Call for Papers for April 2024 Special Issue: “Revivals around the World” date: 2023 words: 117 flesch: 26 summary: The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of recent literature on Revivals · Contemporary Case Studies · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analyses · Missiological Analyses Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due July 31, 2023. Call for Papers: “Revivals around the World” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2024 keywords: missiology cache: gme-2774.docx plain text: gme-2774.txt item: #590 of 918 id: gme-2775 author: Cloutier, Mary C. title: Jim Harries, How Western Anti-Racism Harms Africa and How We Can Do Better date: 2023 words: 1536 flesch: 50 summary: Non-western peoples are not blank slates; their history and culture inform their current life experiences, so different from those of the West. This “vulnerable mission” can undermine anti-racist ideology and the negative impact of Western secularism. keywords: anti; harries; racism cache: gme-2775.docx plain text: gme-2775.txt item: #591 of 918 id: gme-2776 author: Satyavrata, Ivan title: Darren T. Duerksen, Christ-Followers in Other Religions: The Global Witness of Insider Movements date: 2023 words: 1444 flesch: 41 summary: Insider movements seek to circumvent deep-seated anti-colonial sentiments in their attempts to share the “pure” gospel, minus the colonial-era missionary “baggage,” so that people of other faiths are able to view Christ and his claims in all their simplicity and authenticity. For this reason alone, apart from its wealth of scholarship, Christ-Followers in Other Religions is essential reading not just for those interested in insider movements, but for mission theologians, scholar-practitioners, and all those committed to sharing Christ authentically and respectfully with people of other faiths. keywords: christ; duerksen; insider cache: gme-2776.docx plain text: gme-2776.txt item: #592 of 918 id: gme-2777 author: Peyton, Joey R. title: The Role of Listening in Intercultural Settings: The Empathetic Act of Listening Gives Voice to Marginalized People Groups date: 2023 words: 4076 flesch: 56 summary: Key Words: active empathetic listening (AEL), aid worker, care, counseling, diaspora, immigration, intercultural encounters, listening, migration, pastoral care Introduction At the foundation of pastoral care and counseling is the art and act of active empathetic listening. With global digital availability that influences/distracts the lives of us all, no matter how remote one may be, active empathetic listening becomes increasingly rare with the accessibility and overstimulation of digital media/entertainment. keywords: care; god; listener; listening; people; stories; story; world cache: gme-2777.docx plain text: gme-2777.txt item: #593 of 918 id: gme-2778 author: Harries, Jim title: Preventing Abuses in the International Aid Sector: A Global Effort, and a British-based Case Study date: 2023 words: 4244 flesch: 45 summary: This study points to a clear risk that British efforts at imposing safeguarding from afar can result in dangers to British people and projects as well as locals in LMIC, who understand safeguarding (i.e., ways of preventing sexual and other abuse of vulnerable people) differently. Possible consequences for being in non-compliance with British law include involvement of INTERPOL, imprisonment, being considered guilty unless proven innocent, and making it illegal for British people to support me financially. keywords: aid; development; international; lmic; people; safeguarding; vulnerable cache: gme-2778.doc plain text: gme-2778.txt item: #594 of 918 id: gme-2779 author: Okeke, Ifeanyi J. title: The Miracle Theology Factor in Pentecostal Churches in Owerri date: 2023 words: 6839 flesch: 66 summary: It may not therefore be an overstatement to conclude that Pentecostal churches in Owerri dance miracle, announce miracle, expect miracle, pray miracle, preach miracle, walk miracle, sleep miracle, wake miracle, and teach miracle. Most importantly, what could be the powers behind such a quantum leap of miracle claims by this sect of Christian faithfuls? keywords: christian; churches; claims; god; healing; jesus; life; miracles; mission; nature; owerri; people; power; theology; word cache: gme-2779.docx plain text: gme-2779.txt item: #595 of 918 id: gme-278 author: Grant, Paul E. title: REVELATION CONFRONTS CULTURE date: 2010 words: 1369 flesch: 52 summary: So I am intrigued that the finest thinking When surrendered to God, its admission Becomes so wonderfully transformed, Its cultural destiny reaches fruition Greek thinking needed a cleansing, Then following, a conversion as well, Its riches free of sin’s baggage Would be fitted for the Gospel to tell Greek thought, Greek words, Greek notions Became instruments of the Divine, Becoming free of self-serving interests They gained a celestial shine Cultural worldviews need conversion Thinking and language are gifts from God, 3 1 Corinthians 2:16 Revelation Confronts Culture by Paul E. Grant March 2007 Page 1 REVELATION CONFRONTS CULTURE Paul E. Grant (Brisbane, Australia) (Paul began Pentecostal ministry in 1947 and continues in regular part-time lecturing - ) PROLOGUE Malachi lived not long before the period of Greek (Hellenistic) culture. keywords: god; paul; revelation cache: gme-278.pdf plain text: gme-278.txt item: #596 of 918 id: gme-2780 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Editorial - The Beauty of Particularity date: 2023 words: 621 flesch: 52 summary: Each of these studies considers particular people and situations. This July issue offers several enlightening analyses of numerous particular situations, contexts, and challenges in worldwide Christian missions today. keywords: particularity; people cache: gme-2780.docx plain text: gme-2780.txt item: #597 of 918 id: gme-2781 author: Daniels, Gene; Prinz, Emanuel title: An Elusive Consensus: Traits and Competencies of Movement Catalysts date: 2023 words: 3518 flesch: 50 summary: 2 2 An Elusive Consensus: Traits and Competencies of Movement Catalysts Gene Daniels and Emanuel Prinz Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, July 2023 Abstract Mission literature that addresses the key characteristics of movement catalysts is for the most part based on personal observations and reflections. A systematic look at the evangelical literature that has been published on movement catalysts reveals this lack of clarity. keywords: catalysts; competencies; lack; movement; publications; traits cache: gme-2781.docx plain text: gme-2781.txt item: #598 of 918 id: gme-2782 author: Ndegwa, Andrew title: Emma Wild-Wood, The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya: Religious Encounter & Social Change in the Great Lakes c.1865-1935 date: 2023 words: 2013 flesch: 54 summary: 50 Book Review Emma Wild-Wood, ​The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya: Religious Encounter & Social Change in the Great Lakes c.1865-1935 Reviewed by Andrew Ndegwa Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, July 2023 Wild-Wood, Emma (2020). The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya: Religious Encounter and Social Change in the Great Lakes c. 1865-1935. keywords: christianity; kivebulaya; prof; wild; wood cache: gme-2782.docx plain text: gme-2782.txt item: #599 of 918 id: gme-279 author: Kruse, Michael title: Review of "The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative" by Christopher J. H. Wright date: 2010 words: 1225 flesch: 73 summary: • I may wonder what kind of mission God has for me, when I should ask what kind of me God wants for his mission. (533-534) The book really is a wonder travelogue through the narrative God has given us in the Bible. keywords: god; mission cache: gme-279.pdf plain text: gme-279.txt item: #600 of 918 id: gme-2797 author: Lewis, David title: “WEIRD” Psychology and Christian Leadership date: 2023 words: 4152 flesch: 50 summary: As the educational systems of most countries are dominated by curricula derived from WEIRD cultures, the more educated members of such non-WEIRD societies begin to behave more like WEIRD people. This limitation applies also to studies of leadership traits. keywords: competencies; cultures; god; human; leadership; movement; people; prinz; traits cache: gme-2797.doc plain text: gme-2797.txt item: #601 of 918 id: gme-2798 author: Murphree, Daniel P. title: Arend van Dorp, Ethnic Diversity and Reconciliation: A Missional Model for the Church in Myanmar date: 2023 words: 1989 flesch: 50 summary: For example, Malaysia is set forth as a model for Myanmar Christianity, but Van Dorp does not offer a case study or show how the situation in Malaysia is in any way like Christianity in Myanmar. Finally, in a section that reads more like a sermon, Van Dorp concludes the chapter by suggesting that Myanmar Christians should work not only for reconciliation but also diversity (83-88). keywords: chapter; dorp; myanmar; van cache: gme-2798.docx plain text: gme-2798.txt item: #602 of 918 id: gme-2799 author: Bonham, Gordon Scott title: Can Muslims be Reached with the Gospel? Findings from Three Research Studies date: 2023 words: 4195 flesch: 58 summary: Three organizations relied primarily on other prayer networks and three on Christian researchers for prayer requests. Half of the websites gave intercessors free access to prayer requests with no option for registration. keywords: christian; generation; making; movements; prayer; requests; survey cache: gme-2799.docx plain text: gme-2799.txt item: #603 of 918 id: gme-28 author: Wan, Enoch; Heibert, Paul title: Missional Narrative and Missional Hermeneutic for the 21st Century date: 2010 words: 1198 flesch: 65 summary: • I may wonder what kind of mission God has for me, when I should ask what kind of me God wants for his mission. The book really is a wonder travelogue through the narrative God has given us in the Bible. keywords: god; mission cache: gme-28.pdf plain text: gme-28.txt item: #604 of 918 id: gme-280 author: Doyle, Wright title: Review of "No Limitations: Brother Shen Xiao Feng – his story and writings" date: 2010 words: 1248 flesch: 61 summary: Though Shen admits that there are believers within the TSPM, he states that its continued persecution of house churches, subservience to the government, and promotion of non-biblical theology (at the top; most at the local level are orthodox) make widespread close cooperation with house churches impossible. Not that house churches have no serious flaws. keywords: china; church; house; shen cache: gme-280.pdf plain text: gme-280.txt item: #605 of 918 id: gme-2800 author: Kin, Ari; Joseph, Abigail title: Looking into the Sky: Hope for Han-Uyghur Reconciliation date: 2023 words: 4292 flesch: 67 summary: This fact underscores the amount of jobs Han Chinese people have been getting in Xinjiang and how very few of those jobs have been going to the Uyghurs, formerly the majority ethnic group in that region. In Urumqi, Han men have often lamented the fact that Uyghur women—despite often being forced to do so because of genocide and “ethnic cleansing”—are unwilling to marry them (New 2017). keywords: chinese; han; man; people; riots; stereotypes; urumqi; uyghur cache: gme-2800.docx plain text: gme-2800.txt item: #606 of 918 id: gme-2801 author: George, Geomon title: Standing Up with the Persecuted Christians in India: Responses of Select Transnational Indian American Christians to the Christian Persecution in India date: 2023 words: 4274 flesch: 45 summary: A youth leader at Bethel Worship Center, Shawn Abraham (2023), wants to find out what Indian American Christians can do that can help suffering Indian Christians in their everyday lives: “We have lots of resources, but how do we get it to people in need?” This article will focus on ways in which Indian American Christians living in the United States are mobilizing in different ways to respond to this crisis. keywords: american; christians; church; communication; indian; persecution; prayer; states; united; violence cache: gme-2801.docx plain text: gme-2801.txt item: #607 of 918 id: gme-2802 author: Maroney, Nathan title: Pauline Perspectives on Persecution date: 2023 words: 4478 flesch: 60 summary: Nevertheless, through Paul’s spiritual interpretation of his circumstances, any suffering Paul experiences for Gentiles generally, or for Christ’s body, is a benefit to those he has not met at Colossae. Abstract This article examines Paul’s view of persecution of believers for their faith. keywords: believers; christ; gospel; paul; persecution; solidarity; suffering cache: gme-2802.docx plain text: gme-2802.txt item: #608 of 918 id: gme-2803 author: Phillips, Prasad D R J title: Christian Persecution and Suffering date: 2024 words: 986 flesch: 48 summary: In answering that question, it is important to acknowledge that Christians’ perspectives and worldviews concerning persecution and suffering due to Christian faith and identity differ depending on the country and context. This array of approaches can also be instructive about how the theme of Christian persecution and suffering can be understood, practised, and articulated. keywords: christians; persecution cache: gme-2803.docx plain text: gme-2803.txt item: #609 of 918 id: gme-2804 author: John title: The Hindutva Movement in Northeast India: Situating Manipur Christian Suffering in Context date: 2023 words: 4393 flesch: 52 summary: On the other hand, for tribal people land, culture, and identity are inseparably connected, as Sitlhou beautifully expresses: “Changes in land relations lead to a redefinition of identity” (Sitlhou 2015, 70). The rise of the assimilative ideology and vision for Akhand Bharat (“Undivided India”) under the current Indian government has directly targeted tribal Christian communities of Northeast India for three reasons: 1. keywords: christian; churches; communities; india; kuki; land; manipur; people; tribal; violence cache: gme-2804.docx plain text: gme-2804.txt item: #610 of 918 id: gme-2805 author: Bongoyok, Moussa title: Meeting the Needs of Internally Displaced Christian Boko Haram Victims: A Case Study of Mokolo in the Far North Region, Cameroon date: 2023 words: 4844 flesch: 60 summary: Boko Haram fighters attacked his village eleven times between March 1 and June 27, 2022. The area and other localities in northern Cameroon face severe land degradation due to the abusive use of chemical fertilizer, overuse of farmland, and deforestation from the uncontrollable destruction of trees for firewood. keywords: attacks; boko; cameroon; christians; churches; haram; mayo; millet; needs; north; region; tsanaga cache: gme-2805.docx plain text: gme-2805.txt item: #611 of 918 id: gme-2807 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for July 2024 Special Issue: “Awakenings, Advances, and Revivals: Noteworthy Outpourings of God’s Spirit” date: 2024 words: 151 flesch: 23 summary: Call for Papers “Awakenings, Advances, and Revivals: Noteworthy Outpourings of God’s Spirit” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, July 2024 The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of Recent Literature on Awakenings, Advances, or Revivals · Case Studies of Local, Regional, or Broader Spiritual Outpourings · Contemporary Case Studies · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analyses · Missiological Analyses Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due November 30, 2023. keywords: revivals cache: gme-2807.docx plain text: gme-2807.txt item: #612 of 918 id: gme-2808 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for October 2024 Special Issue: “Recessions and Declines: Noteworthy Decreases of Christianity and Its Influence” date: 2024 words: 162 flesch: 22 summary: The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of Recent Literature on Christian Recessions and Declines · Case Studies of Local, Regional, or Broader Decreases in Christian Presence and Influence · Contemporary Case Studies—including on so-called “Religious Nones” · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analyses · Missiological Analyses Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due January 31, 2024. Call for Papers “Recessions and Declines: Noteworthy Decreases of Christianity and Its Influence” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2024 keywords: missiology cache: gme-2808.docx plain text: gme-2808.txt item: #613 of 918 id: gme-281 author: Groom, Phil title: Review of "The Biblical Revelation of the Cross: A Bible Study of the Atonement of Jesus Christ - the Righteous Servant " date: 2010 words: 1090 flesch: 60 summary: Is the notion of penal substitution — the idea that on the cross God was punishing Jesus in place of humanity It's a notion that not only goes counter to any form of natural justice that intelligent beings might understand but also runs contrary to the Bible itself: for anyone who accepts the Bible as God's authoritative word, penal substitution as an explanation for the atonement simply will not do — it both misrepresents Scripture and dishonours God himself. keywords: atonement; god; substitution cache: gme-281.pdf plain text: gme-281.txt item: #614 of 918 id: gme-282 author: Staff, GM title: Free IBMR Offer date: 2010 words: 1604 flesch: 23 summary: -Italic /Tunga-Regular /TwCenMT-Bold /TwCenMT-BoldItalic /TwCenMT-Condensed /TwCenMT-CondensedBold /TwCenMT-CondensedExtraBold /TwCenMT-Italic /TwCenMT-Regular /Verdana -BoldItalic /BookAntiqua-Italic /BookmanOldStyle /BookmanOldStyle-Bold /BookmanOldStyle-BoldItalic /BookmanOldStyle-Italic /BookshelfSymbolSeven /BradleyHandITC /BritannicBold keywords: /franklingothic; bolditalic; italic; mission; regular; research cache: gme-282.pdf plain text: gme-282.txt item: #615 of 918 id: gme-2823 author: Qalb, Danyal title: More Local than the Locals: An Ethnoscopic Analysis of a Philippine Seminary date: 2024 words: 4116 flesch: 53 summary: The findings from the ethnoscopic analysis prompted significant changes in my teaching approach and interactions with students at a local seminary. Key Words: mission, orality, pedagogy, theological education Introduction Since 2018, I have taught at a local seminary where I noticed students grappling with a curriculum akin to my educational experience in Germany. keywords: education; english; jesus; learning; people; philippines; stories; students; teaching cache: gme-2823.docx plain text: gme-2823.txt item: #616 of 918 id: gme-2824 author: Santiago-Vendrell, Angel title: Daniel J. Fleming’s Planetary Missiology for a Broken World date: 2024 words: 4064 flesch: 52 summary: From the beginning of his career, Fleming had a vision for world unity and world Christianity. This theme sets the precedent from which to demonstrate that Fleming’s missiology was global in its scope and a forerunner of the field of world Christianity. keywords: christian; fleming; god; missiology; missionary; religions; self; world cache: gme-2824.doc plain text: gme-2824.txt item: #617 of 918 id: gme-2825 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Mission and Public Issues date: 2024 words: 2494 flesch: 44 summary: Especially given his recognized status as a Christian leader, as well as given the wide scope of how the Lord of Hosts uses people as part of his mission, Francis’s message is closely connected to, indeed part of, Christian mission—even if such a message is not part of Christian missions per se. A question: How might Francis’s message have been connected to Christian mission? keywords: christian; economic; francis; lausanne; mission; movement; world cache: gme-2825.docx plain text: gme-2825.txt item: #618 of 918 id: gme-283 author: Cook, Charles A. title: QUINTESENTIAL GLOBAL SOUL date: 2010 words: 1945 flesch: 70 summary: All of us who knew him have our own personal “Paul Hiebert memories.” Paul Hiebert did an apt job of modeling both for us! keywords: ashram; hiebert; life; paul cache: gme-283.pdf plain text: gme-283.txt item: #619 of 918 id: gme-2838 author: Martin, Dwight title: Pioneering Precision and Transparency in Mission Work date: 2024 words: 3531 flesch: 58 summary: When AFT church planters venture into a new village, they traverse every road and lane in search of “persons of peace” (Luke 10). Figure 3: KapTrack Map (eSTAR Foundation n.d.c.) AFT church planters make repeated visits to the villages, discipling the new believers and as a result many choose to be baptized. keywords: aft; church; churches; data; harvest; kaptrack; mission cache: gme-2838.docx plain text: gme-2838.txt item: #620 of 918 id: gme-2839 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for July 2024 Special Issue: “Awakenings, Advances, and Revivals: Noteworthy Outpourings of God’s Spirit” date: 2024 words: 151 flesch: 23 summary: Call for Papers “Awakenings, Advances, and Revivals: Noteworthy Outpourings of God’s Spirit” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, July 2024 The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of Recent Literature on Awakenings, Advances, or Revivals · Case Studies of Local, Regional, or Broader Spiritual Outpourings · Contemporary Case Studies · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analyses · Missiological Analyses Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due February 29, 2024. keywords: revivals cache: gme-2839.docx plain text: gme-2839.txt item: #621 of 918 id: gme-284 author: Strauss, Steve title: FOND MEMORIES OF PAUL HIEBERT FROM A GRATEFUL DISCIPLE date: 2010 words: 298 flesch: 65 summary: Over the next years Paul's thinking on form and meaning, critical contextualization, and critical realism became the building blocks of conceptual highway that showed me the way through the tough missiological issues I was facing. Microsoft Word - FOND MEMORIES-Struss.doc FOND MEMORIES OF PAUL HIEBERT FROM A GRATEFUL DISCIPLE Steve Strauss, Director, SIM USA As a young missionary in Ethiopia, struggling with the relationship between the Bible and culture, I was introduced to the writings of Paul Hiebert. keywords: paul cache: gme-284.pdf plain text: gme-284.txt item: #622 of 918 id: gme-2840 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for October 2024 Special Issue: “Recessions and Declines: Noteworthy Decreases of Christianity and Its Influence” date: 2024 words: 162 flesch: 22 summary: The following topics are examples of requested articles: · Review of Recent Literature on Christian Recessions and Declines · Case Studies of Local, Regional, or Broader Decreases in Christian Presence and Influence · Contemporary Case Studies—including on so-called “Religious Nones” · Historical Case Studies · Biblical-theological Analyses · Missiological Analyses Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due February 29, 2024. Call for Papers “Recessions and Declines: Noteworthy Decreases of Christianity and Its Influence” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2024 keywords: missiology cache: gme-2840.docx plain text: gme-2840.txt item: #623 of 918 id: gme-2841 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2024 words: 15051 flesch: 48 summary: Especially given his recognized status as a Christian leader, as well as given the wide scope of how the Lord of Hosts uses people as part of his mission, Francis’s message is closely connected to, indeed part of, Christian mission—even if such a message is not part of Christian missions per se. A question: How might Francis’s message have been connected to Christian mission? keywords: aft; christian; church; churches; data; faith; fleming; global; god; harvest; issn; january; jesus; kaptrack; lausanne; leaders; learning; missiology; mission; missionary; movement; new; people; self; students; vol; world cache: gme-2841.pdf plain text: gme-2841.txt item: #624 of 918 id: gme-2842 author: Beine, David title: R. Daniel Shaw, Singing Samo Songs: From Shaman to Pastor: An Ethnohistorical Approach to Socio-Religious Expressions among the Samo of Papua New Guinea date: 2024 words: 710 flesch: 33 summary: By structuring the book around the Kandila ceremony, Shaw not only provides a comprehensive analysis of Samo cultural evolution but also demonstrates a reflexive approach to ethnography that acknowledges the researcher’s presence and biases—a model that could inspire future ethnographers. During the 2022 American Anthropological Association meetings in Seattle, Washington, Daniel Shaw, a Senior Professor of Anthropology and Translation at the Fuller Graduate School of Mission and Theology, handed me his book with a suggestion: “You should read this.” keywords: samo; shaw cache: gme-2842.docx plain text: gme-2842.txt item: #625 of 918 id: gme-2843 author: Rheinbolt-Uribe, Renee title: Maternal-thinking, Missio Dei, and Managerial Missiology: A Colombian Case Study date: 2024 words: 6854 flesch: 53 summary: Instead of fighting with their children over their involvement in this new denomination, many mothers “leaned in” and became a part of the congregation. I have been transformed by being immersed in the Colombian culture and with Colombian mothers. keywords: article; case; christian; church; family; god; missiology; mission; motherhood; mothers; systems; theology; thinking; usa; women cache: gme-2843.docx plain text: gme-2843.txt item: #626 of 918 id: gme-2844 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: 1619, 1919, and Today date: 2024 words: 6438 flesch: 48 summary: March 1 was declared a public holiday soon after Korea’s 1945 liberation from Japan, and it remains so in both North Korea and South Korea to this day. Regarding the March 1, 1919 Korean Independence Movement (Samil Undo in Korean), one necessary clarification for outsiders is that at that time there was neither a “North Korea” nor a “South Korea.” keywords: africans; america; declaration; events; history; independence; japan; japanese; korea; koreans; movement; new; people; united; world cache: gme-2844.docx plain text: gme-2844.txt item: #627 of 918 id: gme-2845 author: Harries, Jim title: Anthropologists Taking an Interest in Christianity, and Missionaries in Anthropology: A Constructive Contextual Engagement date: 2024 words: 4941 flesch: 47 summary: Even though a foreign imposition onto Africans, Western missionaries in Africa increasingly acquiesce to use of European languages in their engagements with African people. Self-imposed strictures and the role of western missionaries in cross-cultural mission to Africa. keywords: african; anthropologists; anthropology; christian; christianity; missionaries; people; vähäkangas cache: gme-2845.docx plain text: gme-2845.txt item: #628 of 918 id: gme-2846 author: Ndegwa, Andrew title: Michael Lamb, A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought date: 2024 words: 2033 flesch: 51 summary: In the ninth chapter, Lamb further strengthens his case for Augustinian hope by drawing from Augustine’s extensive correspondence with Roman officials, Catholic bishops, and friends who solicited spiritual as well political advice (203). In fact, Lamb notes that for Augustine evil is not an independent force but the “wrongful use of a good for improper ends (perversion)” (39). keywords: augustine; book; hope; lamb cache: gme-2846.docx plain text: gme-2846.txt item: #629 of 918 id: gme-2847 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: The Lamb Who Was Slain date: 2024 words: 1100 flesch: 48 summary: Having been born into poverty, carried into exile, tempted in every manner, and shaped by unimaginable suffering, Jesus Christ is risen and reigning—scars and all. As demonstrated by the living creatures, elders, angels, and “every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them” (5:13) listed in that heavenly scene, the crucified and risen Jesus Christ eminently deserves immeasurable praise and accolades beyond our imagination. keywords: christ; jesus; suffering cache: gme-2847.docx plain text: gme-2847.txt item: #630 of 918 id: gme-2848 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2025 Special Issue: "Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections" date: 2024 words: 177 flesch: 36 summary: Call for Papers: “Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2025 The April 2025 issue of Global Missiology - English will examine the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, or “Seoul-Incheon 2024,” that will have taken place in September, 2024. The Lausanne Movement and the Worldwide Christian Movement · Preparations for the Lausanne IV Congress · Participant Experience of Lausanne IV · Analyses of Lausanne IV: Historical, Biblical-theological, Missiological, Religious, Socio-economic, Political · Immediate and Future Effects of Lausanne IV Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due October 31, 2024. keywords: lausanne cache: gme-2848.docx plain text: gme-2848.txt item: #631 of 918 id: gme-2849 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2024 words: 23121 flesch: 44 summary: Rather, what is germane here are the implications of movement in the other direction: (secular) anthropologists researching Christianity and, at least to some extent, other people’s ways of life as if they were theological systems. Traditionally at least, sociology is the study of one’s own people, while anthropologists set out to explore other people, their cultures and ethnicities (BJYU’s 2024; Bodenheimer 2019). keywords: african; anthropologists; anthropology; april; article; augustine; book; christian; christianity; church; family; global; god; history; hope; independence; issn; japan; japanese; jesus; korea; lamb; missiology; missiology issn; mission; missionaries; motherhood; mothers; movement; new; people; research; study; theology; thinking; vol; vähäkangas; western; women; world cache: gme-2849.pdf plain text: gme-2849.txt item: #632 of 918 id: gme-285 author: Branner, John title: The Professor/Anthropologist with a Sense of Humor date: 2010 words: 203 flesch: 62 summary: Dr. Hiebert told of a doctoral student in entomology who's research focus had been the hind legs of the gnat. Published in the special issue “A Memoriam of Paul G. Hiebert” www.globalmissiology.org April 1, 2007 keywords: research cache: gme-285.pdf plain text: gme-285.txt item: #633 of 918 id: gme-287 author: Olonade, Timothy title: THE AFRICAN CHURCH CATCHES THE BACK TO JERUSALEM VISION date: 2010 words: 821 flesch: 50 summary: More than 100 top missions leaders (representing 80 agencies, churches, and organizations) who are actively involved in recruiting, training, and sending missionaries from Nigeria affirmed this vision during the November 3, 2005 Nigeria Missions Executive Congress. Currently, Nigerian missionaries are serving in 14 of the 38 countries covered by this vision! keywords: jerusalem; vision cache: gme-287.pdf plain text: gme-287.txt item: #634 of 918 id: gme-2870 author: Gitau, Wanjiru M. title: Time and Revival date: 2024 words: 2639 flesch: 69 summary: Rather, modern humans, Christians not exempted, have come to place emphasis on the autonomous subject who adulates quick gratification, revels in a sense of being in control of history, and is uncomfortable with this notion of long stretches of chronos time—clock time—by any stretch of the imagination, when there seems to be little that God is doing. God is the God of time, of space, of history. keywords: baptist; god; israel; people; time cache: gme-2870.docx plain text: gme-2870.txt item: #635 of 918 id: gme-2871 author: Martin, Dwight title: Transforming Thailand: The Vision, Mission, and Impact of The Association of Free Churches in Thailand date: 2024 words: 4563 flesch: 51 summary: Therefore, AFT church leaders do not compel attendance at a district church or adherence to various Christian regulations typically expected of new “converts” in the traditional sense. As AFT church planters brought the message of Jesus and the Kingdom of God to each village, they diligently formed house churches, fostering spiritual growth and community engagement. keywords: aft; church; churches; discipleship; gospel; house; jesus; martin; thailand cache: gme-2871.docx plain text: gme-2871.txt item: #636 of 918 id: gme-2872 author: Ndegwa, Andrew title: An Overview of The Shandong Revival of 1927-1937 date: 2024 words: 4100 flesch: 64 summary: Culturally, Shandong’s Lu cuisine is one of China’s eight great culinary traditions and can be traced back to over two millennia ago (China Daily Shandong, 2021), laying claim to being the oldest Chinese culinary tradition. Key Words: China, missionaries, revival, Shandong, Southern Baptist Introduction: Background of Shandong Province Situated on the shores of the Yellow Sea in East China, the area that is now Shandong Province has made major contributions to Chinese history. keywords: china; chinese; culpepper; missionaries; monsen; revival; shandong; spirit cache: gme-2872.docx plain text: gme-2872.txt item: #637 of 918 id: gme-2873 author: Handley, Jr., Joseph W. title: Collaborative Leadership date: 2024 words: 2961 flesch: 22 summary: Rooted in participative leadership theories, collaborative leadership emphasizes teamwork and shared decision-making. Drawing insights from biblical foundations, modern management theories, and the author’s thesis on polycentric leadership, this article highlights the relevance and practical applications of collaborative leadership. keywords: challenges; collaboration; diversity; japan; leadership; mission; team cache: gme-2873.docx plain text: gme-2873.txt item: #638 of 918 id: gme-2874 author: Naylor, Mark title: Aila Tasse and Dave Coles, Cabbages in the Desert: How God Transformed a Devout Muslim and Catalyzed Disciple Making Movements Among Unreached Peoples date: 2024 words: 3089 flesch: 53 summary: Through his Lifeway ministry Aila Tasse has empowered many DMM practitioners who have established ongoing Disciple Making Movements. Abstract Cabbages in the Desert: How God Transformed a Devout Muslim and Catalyzed Disciple Making Movements Among Unreached Peoples by Aila Tasse and Dave Coles provides case studies and explanations from in and around Kenya about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). keywords: disciple; dmm; making; tasse cache: gme-2874.docx plain text: gme-2874.txt item: #639 of 918 id: gme-2875 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: “The Asbury Outpouring” of February 2023: A Follow-up Report date: 2024 words: 4074 flesch: 52 summary: Select attempts by Asbury University administrators, faculty, staff, and students to interpret and explain various aspects of the Outpouring are scattered on the internet for those wishing to explore further nuances of how Asbury has followed up on the events of February 2023 (for two also linked on Asbury’s “Outpouring” web page, see Brown, 2024 and McCracken, K. 2024). News of the ongoing worship, fellowship, and fervency among Asbury students spread widely through social media, and thousands from around the United States and beyond traveled to Wilmore to see for themselves and take part. keywords: asbury; asbury university; february; god; outpouring; revival; students; university cache: gme-2875.docx plain text: gme-2875.txt item: #640 of 918 id: gme-2876 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2025 Special Issue: "Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections" date: 2024 words: 177 flesch: 36 summary: Call for Papers: “Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections” For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2025 The April 2025 issue of Global Missiology - English will examine the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, or “Seoul-Incheon 2024,” that will have taken place in September, 2024. The Lausanne Movement and the Worldwide Christian Movement · Preparations for the Lausanne IV Congress · Participant Experience of Lausanne IV · Analyses of Lausanne IV: Historical, Biblical-theological, Missiological, Religious, Socio-economic, Political · Immediate and Future Effects of Lausanne IV Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due October 31, 2024. keywords: lausanne cache: gme-2876.docx plain text: gme-2876.txt item: #641 of 918 id: gme-2877 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2024 words: 22347 flesch: 48 summary: Therefore, AFT church leaders do not compel attendance at a district church or adherence to various Christian regulations typically expected of new “converts” in the traditional sense. These individuals are earmarked by AFT leaders for specialized training to fulfill the responsibilities of house church leadership. keywords: aft; asbury; china; christian; church; churches; collaborative; culpepper; disciple; february; global; god; gospel; issn; jesus; july; leadership; life; making; missiology; mission; new; outpouring; people; process; revival; shandong; spirit; team; thailand; time; university; vol; world cache: gme-2877.pdf plain text: gme-2877.txt item: #642 of 918 id: gme-288 author: unknown, author title: Obituary, Fran Hiebert date: 2010 words: 130 flesch: 70 summary: She was director of international student affairs both at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif. and at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill. Microsoft Word - Obituary-Fran.doc Obituary Fran Hiebert died April 16, 1999 in Illinois. keywords: fran cache: gme-288.pdf plain text: gme-288.txt item: #643 of 918 id: gme-289 author: Watson, Jude Tiersma title: TRIBUTE TO FRAN & Paul HIEBERT date: 2010 words: 320 flesch: 74 summary: My life will be forever enriched by the welcome and embrace of Paul and Fran Hiebert. Published in the special issue “A Memoriam of Paul G. Hiebert” www.globalmissiology.org April 1, 2007 keywords: paul cache: gme-289.pdf plain text: gme-289.txt item: #644 of 918 id: gme-2899 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Christian Recessions and Declines: What Might We Learn from Them? date: 2024 words: 2151 flesch: 47 summary: Realizing the fuller scope of recessions and contextual transitions throughout Christian mission history can cultivate a more complete, more accurate, and arguably more biblical understanding of God’s redemptive mission. Hence Christian missions, which are Christians’ efforts to participate in God’s all-encompassing mission, are to be comprehensive as well. keywords: christianity; god; history; latourette; world cache: gme-2899.docx plain text: gme-2899.txt item: #645 of 918 id: gme-29 author: Robinson, George G. title: Crucial Issues in a New Era of Church Planting date: 2009 words: 461 flesch: 58 summary: Because we need healthy churches, I have asked Dr. Benjamin Merkle to write on the subject of biblical leadership within the context of church planting. Though church planting may now seem obvious as a strategic goal for missions, how to do it best is still a potentially contentious matter. keywords: church; planting cache: gme-29.doc plain text: gme-29.txt item: #646 of 918 id: gme-290 author: Meye, Mary A. title: REMEMBERING FRAN HIEBERT – REFLECTIONS FROM A FRIEND date: 2010 words: 309 flesch: 80 summary: Altadena, California Fran Hiebert was a dear, dear friend-along with her husband Paul. Fran and her husband Paul were rather the Ying and the Yang of human personality types. keywords: fran cache: gme-290.pdf plain text: gme-290.txt item: #647 of 918 id: gme-2900 author: Whyte, Greg S. title: Eclipse of the Son: The Fate of the 1880s Revival in Meiji Japan date: 2024 words: 4352 flesch: 48 summary: Abstract Japanese Christianity in the 1880s was experiencing significant growth, so much so that missionaries were proclaiming that Japan would become the center of East Asian Christianity by the turn of the century. The values inherent in missionary Christianity consequently came into conflict with the traditional family values and beliefs of Japan—including arranged marriages, communal rituals, and ancestral veneration, so perseverance of individual Christians and retention within the church became more difficult. keywords: 1880s; christianity; church; growth; japan; japanese; missionaries; revival; yamamori cache: gme-2900.docx plain text: gme-2900.txt item: #648 of 918 id: gme-2901 author: Farrokh, Fred title: How Should Muslim Identity be Determined? date: 2024 words: 5075 flesch: 61 summary: If the Muslim community does not extend Muslim identity status, then can insider participants be considered as having retained Muslim identity? As the data above indicates, few Muslims are willing to confer Muslim identity upon those who worship the Lord Jesus Christ. keywords: believers; christ; god; identity; insider; islam; islamic; jesus; muhammad; muslim cache: gme-2901.docx plain text: gme-2901.txt item: #649 of 918 id: gme-2902 author: Harries, Jim title: The Theological Voice of a Poor Man in a Desert: Right for Africa? date: 2024 words: 3340 flesch: 65 summary: Key Words: Africa, contextualization, missions, Church, Monasticism, Egypt, theology Abba Matta, or Father Matta El-Meskeen, is often translated into English as “Matthew the Poor.” In this article I will use the Arabic designation Abba Matta (“Father Matthew”). keywords: abba; africa; church; desert; life; matta; matthew cache: gme-2902.docx plain text: gme-2902.txt item: #650 of 918 id: gme-2903 author: Hirome, David title: Emojis and Visio Divina: Contextualizing the Gospel to Reach East African Youth in the Digital Sphere date: 2024 words: 4395 flesch: 48 summary: Other studies could also consider building on the insights from this research to create Christian contemplative digital images that feature the emojis of love, praying hands, and biceps. One participant commented, “I really don’t understand this kind of Visio Divina prayer practice.” keywords: christian; digital; divina; emojis; god; participants; prayer; research; visio; youth cache: gme-2903.docx plain text: gme-2903.txt item: #651 of 918 id: gme-2904 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for October 2025 Special Issue: "Diaspora Communities: Relationships, Identities, Challenges, and Opportunities" date: 2024 words: 249 flesch: 17 summary: Call for Papers: Diaspora Communities: Relationships, Identities, Challenges, and Opportunities For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2025 The October 2025 issue of Global Missiology - English will examine an array of topics related to diaspora communities. The following topics—in particular case studies—are examples of requested articles: · Case Studies of Diaspora-Indigenous Relations · Case Studies of Changing Diaspora Identities · Case Studies of Generational Adjustments in Diaspora Communities · Case Studies of Revivals in Diaspora Communities · Case Studies of Diaspora Theological and Leadership Training · Other topics related to Diaspora Communities Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due April 30, 2025. keywords: diaspora cache: gme-2904.docx plain text: gme-2904.txt item: #652 of 918 id: gme-2905 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2025 Special Issue: "Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections" date: 2024 words: 175 flesch: 35 summary: Call for Papers: Lausanne IV: Reviews, Analyses, and Projections For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2025 The April 2025 issue of Global Missiology - English will examine the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, or “Seoul-Incheon 2024,” that took place in September, 2024. The Lausanne Movement and the Worldwide Christian Movement · Preparations for the Lausanne IV Congress · Participant Experience of Lausanne IV · Analyses of Lausanne IV: Historical, Biblical-theological, Missiological, Religious, Socio-economic, Political · Immediate and Future Effects of Lausanne IV Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due October 31, 2024. keywords: lausanne cache: gme-2905.docx plain text: gme-2905.txt item: #653 of 918 id: gme-2906 author: Phillips, Prasad D R J title: Sam George and Askok Kumar, eds., Sharing Jesus with Hindus: Global Witness Among Hindu Diaspora date: 2024 words: 939 flesch: 46 summary: This recent addition to the series edited by Sam George on Christians in diaspora missions is distinct for its singular focus on witnessing among diaspora Hindus. This unique focus on witnessing among diaspora Hindus will surely captivate the reader, providing a fresh perspective on Christian missions. keywords: book; hindus cache: gme-2906.docx plain text: gme-2906.txt item: #654 of 918 id: gme-2907 author: Kumar, Santosh; Gayen, Chanchal; Dias, Marcelo title: Mission Dynamics Among Biharis: Toward Contextualized Approaches date: 2024 words: 5710 flesch: 47 summary: Key Words: Bihar, Christian mission, contextualization, culture, India, missionaries, traditions Introduction “Why are you preaching a foreign religion?” is a common question posed to mission workers in India because of how Christianity is perceived to be a foreign belief system. Since its inception in Bihar, Christian mission has had limited success, with Christians comprising only 0.12% of the population (Kramer, 2021). keywords: bihar; christian; christianity; church; contextualization; culture; faith; family; god; gospel; india; mission; missionaries; new; practices; worship cache: gme-2907.docx plain text: gme-2907.txt item: #655 of 918 id: gme-2908 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2024 words: 27436 flesch: 48 summary: Rather, they insisted on retaining Christian identity for the ostensible purpose of witnessing of their new Islamic faith. Hybridity and Christian identity. keywords: abba; african; bihar; christian; christianity; church; churches; communities; community; culture; digital; divina; emojis; faith; global; god; gospel; growth; hindus; history; identity; india; islam; issn; japan; japanese; jesus; matta; missiology; missiology issn; mission; missionaries; muslim; new; october; participants; people; practices; prayer; religion; research; theological; visio; vol; world; worship; youth cache: gme-2908.pdf plain text: gme-2908.txt item: #656 of 918 id: gme-2909 author: Kombaté, Israel K. title: Theories and Spectrums: What Pressures Do Parachurch Agencies Face Toward Losing Their Founding Missions? date: 2025 words: 4173 flesch: 41 summary: In line with this view, one analyst notes that Christianity must reject the institutionalization of Christian faith and work that leads to the professionalization of Christian holistic mission (Takashi, 2013, 93). Abstract This article investigates seven parachurch agencies that have a holistic approach to Christian mission, specifically in order to examine how certain theories and spectrums might explain mission drift. keywords: agencies; christian; dechristianization; drift; faith; mission; ngos; organizations; parachurch; spectrum cache: gme-2909.docx plain text: gme-2909.txt item: #657 of 918 id: gme-291 author: Patterson, Elizabeth "Libbie" title: My Tribute to Fran Hiebert date: 2010 words: 225 flesch: 58 summary: Her innate kindness and her big heart drew many students to her, and she served as an unofficial mentor for many women who were trying to find their way into a legitimate expression of their own call to ministry. Published in the special issue “A Memoriam of Paul G. Hiebert” www.globalmissiology.org April 1, 2007 keywords: fran cache: gme-291.pdf plain text: gme-291.txt item: #658 of 918 id: gme-2910 author: Flanders, Chris title: The Honor-Shame Conversation in Evangelical Missiology: Past, Present, and Future date: 2025 words: 5133 flesch: 50 summary: For example, a search on the research website academia.com for “honor shame culture” yields 6,454 followers of that topic, while an “honor shame missions” search shows 21,370 full text papers. Abstract The concepts of honor and shame, once peripheral to evangelical missiology, have become pivotal in mission practice, cross-cultural theology, and biblical interpretation. keywords: conversation; cultures; evangelical; face; global; guilt; honor; issues; missiology; mission; shame; theology cache: gme-2910.docx plain text: gme-2910.txt item: #659 of 918 id: gme-292 author: Grimes Shaw, Georgia R.; Wan, Enoch title: TRIBUTES TO FRAN BY HER FRIENDS date: 2010 words: 642 flesch: 58 summary: Fran played a significant role in the ministry to women at Fuller and it included all three schools. [Editor’s Note: the following letters are from the correspondence file for the Women’s Concerns office at FTS] In a 1983 letter to Peter Stuhlmacher, Fran was Director for Women’s Concerns at Fuller and wrote, “I also wish to express sincere personal appreciation to you for making me feel that you were addressing women along with the men who were present. keywords: fran; women cache: gme-292.pdf plain text: gme-292.txt item: #660 of 918 id: gme-2921 author: Naylor, Mark title: Aychi B. R. with Dave Coles, Living Fire: Advancing God's Kingdom in Challenging Places date: 2025 words: 2014 flesch: 39 summary: Abstract Living Fire: Advancing God's Kingdom in Challenging Places presents a detailed framework for initiating and sustaining Disciple Making Movements (DMM) among Unreached People Groups (UPG) in African contexts. Theological bases for DBS: The discussion of Discovery Bible Study (DBS) in chapter 17 and Appendix B is practical and aligns well with DMM practices in other parts of the world. keywords: disciple; dmm; god; making; movements cache: gme-2921.docx plain text: gme-2921.txt item: #661 of 918 id: gme-293 author: Yamamori, Tetsunao ("Ted") title: GOD’S NEW ENVOYS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE MANDATE FOR THE GLOBAL MISSION date: 2010 words: 2653 flesch: 66 summary: For our purposes, people groups are best defined as culturally and linguistically separate peoples (such as the Maasai tribes of Kenya or the Hmong hill tribes of Laos). The 77 countries and thousands of people groups which are currently closed tend to be predominantly in the Muslim and Communist world.' keywords: christ; christian; god; people; world cache: gme-293.pdf plain text: gme-293.txt item: #662 of 918 id: gme-2930 author: Cuartas, Víctor Hugo title: Diverse Ways in which Muslim Background Believers Are Living Out I Peter 4:12-14 date: 2025 words: 4633 flesch: 67 summary: This article focuses on I Peter 4:12-14 and examines how Muslim background believers live out this passage. The various ways in which Muslim background believers are living out I Peter 4:12-14 during difficult trials is instructive to believers from different contexts and backgrounds. keywords: believers; christ; christian; god; muslim; persecution; peter; suffering; trials cache: gme-2930.docx plain text: gme-2930.txt item: #663 of 918 id: gme-2931 author: Keener, Chris; Foster, Dave title: A Mathematically Based Model of Disciple Making Movements date: 2025 words: 7237 flesch: 53 summary: For example, we the authors are able to answer questions that have nagged us for decades, such as: If a practitioner considers two options to spend an equal amount of time and effort— 1) purely scattering the seed of the Gospel, and 2) spending more time developing a small group of people from nonbelievers into faithful followers of Jesus—which option will lead to more people ultimately coming into a deep relationship with Christ marked by a life of obedience and love? Effective practitioners share the gospel with many people, but they also filter by investing more time with those who respond positively to the initial declaration of the gospel. keywords: disciple; god; gospel; jesus; people; population; rate; receptivity; relationships; time cache: gme-2931.docx plain text: gme-2931.txt item: #664 of 918 id: gme-2932 author: Cheong, John title: Benno van den Toren and Kang-San Tan, Humble Confidence: A Model for Interfaith Apologetics date: 2025 words: 1399 flesch: 37 summary: [because] Western Christian apologetics is too often insufficiently contextual [and] too insufficiently Christian” (1-2). They term their approach “apologetic witness, apologetic dialogue, and holistic apologetics”; the last especially addresses “the entire person with their emotions, commitments, and attachments” (3). keywords: apologetics; christian; god cache: gme-2932.docx plain text: gme-2932.txt item: #665 of 918 id: gme-2933 author: George, Sam title: Sadiri Joy Tira, ed., From Womb to Tomb: Generational Missiology in the 21st Century and Beyond date: 2025 words: 685 flesch: 57 summary: Older leaders must find mentors from younger generations and remain curious and teachable, even as they nurture other leaders. Leaders are called to continually nurture other leaders and pass on the mantel of leadership to others, who will in turn do the same. keywords: book; leaders cache: gme-2933.docx plain text: gme-2933.txt item: #666 of 918 id: gme-2934 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: Lalsangkima Pachuau and Allan Varghese Meloottu, eds., Christians and Christianity in India Today: Historical, Theological and Missiological Assessments date: 2025 words: 1466 flesch: 47 summary: Three matters deserve special attention when considering North India. Second, North India is home to the most persecuted Christians. keywords: christianity; christians; church; india; today cache: gme-2934.docx plain text: gme-2934.txt item: #667 of 918 id: gme-2935 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Specific Service Rather Than Vague Religious Sentiment date: 2025 words: 897 flesch: 50 summary: 2 Editorial Specific Service Rather Than Vague Religious Sentiment J. Nelson Jennings Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, January 2025 Following Jesus Christ involves nitty-gritty, everyday living. Two obvious caveats: (1) Following Jesus Christ cannot be reduced to concrete, tangible, this-worldly realities: the Creator-Redeemer, triune God is beyond “nitty-gritty, everyday” affairs; unseen, spiritual forces are real; Christians—consciously or not—interrelate with transcendent and other-worldly beings. keywords: god; jesus; world cache: gme-2935.docx plain text: gme-2935.txt item: #668 of 918 id: gme-2936 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Abeneazer G. Urga, Jessica A. Udall, and Edward L. Smither, eds., Reading 1 Peter Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message and Methods of 1 Peter date: 2025 words: 680 flesch: 49 summary: Bible teachers, mission scholars, theology/missiology students, and mission practitioners can all benefit, with thanksgiving, Reading 1 Peter Missiologically and its companion volumes. As with the Hebrews volume, the chapters in Reading 1 Peter Missiologically are divided into three sections, the titles of which are spelled out in each book’s subtitle: The Missionary Motive, Message and Methods of 1 Peter (or Hebrews). keywords: mission; peter cache: gme-2936.docx plain text: gme-2936.txt item: #669 of 918 id: gme-2937 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2025 words: 36859 flesch: 49 summary: While some might consider Christianity to be ethereal religious sentimentality, this issue's articles and book reviews offer examples of how followers of Jesus Christ must constantly engage particular struggles, questions, and blessings--all according to God's gracious supervision and care. Following Jesus Christ involves nitty-gritty, everyday living. keywords: believers; bible; book; christian; church; community; context; dbs; disciple; dmm; face; faith; global; god; gospel; honor; individuals; issn; issues; january; jesus; life; making; missiology; missiology issn; mission; model; movements; new; people; peter; population; practitioners; rate; receptivity; relationships; shame; study; suffering; time; vol; world cache: gme-2937.pdf plain text: gme-2937.txt item: #670 of 918 id: gme-2938 author: Handley, Jr., Joseph W. title: Developing Leaders of Christ-like Character: Insights from the Fourth Lausanne Congress date: 2025 words: 2929 flesch: 34 summary: Furthermore, in that gap developing leaders with Christ-like Character was needing critical attention. Abstract The Fourth Lausanne Congress, held in Seoul last September, brought together Christian leaders worldwide to strategize on evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development. keywords: character; christ; integrity; lausanne; leadership cache: gme-2938.docx plain text: gme-2938.txt item: #671 of 918 id: gme-2939 author: Ma, Tianji title: Joseph W. Handley, Jr., Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward a New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership date: 2025 words: 935 flesch: 25 summary: Handley’s work seeks to equip readers with a fresh framework that resonates with the complexities of global mission leadership today. Handley identifies these contributions as critical stepping stones towards a new theoretical model for mission leadership. keywords: handley; leadership; mission cache: gme-2939.docx plain text: gme-2939.txt item: #672 of 918 id: gme-294 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 57 flesch: 63 summary: Editorial Editorial Happy New Year to readers of Global Missiology. Free upon request until April 30th, 2007. keywords: editorial cache: gme-294.doc plain text: gme-294.txt item: #673 of 918 id: gme-2940 author: Lee, Bright Myeong Seok title: The Lausanne Movement’s Missiological Implications for Theological Education in Korea date: 2025 words: 4190 flesch: 45 summary: In edited by Korea Lausanne Committee, History and Praxis of Lausanne Movement. In edited by Korea Lausanne Committee, Lausanne Movement and Mission. keywords: acts; church; congress; global; korean; lausanne; lausanne congress; mission; movement; theological; world cache: gme-2940.docx plain text: gme-2940.txt item: #674 of 918 id: gme-2941 author: Joe, Richard title: The “Ralph Winter Moment” of Lausanne IV: Workplace Mission date: 2025 words: 4128 flesch: 63 summary: At the Fourth Lausanne Congress in Seoul-Incheon, the concept of “workplace mission,” as presented by Julia Garschagen, has the potential to reshape the next 50 years of missions. This article will discuss the strategic value of workplace mission and the main barriers that need to be overcome to implement it. keywords: christians; church; garschagen; mission; missionaries; workplace; world cache: gme-2941.docx plain text: gme-2941.txt item: #675 of 918 id: gme-2942 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for October 2025 Special Issue: "Diaspora Communities: Relationships, Identities, Challenges, and Opportunities" date: 2025 words: 249 flesch: 18 summary: Call for Papers: Diaspora Communities: Relationships, Identities, Challenges, and Opportunities For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2025 The October 2025 issue of Global Missiology - English will examine an array of topics related to diaspora communities. The following topics—in particular case studies—are examples of requested articles: · Case Studies of Diaspora-Indigenous Relations · Case Studies of Changing Diaspora Identities · Case Studies of Generational Adjustments in Diaspora Communities · Case Studies of Revivals in Diaspora Communities · Case Studies of Diaspora Theological and Leadership Training · Other topics related to Diaspora Communities Proposed titles with approximately 100-word abstracts are due May 31, 2025. keywords: diaspora cache: gme-2942.docx plain text: gme-2942.txt item: #676 of 918 id: gme-2943 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2026 Special Issue: "Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism" date: 2025 words: 301 flesch: 31 summary: In addition, Christian traditions relate differently to the state(s) within which they exist. Call for Papers: Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2026 The April 2026 issue of Global Missiology - English will take up the vexing reality of multiple Christian traditions co-existing amidst nationalistic contexts. keywords: traditions cache: gme-2943.docx plain text: gme-2943.txt item: #677 of 918 id: gme-295 author: Tiesze, Charles L. title: STRIVING TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF PERSECUTION date: 2010 words: 3317 flesch: 49 summary: When they are, it is most often the former which garner the full attention of the Church leaving victims of religious persecution without the advocacy they need and without a strong ability to theologically reflect upon or respond to their experience. For instance, a pastor in former Czechoslovakia denied the presence of religious persecution because he saw no cases of physical brutality even though his church, under a religiously oppressive government, was forced to worship in secret. keywords: christians; church; experience; persecution; reflection; theological cache: gme-295.pdf plain text: gme-295.txt item: #678 of 918 id: gme-2958 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Lausanne IV: One More Epilogue date: 2025 words: 2109 flesch: 54 summary: Pre-Congress material, including videos, is still available on the Lausanne website (Lausanne Movement 2025a). I have known personally for many years several in Lausanne leadership and others who have been involved in Lausanne circles. keywords: church; global; lausanne; movement cache: gme-2958.docx plain text: gme-2958.txt item: #679 of 918 id: gme-2959 author: None title: gme-2959 date: None words: 15625 flesch: 43 summary: You can also find an abundance of material through such online searches as “Lausanne Congress” or “Lausanne Congress reflections.” I was grateful to attend L4 physically—my first Lausanne Congress, actually. keywords: april; character; christ; christian; church; fourth; fourth lausanne; global; god; gospel; impact; issn; korean; lausanne; lausanne congress; lausanne movement; leadership; missiology; mission; missionaries; people; theological; vol; workplace; workplace mission; world cache: gme-2959.pdf plain text: gme-2959.txt item: #680 of 918 id: gme-296 author: None title: gme-296 date: None words: 993 flesch: 7 summary: The Deputation Organizer • Devotionals Online • Disability Resources • Discipleship Resources • Displays for Missions • Donor Software for Missionaries • Drama, Mime, Theatre Resources E • Email Listservices for Christians • Engineering Help • English Christian Video Directory • Evangelical Missions Quarterly Articles Online • Evangelism Resources • Evangelism Training and Soulwinning • Evangelistic Flash Sites and Christian Flash Sites F • Family Resources • Family Safe Internet • Fathering Resources • Filmstrip Ministry • Financial Advice for Christians • Forums for Missionaries • French Christian Video Directory • French Outreach Resources • Fundraising for Missionaries G • Gang Outreach Resources • George Patterson's Church Planting Guide • German Outreach Resources • God's Story Video/VCD for $6 • Graphic Design At Low Cost • Grief and Loss Resources H • Halloween Outreach Info and Resources • Homemakers Newsletter • House Church Resources • How to Have Great Teamwork • How to Prepare to Become a Missionary • How to Set Up a Christian Low Powered Radio Station • How to Write and Give Your Testimony I • India Christian Video Directory • Indian (American) Outreach Resources • Indonesian Outreach Resources • Insurance for Missionaries • • Bibles Online in different languages • Bible Studies online • Bible study materials - free • Bibles - places to buy • Bible Translation Resources • Books on Missions • Braille and Blind Outreach Resources • keywords: christian; directory; missionary; outreach; resources; video cache: gme-296.pdf plain text: gme-296.txt item: #681 of 918 id: gme-297 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: The Trinity and Contextualization date: 2010 words: 5594 flesch: 55 summary: The result of the great controversy of the fourth century was to reject this doctrine as heretical.32 To place this in the language of contextualization, we may say that the Apologists of the second century were in fact guilty of a degree of syncretistic contextualization. This may be described as “linguistic contextualization.” keywords: christian; church; contextualization; doctrine; god; greek; ibid; trinity cache: gme-297.pdf plain text: gme-297.txt item: #682 of 918 id: gme-2970 author: Manokaran, J. N. title: William D Taylor, Leading from Below: Lessons from the Crucible of Global Mission date: 2025 words: 2188 flesch: 57 summary: There were four categories of missions: Go, Pray, Give, Send.  Hagiographies of Biographies? “Tough, robust, true stuff continues to motivate people who are called to cross-cultural mission. (30) Then God orchestrated that he landed in a new role in global missions.  keywords: author; cross; global; god; leaders; mission cache: gme-2970.docx plain text: gme-2970.txt item: #683 of 918 id: gme-2971 author: Prinz, Emanuel title: Factors That Contribute to or Impede Movements date: 2025 words: 4691 flesch: 44 summary: Conversely, effective movement catalysts apparently experience a lack of openness to the gospel as less of a problem than non-catalysts, even if they minister in similarly challenging contexts. First, the analysis shows that movement catalysts are not necessarily more effective in catalyzing movements because their contexts are “easier.” keywords: catalysts; catalyzing; difference; factors; ministry; movement; non cache: gme-2971.docx plain text: gme-2971.txt item: #684 of 918 id: gme-2977 author: Penn, Richard W. title: Jesus’s Compassionate Urgency for Evangelism and Missions: Veterinary Medicine Informs Understanding Matthew 9:36 date: 2025 words: 4080 flesch: 71 summary: Sheep are exceptionally dependent on their shepherd for guidance, food, water, and protection from other sheep, thieves, flies, parasites, diseases, and predators, which globally include coyotes, wild dogs, foxes, wolves, mountain lions, bobcats, bears, and eagles. Rocky Lindsey, Associate Professor of Animal Science at the U. of Arkansas at Monticello, DVM from LSU, who has served with and is currently associated with the Christian Veterinary Mission and who has experience raising sheep (Lindsey 2024), concurs that bloated sheep will rapidly die unless rescued, which would have been common knowledge among shepherds then. keywords: 9:36; christ; compassion; god; jesus; john; matthew; new; sheep; shepherd cache: gme-2977.docx plain text: gme-2977.txt item: #685 of 918 id: gme-298 author: Tino, James title: GOSPEL PROCLAMATION AMONG THE URBAN POOR date: 2010 words: 3962 flesch: 51 summary: We know that there will always be poor people among us, but the question for us as Western missionaries is, “will we be among the poor?” My own sense of the situation, however, is that Western missionaries feel uncomfortable and “out of place” working among the poor. keywords: class; gospel; life; missionary; people; problem; religion cache: gme-298.pdf plain text: gme-298.txt item: #686 of 918 id: gme-299 author: Ramstad, Mans title: The Chinese Bible: How We Got It and How We Need It date: 2010 words: 6188 flesch: 64 summary: Although this translation became the foundation of Chinese Bible translation, it was “wooden and unclear” (Pfister, 1 He is the only Bible translator of that era known for literary work outside Bible translation. keywords: bible; china; chinese; christian; church; god; people; society; translation; version; women; word cache: gme-299.pdf plain text: gme-299.txt item: #687 of 918 id: gme-2994 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Emanuel Prinz, What Actually Starts Movements: Partnering with God for Kingdom Multiplication date: 2025 words: 820 flesch: 55 summary: Movement critics would bristle and might resist reading this well-researched work and thus fail to become further informed. 280, $19.99; ASIN: B0F5XVPLJG (e-book) $9.99. keywords: book; movements cache: gme-2994.docx plain text: gme-2994.txt item: #688 of 918 id: gme-2995 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Editorial date: 2025 words: 848 flesch: 66 summary: Similarly, a number of humble Christian mission servants are familiar to many Christian circles and in some cases beyond, including Patrick, Alopen, Cyril and Methodius, Francis Xavier, William Carey, Mary Slessor, Nicholas of Japan, and Nate Saint. In reference to this issue’s articles, humble servants seek to rescue “downcast sheep” for the sake of those sheep, not for their own advancement or recognition. keywords: god; people; service cache: gme-2995.docx plain text: gme-2995.txt item: #689 of 918 id: gme-30 author: Grant, Paul title: JOB, GOD’S MAN OF TRUE FAME: HANDLING THE UNEXPLAINABLE date: 2010 words: 5117 flesch: 76 summary: But God used Job to humiliate him. Job is a book that helps us understand and accept the inscrutable ways of God as being part of our existence and – as Job clearly shows – development in faith. keywords: fame; god; grant; job; man; music; paul; poetry; suffering cache: gme-30.pdf plain text: gme-30.txt item: #690 of 918 id: gme-300 author: Olonade, Timothy title: THE AFRICAN CHURCH CATCHES THE BACK TO JERUSALEM VISION date: 2010 words: 803 flesch: 50 summary: To unsubscribe to the Back to Jerusalem E-mail news updates, reply to this message and write unsubscribe in the Subject line To change your email address where these are sent, reply to this message and write change address in the Subject line. More than 100 top missions leaders (representing 80 agencies, churches, and organizations) who are actively involved in recruiting, training, and sending missionaries from Nigeria affirmed this vision during the November 3, 2005 Nigeria Missions Executive Congress. keywords: jerusalem; vision cache: gme-300.pdf plain text: gme-300.txt item: #691 of 918 id: gme-3006 author: Fonseca, E. J. title: COMIBAM at the IV Lausanne Congress: A Reflection on Missionary Collaboration date: 2025 words: 3831 flesch: 52 summary: IV Lausanne Congress, Incheon, South Korea. IV Lausanne Congress, Incheon, South Korea. keywords: christ; church; congress; day; global; lausanne; mission; movement cache: gme-3006.docx plain text: gme-3006.txt item: #692 of 918 id: gme-3007 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2026 Special Issue: "Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism" date: 2025 words: 301 flesch: 30 summary: In addition, Christian traditions relate differently to the state(s) within which they exist. Call for Papers: Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2026 The April 2026 issue of Global Missiology - English will take up the vexing reality of multiple Christian traditions co-existing amidst nationalistic contexts. keywords: traditions cache: gme-3007.docx plain text: gme-3007.txt item: #693 of 918 id: gme-3008 author: GME title: PDF icon opens file, then see top right for download. date: 2025 words: 17529 flesch: 53 summary: Conversely, effective movement catalysts apparently experience a lack of openness to the gospel as less of a problem than non-catalysts, even if they minister in similarly challenging contexts. Conducting and taking surveys about movement catalysts humbly intends to serve the cause of God’s kingdom, not to seek popularity as a masterful numbers-cruncher or expert analyst. keywords: book; catalysts; catalyzing; christ; church; congress; contributing; factors; global; god; gospel; issn; items; jesus; july; lack; lausanne; leaders; matthew; ministry; missiology; mission; movement; non; people; sheep; shepherd; spirit; vol cache: gme-3008.pdf plain text: gme-3008.txt item: #694 of 918 id: gme-3009 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for April 2026 Special Issue: "Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism" date: 2025 words: 301 flesch: 30 summary: In addition, Christian traditions relate differently to the state(s) within which they exist. Call for Papers: Witness Amidst Confessional Plurality and Nationalism For Publication in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2026 The April 2026 issue of Global Missiology - English will take up the vexing reality of multiple Christian traditions co-existing amidst nationalistic contexts. keywords: traditions cache: gme-3009.docx plain text: gme-3009.txt item: #695 of 918 id: gme-301 author: Groom, Phil title: Review: The Biblical Revelation of the Cross: A Bible Study of the Atonement of Jesus Christ - the Righteous Servant date: 2010 words: 1057 flesch: 61 summary: Is the notion of penal substitution — the idea that on the cross God was punishing Jesus in place of humanity It's a notion that not only goes counter to any form of natural justice that intelligent beings might understand but also runs contrary to the Bible itself: for anyone who accepts the Bible as God's authoritative word, penal substitution as an explanation for the atonement simply will not do — it both misrepresents Scripture and dishonours God himself. keywords: atonement; god; substitution cache: gme-301.pdf plain text: gme-301.txt item: #696 of 918 id: gme-3010 author: GME Editorial Team title: Call for Papers for October 2026 Special Issue: "Christian Conversion and Mission" date: 2025 words: 578 flesch: 47 summary: As Walls notes, “for it is the mark of Christian faith that it must bring Christ to the big issues closest to men’s hearts,” and it does so “through the structures by which people perceive and recognize their world,” which are not universally the same. And as Christian faith is worked out within accepted views of the world in all their diversity, “those worldviews… are transformed, yet recognizable” (130). keywords: christian; global cache: gme-3010.docx plain text: gme-3010.txt item: #697 of 918 id: gme-3011 author: George, Sam title: Guest Editorial: Mission on the Move date: 2025 words: 2574 flesch: 50 summary: Being an open-access and widely read scholarly journal, many quarterly issues focused on diaspora communities have played a critical role in disseminating the concept of diaspora missions globally. In this issue, we feature another set of exceptional articles on diaspora missions from a select set of seminary students, academicians, practitioners, and pastors from many different regions of the world. keywords: christian; diaspora; god; migrants; mission; people; world cache: gme-3011.docx plain text: gme-3011.txt item: #698 of 918 id: gme-3012 author: Obeng, Ebenezer A.; Kim, Hansung title: The Cross-cultural Experience of Ghanaian Pastors Ministering to Second-Generation Ghanaian-Americans in the US date: 2025 words: 4245 flesch: 51 summary: One factor that has contributed this challenge is the inability of second generations to assimilate in African immigrant churches. Living at the crossroads of cultural worlds: The experience of normative conflicts by second generation immigrant youth. keywords: americans; church; cop; culture; generation; immigrant; pastor cache: gme-3012.docx plain text: gme-3012.txt item: #699 of 918 id: gme-3013 author: Brassington, Peter title: Multilingual Ministry: Identifying Languages and Finding Bible and Other Resources date: 2025 words: 4148 flesch: 64 summary: Although the detailed reports in past US censuses uncovered over 1,300 different named languages and dialects, smaller communities do not appear in public statistics, relegated to various categories of “other language.” In countries where monolingualism is considered the norm (at least by the dominant majority), the use of other languages is not significantly on the agenda of most churches—even in major cities. keywords: bible; church; god; languages; people; scripture; sil; translation cache: gme-3013.docx plain text: gme-3013.txt item: #700 of 918 id: gme-3014 author: Hirome, David title: Hustler-Ecclesial Missionaries: Hybrid Identities of Kenyan Anglican Clergy in the U.S. date: 2025 words: 4661 flesch: 44 summary: This article argues that the missional success of African Anglican clergy ministering in the US is linked to their ability develop and negotiate hybrid identities during their period of ministry in the country. These implications challenge traditional paradigms of mission, ecclesial identity, and theological engagement, offering new insights into how mission is practiced and embodied in migratory contexts. keywords: african; anglican; clergy; context; diaspora; ecclesial; ministry; mission; participants cache: gme-3014.docx plain text: gme-3014.txt item: #701 of 918 id: gme-3015 author: None title: gme-3015 date: None words: 4077 flesch: 34 summary: Scholars of religion, media, and diaspora such as Campbell and Golan (2011, p. 712) and Zaid et al. (2022) acknowledge that faith is not merely communicated through digital platforms: rather, it is also reshaped by them. African Christian migrants often use digital platforms to continue participating in worship, share spiritual reflections, follow religious leaders from home, and connect with fellow believers globally. keywords: digital; identity; korea; media; religion; south; tiktok; ugandan cache: gme-3015.docx plain text: gme-3015.txt item: #702 of 918 id: gme-3016 author: Parker, D. Chadwick title: Diaspora Identities and Multi-Ethnic Churches date: 2025 words: 4090 flesch: 46 summary: Namely, Christian identity, Christian community, and Christian practice all exist within racially and ethnically situated lives. History demonstrates that there is a calamitous relationship between the Church and the development of systemic racism in the West, where “the modern racializing of bodies” derives from the ways in which “Christian identity was reimagined…” as Western and “White” (Carter, 2008, p. 372). keywords: christian; churches; communities; identities; identity; narratives; race cache: gme-3016.docx plain text: gme-3016.txt item: #703 of 918 id: gme-3017 author: Ma, Tianji title: Between Two Worlds: Identity-Theological Reflections of Second-Generation Chinese Christians in Germany—A Case Study date: 2025 words: 5272 flesch: 50 summary: Key Words: second-generation Chinese Christians, bicultural identity, Chinese churches in Germany, intergenerational tensions, cultural hybridity, identity-theological reflection, Duplex church model, Diaspora Theology Introduction The Chinese Christian church in Germany (Ma, 2025; Ma & Chen, 2025a, 2025b)[endnoteRef:1] is a diasporic phenomenon that has grown since the late twentieth century, giving rise to congregations of first-generation Chinese immigrants and now their German-raised children. By examining identity and theology (and setting aside for now practical missionary strategies), this article aims to shed light on how being Chinese shapes the faith of the second generation, how young Chinese Christians perceive their cultural-religious identity in diaspora, how they negotiate that identity in the German context, and what these processes could mean for the future of Chinese churches in Germany. keywords: bicultural; chinese; christians; church; churches; faith; generation; german; identity; model; youth cache: gme-3017.docx plain text: gme-3017.txt item: #704 of 918 id: gme-3018 author: Akano, Benjamin Isola title: Missiological Response to the Vulnerability of Hausa-Speaking Migrant Christians in Nigeria date: 2025 words: 4641 flesch: 51 summary: Also, while the Hausa language is mostly spoken by people groups in northern Nigeria in public places, each group still retains its distinct language and rich cultural heritage. Such conditions obviously constitute the situation in northern Nigeria, and residents are thus more vulnerable physiologically, socially, and psychologically. keywords: christians; church; hausa; hsm; insecurity; migration; missions; nigeria; northern; people cache: gme-3018.docx plain text: gme-3018.txt item: #705 of 918 id: gme-3019 author: Philip, Jose title: Living the Tension: Toward a Theologically Reflexive Methodology for Diaspora Missiology date: 2025 words: 5326 flesch: 34 summary: This congregation, like many diaspora churches, lives at the intersection of two worlds—bearing the theological heritage of their sending cultures while immersed in the pluralistic, secularizing, and religiously fragmented landscape of their host society. By integrating epistemology, formation, and mission, the Living in Tension framework equips diaspora churches for faithful gospel witness through apologetics, evangelism, discipleship, and spiritual formation, maintaining critical awareness of epistemic and cultural location while remaining rooted in divine self-revelation. keywords: berger; churches; diaspora; hiebert; missiology; mission; plausibility; realism; theology; willard cache: gme-3019.docx plain text: gme-3019.txt item: #706 of 918 id: gme-3020 author: Carr, Chris title: Jacky Lau, Mark Hedinger, and Sadiri Joy Tira, eds., MAP: Missionary, Anthropologist, Professor— A Festschrift for Dr. Enoch Wan date: 2025 words: 909 flesch: 33 summary: 2 Book Review Jacky Lau, Mark Hedinger, and Sadiri Joy Tira, eds., MAP: Missionary, Anthropologist, Professor— A Festschrift for Dr. Enoch Wan Reviewed by Chris Carr Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, October 2025 Lau, Jacky, Hedinger, Mark, and Tira, Sadiri Joy, eds., (2025). MAP: Missionary, Anthropologist, Professor—A Festschrift for Dr. Enoch Wan. keywords: map; wan cache: gme-3020.docx plain text: gme-3020.txt item: #707 of 918 id: gme-3021 author: None title: gme-3021 date: None words: 42528 flesch: 43 summary: This congregation, like many diaspora churches, lives at the intersection of two worlds—bearing the theological heritage of their sending cultures while immersed in the pluralistic, secularizing, and religiously fragmented landscape of their host society. For example, relations between diaspora churches and local indigenous churches and communities is a topic ripe for further research. keywords: african; americans; anglican; bible; chinese; christian; christianity; church; churches; communities; community; context; cop; culture; diaspora; diaspora churches; digital; ecclesial; faith; generation; german; ghanaian; global; god; identities; identity; immigrant; issn; korea; language; living; migrants; migration; ministry; missiology; missiology issn; mission; new; nigeria; north; october; pastors; people; race; research; south; studies; study; theology; tiktok; ugandan; vol; world cache: gme-3021.pdf plain text: gme-3021.txt item: #708 of 918 id: gme-303 author: Wan, Enoch title: DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY date: 2010 words: 3032 flesch: 39 summary: Joy B. Tira Published in Global Missiology, Featured Article, October 2004, www.globalmissiology.net 8 missiology is different in focus, conceptualization, perspective, orientation, paradigm, ministry styles and ministry pattern as illustrated in Figure 5 and Figure 6. 5.1 Differences In Focus, Conceptualization, Perspective Orientation and Paradigm Figure 5 “Traditional Missiology” Vis-A-Vis “Diaspora Missiology” – 4 Elements # ASPECTS TRADITIONAL MISSIOLOGY �� DISPORA MISSIOLOGY 1 F O C U S Polarized/dychotomized - “great commission” ��“great commandment” - saving soul �� social Gospel - church planting �� Christian charity - paternalism �� indigenization - Holistic Christianity with strong integration of evangelism with Christian charity - contextualization 2 C O N C E P - T U A L IZ A - T IO N - territorial: here �� there - “local” �� “global” - lineal: “sending” �� “receiving” - “assimilation” �� “amalgamation” - “specialization” - “deterritorialization” 10 - “global” 11 - “mutualuality” and “reciprocity” - “hybridity” - “inter- disciplinary” 3 P E R S P E C - T IV E - geographically divided: foreign mission ��local, urban��rural - geo- political boundary: state/nation�� state/nation - disciplinary compartmentalization: e.g. theology of missions / strategy of missions - non- spatial, - “borderless,” no boundary to worry, transnational and global - new approach: integrated and Interdisciplinary 4 P A R A D IG M - OT: missions = gentile- proselyte - - - coming - NT: missions = the Great Commission - - - going - Modern missions: E- 1, E- 2, E- 3 or M- 1, M- 2. Thus various types M-1, M-2, etc. - “people group” identity - evangelistic scale: reached��unreached - “competitive spirit” “self sufficient” - no barrier to worry about - mobile and fluid, - hyphenated identity and ethnicity - no unreached people - “partnership,” 15 “networking” and synergy 12 David Lundy, Borderless Church 13 Peter Ward, Liquid Church. keywords: church; diaspora; figure; ministry; missiology; missions; new; people; study cache: gme-303.pdf plain text: gme-303.txt item: #709 of 918 id: gme-304 author: Tira, Sadiri Joy title: KANGAROO CHURCH BIRTHING AND REPRODUCTION MODEL AMONG IMMIGRANTS: FIRST FILIPINO ALLIANCE CHURCH AS A CASE STUDY IN CANADIAN CONTEXT date: 2010 words: 8154 flesch: 60 summary: Joy and the church, he said, provided inspirational leadership and were the driving force behind Filipino Alliance churches, ministries, mission efforts and outreach over the last 15 years. This Kangaroo Church Birthing and Reproduction model is a natural and healthy way of discipling and church birthing among Diaspora people. keywords: alliance; birthing; canada; church; churches; congregation; daughter; edmonton; ffac; filipino; group; joey; kangaroo; mother; people; pouch cache: gme-304.pdf plain text: gme-304.txt item: #710 of 918 id: gme-305 author: Effa, Allan title: DIASPORA STRATEGIST: THE MISSIONARY WORK OF JOHANN ONCKEN date: 2010 words: 3358 flesch: 59 summary: This became the oldest surviving Baptist church on the continent. I. INTRODUCTION I am drawn to the life and ministry of Johann Oncken because the movement he spawned is of personal significance to me. keywords: baptist; churches; germany; hamburg; ministry; movement; oncken; people cache: gme-305.pdf plain text: gme-305.txt item: #711 of 918 id: gme-306 author: Inchley, Valerie M. title: GLOBALIZATION, MIGRATION AND MISSION IN THE NEPALI CONTEXT date: 2010 words: 6636 flesch: 56 summary: Similarly, from 1951/2 missions (e.g. International Nepal Fellowship, United Mission to Nepal) and INGOs have been allowed to work in Nepal and most major countries have opened embassies. Those who stay in Nepal tend to end up in shanty areas in and around Nepal’s towns, most of which are growing at an unprecedented rate” (Seaman – Today in Nepal October 2005:4). keywords: children; christian; diaspora; globalization; india; inf; international; kathmandu; migrants; migration; mission; nepal; nepalis; people; population; seddon; world cache: gme-306.pdf plain text: gme-306.txt item: #712 of 918 id: gme-308 author: None title: gme-308 date: None words: 1020 flesch: 68 summary: Muslim Bengalis moved to what is now Bangladesh (East Bengal) and Hindu Bengalis remained in West Bengal. o Worldwide Diaspora � Bengalis are immigrating to India and beyond (USA, UK and Europe). keywords: bengalis; india; people cache: gme-308.pdf plain text: gme-308.txt item: #713 of 918 id: gme-309 author: None title: gme-309 date: None words: 17730 flesch: 60 summary: In Chinese History. In Chinese History.......................................................................................................................... keywords: act; american; angel; angel island; asian; china; chinese; christian; documentary; exclusion; family; family history; figure; gary; god; gospel; healing; history; immigration; island; leaves; life; mar; nations; people; repentance; reunion; station; tree; war; world cache: gme-309.pdf plain text: gme-309.txt item: #714 of 918 id: gme-31 author: Horrell, J. Scott title: THE SELF-GIVING TRIUNE GOD, THE IMAGO DEI AND THE NATURE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH: AN ONTOLOGY OF MISSION date: 2010 words: 9020 flesch: 59 summary: (2) The plural terms for God Elohim and Adonai—two of the three main terms for God in the Hebrew Scriptures—are topics of considerable scholarship and debate, not to mention numerous other plural titles of God with their singular modifiers. As in any faith, one’s understanding of God should significantly define his worldview. keywords: christian; church; father; giving; god; holy; human; life; love; nature; self; son; spirit; trinitarian; trinity cache: gme-31.pdf plain text: gme-31.txt item: #715 of 918 id: gme-310 author: None title: gme-310 date: None words: 6694 flesch: 63 summary: Worldviews and Culture: Interacting with Charles Kraft, N. T. Wright, & Scripture - 7 - Worldview and Theology The New Testament theologian N. T. Wright offers an introduction to the subject of worldview that is more perceptive and helpful than Kraft’s, one that offers correctives for his views. Worldviews and Culture.doc Worldviews and Culture: Interacting with Charles Kraft, N. T. Wright, & Scripture - 1 - Worldviews and Culture: Interacting with Charles Kraft, N. T. Wright, & Scripture by Ralph Allan Smith For me, as a missionary to Japan, the question of culture is an inescapable and important issue. keywords: culture; god; ibid; kraft; people; story; worldview; wright cache: gme-310.pdf plain text: gme-310.txt item: #716 of 918 id: gme-311 author: Grant, Paul E. title: CLASH OF WORLDS date: 2010 words: 358 flesch: 29 summary: This clash of worlds is the proving ground Of Jesus’ victory, And I have learned how to rebound Through his imparted authority All cultural systems are diseased By viruses intent on our plight, We triumph, and God is well-pleased When we stand in the power of his might Seated with Christ in his throne I have an infallible formula, God’s way of thinking and not my own Gives me an enduring criteria The way we think needs transformation, The mind a holy place, Standards and values and all education From the Creator of life and grace The battle for six billion minds Rages on unceasingly, Only in God’s Word will a culture find It’s destined identity Paul E. Grant February 2007 To handle my daily schedule Inevitably I leave these marvels For other worlds down on the plain, There the sublime faces the carnal There I can achieve great gain Seasons of devotion and prayer Are times for revitalization, Our cultural worlds are in disrepair keywords: god cache: gme-311.pdf plain text: gme-311.txt item: #717 of 918 id: gme-312 author: Description, Product title: PRE-PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT: "Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology" date: 2010 words: 267 flesch: 33 summary: Microsoft Word - Jesus in Trinitarian PErspective.doc PRE-PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT: Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology Contribution by: Garret DeWeese Donald Fairbairn, Bruce Ware, Scott Horrell Editor: Fred Sanders & Klaus Issler Product Description: Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective features six highly respected scholars from schools such as Erskine Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. To clarify the complex issue, these writers approach “post-Chalcedonian” (451 AD) Christology from a variety of disciplines—historical, philosophical, systematic, and practical—thoroughly examining the importance of keeping Jesus Christ in trinitarian perspective. keywords: jesus; perspective cache: gme-312.pdf plain text: gme-312.txt item: #718 of 918 id: gme-313 author: None title: gme-313 date: None words: 629 flesch: 44 summary: In the opening paper, Alister McGrath emphasises the fundamental mystery of trinitarian dogma: “The doctrine of the Trinity represents a chastened admission that we are unable to master God” (p. 20). Timothy George highlights the significance of the doctrine of the Trinity for inter-faith dialogue between Christianity and Islam, and Ellen Charry seeks to revive the notion of the divine perfections by emphasising their practical and soteriological significance. keywords: doctrine; trinity cache: gme-313.pdf plain text: gme-313.txt item: #719 of 918 id: gme-314 author: None title: gme-314 date: None words: 255 flesch: 70 summary: Microsoft Word - Buthanese exiles plant churches in refugee camp.doc Buthanese exiles plant churches in refugee camp By Joel News JNI 596 - Planting churches is forbidden in the small Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, but a church planting movement is now spreading among an exiled Bhutanese community living as refugees in south easthern Nepal. Also in this edition: Growing 'ecumenism of the heart' in Europe, First prayer mountain in mainland China?, Praying for the peace of Baghdad, Prayer request for Pakistan. keywords: refugee cache: gme-314.pdf plain text: gme-314.txt item: #720 of 918 id: gme-315 author: Reves, Richard J. title: Community Vision International: Watching Jesus multiply little loaves date: 2010 words: 1544 flesch: 46 summary: God is now transforming needy communities through those we enable… In Africa—coordinating care of 12 million AIDs orphans; training Burundi’s, Kenya’s and Rwanda’s Christian leaders to help three million abandoned widows to be self-sustaining; training to multiply discipleship communities; arranging USA-African school partnerships; managing a grade school and Bible club in Madagascar; and developing training materials. In Hispano America—coming alongside hurting families and needy children in Ecuador and Peru; training pastors and church workers to multiply discipleship communities in Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru; and training USA Hispanic community leaders to lead, serve and multiply services within their communities. keywords: communities; cvi; god; training cache: gme-315.pdf plain text: gme-315.txt item: #721 of 918 id: gme-316 author: Bollback, Anthony title: China Clippings date: 2010 words: 1590 flesch: 67 summary: Microsoft Word - SD-#2-China Clippings.doc China Clippings Anthony Bollback Retired Alliance missionary to China, and district superintendent (The monthly newsletter, June 2007, edited by Anthony Bollback with the latest news of events happening in China today) (PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR PASTOR AND MISSION LEADER) They live and work in Central Asia, and countries with such strange names as Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Bhutan, the Maldives, and the more familiar ones like China, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Algeria, Morocco, and other countries of North Africa. keywords: bibles; china; god; word cache: gme-316.pdf plain text: gme-316.txt item: #722 of 918 id: gme-317 author: None title: gme-317 date: None words: 3779 flesch: 53 summary: They are mystically united with and incorporated into him…” 25 The Orthodox Church thus accepts that the elements of bread and wine are changed into Christ’s very body and blood. Although only a small fraction of Russians are active in Orthodox churches, the identity and tenets of Orthodoxy have had at least some influence on almost all Russians. keywords: church; evangelicals; ibid; orthodox; russia cache: gme-317.pdf plain text: gme-317.txt item: #723 of 918 id: gme-318 author: Johnson, Alan R. title: APOSTOLIC FUNCTION AND MISSION date: 2010 words: 14498 flesch: 58 summary: There is no longer clarity as to what we mean by missions and the 2 practice of cross-cultural missions. This perspective affects how missions is perceived when Western missionaries mobilize non- western church movements to do cross-cultural missions. keywords: apostolic; assemblies; christ; church; churches; cross; evangelism; function; god; gospel; missionaries; missionary; missions; movement; people; sense; work; world cache: gme-318.pdf plain text: gme-318.txt item: #724 of 918 id: gme-319 author: Description, Product title: PRE-PUBLICATION ANNOUCEMENT: “Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement” date: 2010 words: 478 flesch: 35 summary: Miles, Pulitzer Prize winner for God: A Biography Global Pentecostalism is immensely important, informative, and readable. -- Christian Smith, author of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers Global Pentecostalism is beautifully written and friendly to an audience of practitioners as well as to academic and professional researchers. keywords: pentecostalism; religion cache: gme-319.pdf plain text: gme-319.txt item: #725 of 918 id: gme-32 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: REVIEW: SLAVES, WOMEN, AND HOMOSEXUALS date: 2010 words: 4852 flesch: 53 summary: SLAVES, WOMEN, AND HOMOSEXUALS Published under Review & Preview at www.globalmissiology.net, October 2008 7 then maturation but on a never-before-seen ideal of the future.29 Paul does not make an argument based on primogeniture as Webb claims (see criteria 6), but on the fact that Adam was created first with representative authority as the first Man, which the woman surely was not. Microsoft Word - kritzer_reviewwebb_slaves_women_homosexuals_4_2008.doc SLAVES, WOMEN, AND HOMOSEXUALS William Webb Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004. keywords: creation; culture; ethic; god; hermeneutic; ideal; idem; movement; scripture; spirit; webb cache: gme-32.pdf plain text: gme-32.txt item: #726 of 918 id: gme-320 author: Bollback, Anthony title: The Story of China's Persecuted Church date: 2010 words: 5295 flesch: 84 summary: Several schools located in the surrounding villages near Puyang sent their best students to participate in the speech contest Principal Woo organized each year. Several weeks passed without further incident, but then one day, as school was being dismissed, a crowd of noisy students suddenly appeared, rushing toward the school. keywords: anching; heart; life; luping; meiling; people; school cache: gme-320.pdf plain text: gme-320.txt item: #727 of 918 id: gme-321 author: Description, Product title: THE MINISTRY DRIVEN CHURCH: THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR MINISTRY IN BOTH THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL SPHERES, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RAPID MULTIPLICATION OF CHURCHES date: 2010 words: 73 flesch: 39 summary: Microsoft Word - Ministry-Driven-Church.doc THE MINISTRY DRIVEN CHURCH: THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR MINISTRY IN BOTH THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL SPHERES, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RAPID MULTIPLICATION OF CHURCHES - A Biblical Theology of Social Ministry Dr. Robert D. Hosken The Ministry Driven Church replicates the work of Jesus Christ, the Apostles and the Early Church, explaining the rapid growth of the Church in the first few centuries. (For the full text, go to www.agape-biblia.org/rehab/.) keywords: church cache: gme-321.pdf plain text: gme-321.txt item: #728 of 918 id: gme-322 author: Wan, Enoch title: Sample Books Helpful for Church Planting date: 2010 words: 371 flesch: 37 summary: comments Cell church planter's Guide Cell Church Planter's Guide Author: Robert E. Logan and Jeannette Buller ASIN: 0801026482 Binding: Hardback List Price: $95.00 USD Book Reviews – Cell Church – Church Planting read more – login or register to post comments Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World Author: David Garrison Binding: Paperback List Price: $29.95 USD Book Reviews – Church Planting – David Garrison – Missions read more – login or register to post comments House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity Author: Robert E. Logan Binding: Paperback List Price: $12.00 USD Bob Logan – Book Reviews – Church Planting read more – login or register to post comments Indigenous Church Planting, a Practical Journey Indigenous Church Planting, a Practical Journey Author: Charles Brock ASIN: keywords: church; price cache: gme-322.pdf plain text: gme-322.txt item: #729 of 918 id: gme-33 author: Morgan, Garry R.; Easterling, John F. title: THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF SHORT-TERM MISSIONS AS PREPARATION FOR LONG-TERM CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY AND SERVICE: A case study of the internship program of Northwestern College date: 2010 words: 3129 flesch: 57 summary: Some of these programs are excellent, such as HoughtonCollege’s Semester in Tanzania (Arensen 14-19), and some share similar goals to internship programs, but most are not designed to develop skills in cross-cultural ministry. Follow up activities keep the teams connected, and members of previous teams help in orienting new team members for future internship trips. keywords: college; easterling; internship; missions; northwestern; students; term; trip cache: gme-33.pdf plain text: gme-33.txt item: #730 of 918 id: gme-34 author: Poston, Larry title: RE-THINKING “CAREER MISSIONS” IN LIGHT OF PAUL THE “SHORT-TERM MISSIONARY” date: 2010 words: 6324 flesch: 52 summary: But what we are often unwilling to admit are the very significant problems associated with longer missionary terms, many of which are actually mitigated by short-term service. With respect to the need for increased funding that is often experienced by career missionaries in the midst of a four-year term and over longer periods, this problem could be assuaged by shorter intervals abroad and longer terms at home. keywords: acts; allen; career; ministry; missionaries; missionary; missions; paul; term; time; years cache: gme-34.pdf plain text: gme-34.txt item: #731 of 918 id: gme-35 author: Rosado, Caleb title: WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? MEMETICS, QUANTUM MECHANICS, AND THE SPIRAL OF SPIRITUALITY date: 2010 words: 22497 flesch: 56 summary: Deep ecology and an ecofeminism is now doing the same to scientism—especially in its capitalistic and patriarchal forms—as destroying human life, exploiting women, and annihilating the ecosystem. Here also are various form of New Age spirituality.. keywords: compassion; existence; experience; forms; god; human; level; life; mechanics; memetics; methodology; nature; new; october; people; quantum; religion; research; self; spiral; spirituality; systems; thinking; understanding; value; world cache: gme-35.pdf plain text: gme-35.txt item: #732 of 918 id: gme-355 author: Staff, GM title: Jewish and Chinese Calendars... date: 2010 words: 351 flesch: 93 summary: An Arab was walking through the Sahara desert, desperate for water, when he saw something, far off in the distance. The Arab shouted, I don't want a tie, you idiot, I need water! keywords: water cache: gme-355.pdf plain text: gme-355.txt item: #733 of 918 id: gme-357 author: None title: gme-357 date: None words: 5721 flesch: 54 summary: In affirming the absolute freedom of God Barth asserts that the Word of God cannot be limited in the revealed words of the Bible, he then proceeds to affirms that the absolute grace of God is the based of God’s operation. As children of God we are renewed in being the image bearers of God, we are empowered to participate in God creation through the knowledge of God’s word and revelation. keywords: christ; church; faith; god; gospel; man; spirit; thought; world cache: gme-357.pdf plain text: gme-357.txt item: #734 of 918 id: gme-358 author: Galacio, Gerry T. title: HOW TO PREVENT CHURCH SPLITS date: 2010 words: 1588 flesch: 62 summary: (Note: Jump to “Biblical, relational and practical ways to prevent church splits”) Church splits are “intra-corporate disputes” under the jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court; exceptions Please take note that with Baptist churches in the Philippines registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), church splits are considered as “intra- corporate disputes” under the Securities Regulation Code. keywords: church; court; disputes; split cache: gme-358.pdf plain text: gme-358.txt item: #735 of 918 id: gme-359 author: Tong, Joseph title: History of Redemption and Biblical Interpretation date: 2010 words: 2985 flesch: 53 summary: In other words, history of salvation is the process and the consummation of the kingdom of God in Christ in human history. HISTORY OF SALVATION AND ITS INTERPRETIVE MEANING A. Christocentric or soteriocentric hermeneutical principle in biblical interpretation By affirming God’s redemptive work in the history of salvation, one stresses the fact that he who wants to know the truth needs to understand it in the category and context of the redemptive work of God in history. keywords: christ; god; history; salvation cache: gme-359.pdf plain text: gme-359.txt item: #736 of 918 id: gme-36 author: None title: gme-36 date: None words: 1373 flesch: 61 summary: Published under “Technology & Culture” at GlobalMissiology.org, October 2008 2 It would be easy for those of us who tend to welcome new technologies with enthusiasm to consider such sentiments to be unfortunate, misguided or incredibly anachronistic for anyone living in the 21st century. Pockets of resistance are forming, some individual and some institutional, to challenge the dominant notion that to resist the force of technology is, to call upon the wisdom of Senor Don Quixote, to “fight the unbeatable foe.” keywords: ministry; storm; technology; today cache: gme-36.pdf plain text: gme-36.txt item: #737 of 918 id: gme-360 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 69 flesch: 71 summary: Editorial: Jan, 2010 Editorial: Happy New Year to our readers. As you can see that we have done a “face-lift” · with new lay out and format · with new hosting service · with the addition of the Portuguese Edition. keywords: editorial cache: gme-360.doc plain text: gme-360.txt item: #738 of 918 id: gme-362 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of "The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died" date: 2010 words: 1165 flesch: 53 summary: I heartily recommend it and plan to keep using it in my History of the Expansion of Christianity classes. Last, Jenkins correctly points out that the Church of North Africa, like Medieval Europe, had a very visible presence in church buildings, other ecclesial real estate, and monasteries. keywords: christianity; church; east cache: gme-362.pdf plain text: gme-362.txt item: #739 of 918 id: gme-365 author: Alexander, Mick title: Some comments on 1 Corinthians 14 date: 2010 words: 2279 flesch: 77 summary: Tongues was a sign If tongues was for prayer, revelation, prophecy etc, then, in relation to people speaking in tongues, why did Paul tell the people to stop thinking like children (1 Cor. 14:20)? The following PDF outlines where God has used tongues as a sign of judgment against the Jews: http://www.christianissues.biz/pdf-bin/tongues/tonguesasasign.pdf Tongues was not for personal edification 1 Cor. keywords: tongues cache: gme-365.pdf plain text: gme-365.txt item: #740 of 918 id: gme-366 author: None title: gme-366 date: None words: 2056 flesch: 72 summary: What was the purpose of tongues? 1) 1 Cor 14:22 says, “Tongues then ... are a sign for unbelievers”. tonguessummary TONGUES HAVE CEASED - A BRIEF SUMMARY Many people who speak in tongues say that their experience confirms that it is the Holy Spirit guiding them. keywords: cor; knowledge; tongues cache: gme-366.pdf plain text: gme-366.txt item: #741 of 918 id: gme-367 author: Alexander, Mick title: “A Simple Tongue’s Charts” - NIV date: 2010 words: 1466 flesch: 78 summary: We are told that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see ... hope that is seen is no hope at all ... we live by faith, not by sight” (Heb. 11:1; Rom. 8:24; 2 Cor. 5:7). Cor. 12:9 tells us that faith is one of the gifts to the church and like all the other gifts it will not continue on into eternity but will cease when we see Jesus. keywords: faith; hope cache: gme-367.pdf plain text: gme-367.txt item: #742 of 918 id: gme-368 author: Staff, GM title: Music to stand by date: 2010 words: 172 flesch: 71 summary: Microsoft Word - Humor 10.6.doc Humor - October 2006 Volume 4, Number 1 Music to stand by The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. During the service, the minister paused and said, Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected, and we need $4,000 more. keywords: substitute cache: gme-368.pdf plain text: gme-368.txt item: #743 of 918 id: gme-369 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 205 flesch: 52 summary: We thank Ric Beemer for his years of faithful service as the web master of Global Missiology and he is being succeeded by Samuel Wong in this October issue of transition. Key articles are posted on the theme of “Missions in the 21st Century” and worth mentioning are the pieces dealing with “Diaspora Missiology” in “Research Methodology” section, including the launching of the Institute of Diaspora Studies at Western Seminary and the November Consultation to be held in Edmonton, Canada.   keywords: missiology cache: gme-369.doc plain text: gme-369.txt item: #744 of 918 id: gme-37 author: Stutzman, Linford title: MENTORING FOR LIFE IN ABUNDANCE: LEARNING FROM PAUL’S EXAMPLE date: 2010 words: 5383 flesch: 55 summary: We need to create a culture of mentoring in mission that involves congregation, mission programs, and education. While there was wide-spread affirmation of these inter-denominational missions programs, Mennonite mission leaders were also concerned that this phenomenon would not necessarily contribute to the life and mission of the congregations, or loyalty and commitment among the young participants to serve with the Mennonite church in mission and leadership in the future. keywords: church; life; mennonite; mission; october; paul; people; risk; term cache: gme-37.pdf plain text: gme-37.txt item: #745 of 918 id: gme-370 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: Zen: A Trinitarian Critique date: 2010 words: 6949 flesch: 63 summary: The early history of Zen in Japan is extremely complex, but for purposes of simplicity, it may be said that Myôan Eisai (1141-1215) was the founder of Japanese Zen. I have chosen Zen Buddhism as the particular religious philosophy to examine for two reasons. keywords: christian; god; knowledge; philosophy; prajñã; religion; suzuki; vijñãna; zen cache: gme-370.pdf plain text: gme-370.txt item: #746 of 918 id: gme-375 author: Dmitrievsky, Vasily title: THE GREAT COMMISSION IN RUSSIAN CONTEXT date: 2010 words: 6503 flesch: 62 summary: “What ultimately solidifies our assurance is the fact that we are saved and secured by the work of Christ as testified in Scripture and promised by God.” Conclusion: Evangelism Training is Vital The literature study and the Bible help to identify the main issues and content of personal evangelism and lead to addressing them in evaluation of the e3 Partners model of personal evangelism training. First, after personal evangelism training, believers will know the biblical foundations for personal evangelism and the content of the gospel. keywords: believers; christ; evangelism; faith; god; gospel; jesus; paul; people; training cache: gme-375.doc plain text: gme-375.txt item: #747 of 918 id: gme-376 author: So, Damon W title: The Forgotten Jesus and the Trinity You Never Knew date: 2010 words: 4070 flesch: 67 summary: The End of the Journey 8 The Resurrection of Jesus and a New Beginning Chapter 6: The Trinity, The Kingdom Of God And Human Society 1 Jesus' Own Rest in His Father and His Revelation of His Father 2 Jesus and the Holy Spirit 3 The Mystery of the Trinity 4 The Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ 5 Meditation on the Lord Jesus Christ 6 The Trinity, the Church and Human Society 6.1 Freedom and Moral Reference 6.2 Freedom from Self-Interest 6.3 Freedom for the Poor 6.4 Freedom from Structural Evils 6.5 Freedom from Conflicts: Reconciliation 6.6 Trinity and Human Society 6.7 Trinity, Church and Mission in the World 7 Conclusions Appendix A: Meditation on Jesus' Lordship and Servanthood Appendix B: Jesus Suffers With Us Appendix C: Holiness and Love Appendix D: He Did Not Turn Back Appendix E: He Lives-He Rose from the Dead The Forgotten Jesus and the Trinity You Never Knew (Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2010), 254 pages by Damon W.K. ‘Jesus É the window for us to look into the TrinityÉ’ (p. 231) See commendations on second page, table of contents on third page, and a �meditation from the fourth page. keywords: father; god; jesus; life; spirit; world cache: gme-376.doc plain text: gme-376.txt item: #748 of 918 id: gme-377 author: Hildreth, Scott title: CONTEXTUALIZATION AND GREAT COMMISSION FAITHFULNESS date: 2010 words: 3769 flesch: 54 summary: The Task for Great Commission, Cross-cultural Workers As previously shown, it is vitally important to develop a properly contextualized form of Christianity which reaffirms the universal historic faith, while at the same time allowing for culturally appropriate expressions and applications of this message. Not only does obedience to the Great Commission require that the missionary not leave the development of a contextualized theology exclusively to the new church, but providing this measure of care also serves as a protection for new believers. keywords: christian; commission; contextualization; disciples; faith; message; missionary; theology cache: gme-377.doc plain text: gme-377.txt item: #749 of 918 id: gme-378 author: Sills, David title: Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience date: 2010 words: 1156 flesch: 51 summary: This transfer of emphasis eventual lead to the current stress upon “unreached people groups” that is currently held by the majority of mission agencies. Before theological training of the nations can take place, the theological training of missionaries must be given more serious consideration. keywords: sills; theological; training cache: gme-378.doc plain text: gme-378.txt item: #750 of 918 id: gme-38 author: Ennis, Pat; Tatlock, Lisa title: REVIEW: PRACTICING HOSPITALITY: THE JOY OF SERVING OTHERS date: 2010 words: 2183 flesch: 64 summary: In Hospitality and Management (ch. 4), Lisa gives tips even a busy woman can use to prepare her home for hospitality. OVERVIEW OF PRACTICING HOSPITALITY Having practiced hospitality for years, but not having read many books on the subject, I was very interested in reading Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others co-authored by Drs. keywords: book; god; home; hospitality cache: gme-38.pdf plain text: gme-38.txt item: #751 of 918 id: gme-381 author: None title: gme-381 date: None words: 3772 flesch: 66 summary: I believe that in missions we are often too quick to take the credit for what God accomplished – whether in a lifetime of dedicated LTM service or on a one week STM journey. Striking the Match: How God is Using Ordinary People to Change the World through Strategic Short-term Missions (e3 Resources, Franklin, TN 2008.). keywords: god; jesus; missionary; missions; paul; stm; term; time cache: gme-381.docx plain text: gme-381.txt item: #752 of 918 id: gme-382 author: Harris, Mark title: MISSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TOKYO 2010 REFLECTIONS date: 2010 words: 3544 flesch: 58 summary: Decades of real experience by many people and organizations in mission research have borne this out. We were given two one-hour sessions to discuss issues related to missiological research. keywords: data; information; leaders; mission; people; qualitative; research cache: gme-382.docx plain text: gme-382.txt item: #753 of 918 id: gme-383 author: Wan, Enoch; Tira, Sadiri Joy title: DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY AND MISSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 21ST CENTURY date: 2010 words: 4873 flesch: 37 summary: Yet in “diaspora mission,” the situation is very different. That is why in diaspora missions, there is no barrier nor unreached people. keywords: century; christian; diaspora; diaspora missions; global; missiology; missions; new; paradigm; people cache: gme-383.doc plain text: gme-383.txt item: #754 of 918 id: gme-387 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: A Covenantal Ontology of the Triune God date: 2010 words: 41761 flesch: 62 summary: Thus, if the name “Son of God” means the one who is our covenantal Messiah and Savior, and suggests the covenant given to us in Christ, then by analogy the name “Son of God” implies covenantal relationship when used of the Son’s relationship to the Father. The traditional view teaches, according to Plantinga, that “in God persons and attributes are identical, as are persons and the sum of the attributes, the divine essence.” keywords: adam; covenant; covenant god; divine; doctrine; essence; father; god; john; man; ontology; persons; reformed; relationship; son; son relationship; spirit; theology; til; trinity; triune god; van; view; word; works cache: gme-387.pdf plain text: gme-387.txt item: #755 of 918 id: gme-388 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 175 flesch: 52 summary: In this issue, you will find the first of five out-of-print books (“CHRISTOPAGANISM OR INDIGENOUS CHRISTIANITY” ) donated by Dr. Ted Yamamori and the dissertation donated by Dr. Mark Hedinger to Global Missiology at the new “Resource Center” section. He is a regular contributor and a great advocate for Global Missiology. keywords: editorial cache: gme-388.doc plain text: gme-388.txt item: #756 of 918 id: gme-389 author: YAMAMORI, editor, TETSUNAO title: Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity date: 2010 words: 89173 flesch: 58 summary: As men placed their faith on Jesus, were baptized and formed into Christian churches, they were known as “followers of the Way” and became different from other men. Culture churches on occasion repeat the words of the Bible like “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” (II Corinthians 5:17 RSV), but the reality of being a new creation is unknown to them. keywords: adaptation; adjustments; african; beyerhaus; bible; biblical; case; century; change; chapter; christian; christian church; christianity; christopaganism; church; church history; churches; communication; cross; culture; day; example; fact; faith; form; god; gospel; history; hoekendijk; holy; human; indonesia; issue; jesus; language; life; lord; man; mcgavran; meaning; men; message; missiology; missiology july; missionaries; missionary; missions; movements; new; non; people; permission; place; point; possessio; present; problem; process; question; religion; reprinted; revelation; second; situation; society; spirit; symposium; syncretism; terms; testament; theological; theology; time; tippett; truth; use; way; words; work; world; worship; years cache: gme-389.pdf plain text: gme-389.txt item: #757 of 918 id: gme-39 author: Tuche, D. title: Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa — Part 2: Worldview, Culture and Multi-disciplinary Study date: 2010 words: 10237 flesch: 59 summary: That is, the members of different cultures arrive at different conclusions concerning reality because they have started from different assumptions. Published under “Contextualization” at GlobalMissiology.org, October 2008 4 “CULTURE” AND “WORLDVIEW” James L. Peacock observes that anthropologists “have promiscuously showered affection on the notion of culture, a notion so obvious in their experience and so central to their discipline. keywords: african; baker; christian; christianity; church; contextualization; culture; gospel; grand; hiebert; history; ibid; kraft; london; mission; new; october; people; press; rapids; university; west; william; worldview; york cache: gme-39.pdf plain text: gme-39.txt item: #758 of 918 id: gme-390 author: Tippet, Alan R. title: Formal Transformation and Faith Distortion date: 2010 words: 8492 flesch: 58 summary: So the faith-formulation grows or is reformulated, passing from Semite, to Hebrew, to Christian faith, and the form of the salvation motif is transformed by a new faith content. Every Christian community with a sense of mission must inevitably come into encounter with non-Christian faiths. keywords: christian; christianity; church; distortion; faith; form; history; man; missionary; people; religion; syncretism; transformation; world cache: gme-390.pdf plain text: gme-390.txt item: #759 of 918 id: gme-391 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of: Globalization and the Good date: 2010 words: 2766 flesch: 50 summary: Christian social theorists, Abraham Kuyper, Herman Dooyeweerd, and several of their disciples have led the way in this (e.g., C. A. Van Til, R. J. Rushdoony, Francis Schaeffer, E. Calvin Beisner, Michael Schluter, and Chris Wright). Christian social market teaching is excellent at large principles of kindness to the poor, sick and marginalized. keywords: bias; christian; law; schluter; society; state; world; wright cache: gme-391.pdf plain text: gme-391.txt item: #760 of 918 id: gme-392 author: Tippet, Alan R. title: Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity date: 2010 words: 8395 flesch: 60 summary: Either he will innovate with new (foreign) religious forms while retaining the old conceptual framework, or with the Christian gospel using meaningful cultural forms for expressing it. The fear of cannibalistic demons, equated with the role of the Jews as the enemies of our Lord in his last days on earth, is obviously an example of the problem of meaning in cross-cultural gospel communication. keywords: christian; christianity; christopaganism; church; culture; dead; form; god; gospel; juan; missionary; people; point; sun; syncretism cache: gme-392.pdf plain text: gme-392.txt item: #761 of 918 id: gme-393 author: McGavran, Donald A. title: The Adaptation -Syncretism Axis date: 2010 words: 6686 flesch: 60 summary: 4 Missiologists who have served in congregations which have arisen as converts one by one across several decades came to Christian faith, have much to say about the need for more indigenization, adaptation and cordial welcome to other cultures. Missiologists should beware of idealizing all responses of Christians in other cultures than their own. keywords: adaptation; adjustment; christian; church; culture; dimension; god; men; stage cache: gme-393.pdf plain text: gme-393.txt item: #762 of 918 id: gme-394 author: Hoekendijk, J.C. title: A Perspective on Indonesia date: 2010 words: 6755 flesch: 58 summary: This whole discussion on the right theme of church history seems to be ignored in the very best treatise on Indonesia. “Statistical analysis of church life and growth in Indonesia is difficult and risky because of the paucity of data” (Cooley 1973:86). keywords: century; christian; church; faith; history; indonesia; life; missionaries; missionary; muslim; new; people; portuguese; voc; world cache: gme-394.pdf plain text: gme-394.txt item: #763 of 918 id: gme-395 author: Tippet, Alan R. title: The Meaning of Meaning date: 2010 words: 10318 flesch: 56 summary: His important discussion on the threefold concept of “selection”, “rejection” and “reinterpretation” aims not only at eliminating the heathen elements, but at fulfilling “the adopted elements with genuine Christian meaning”; thus the preservation of cultural forms is not syncretistic, for “by structured catechetical instruction” they are “filled with the new reality of God’s grace.” The same form may have different meanings to the same audience in different situations. keywords: acceptor; advocate; christian; cross; culture; fijian; form; gospel; meaning; missionary; people; problem; research; syncretism; worldview cache: gme-395.pdf plain text: gme-395.txt item: #764 of 918 id: gme-396 author: None title: gme-396 date: None words: 1923 flesch: 72 summary: Dave and the COMIMEX people are writing people profiles, in Spanish, for the Latin American missions movement. In America, in our indigenous churches, we sing worship songs written in New Zealand, as do indigenous churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. keywords: church; group; people cache: gme-396.pdf plain text: gme-396.txt item: #765 of 918 id: gme-397 author: Stewart, Jim title: Reconsidering Our Basic Assumptions In a Global Context date: 2010 words: 2076 flesch: 57 summary: For example, Athabasca University, Canada’s largest provider of distance education programs has served the needs of hundreds of thousands of students since 1970, long before distance education was, if not embraced, then at least acknowledged to exist by much of American academia. Today, it is unlikely that you will find a map that presents the United States at the center of our world. keywords: broadband; education; states; united; world cache: gme-397.pdf plain text: gme-397.txt item: #766 of 918 id: gme-398 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: ETHNIC SOLIDARITY, BABEL-PENTECOST RELATIONSHIP, AND THE NEW COVENANT date: 2010 words: 13704 flesch: 70 summary: (Anderson 1977, 63-64, see Brueggemann 1982, 101) Edward Dayton and David Fraser agree: “A number of verses in Revelation (5:9, 7:9, 10:11, 11:9, 13:7, 14:6, 17:15) envision the end of time as encompassing rather than erasing the differences that characterize people groups” (Dayton and Fraser 1980, 117). The new community of the Spirit was to include both Jews and peoples from the idolatrous ethnies. keywords: abraham; acts; babel; christ; church; covenant; earth; ethnies; god; gospel; grand; israel; jerusalem; language; matthew; mission; nations; new; pentecost; peoples; rapids; rom; scott; spirit; unity; yahweh cache: gme-398.pdf plain text: gme-398.txt item: #767 of 918 id: gme-399 author: Robinson, IV, George G. title: THE ETHICS OF PLANTING CHURCHES IN MUSLIM LANDS date: 2010 words: 5165 flesch: 63 summary: When involved in God’s mandate called the Great Commission, church planters in Muslim countries will encounter situations where they must, like Peter and the other apostles, choose to obey God rather than man. 9 Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex: or the Law and the Prince. (1644). 8 why all untruth and falsehood is wrong; it is a contradiction of that which God is.” 10 The bi-vocational nature of church planting in Islamic countries will almost certainly stir up the curiosity of the locals and often that curiosity manifests itself in the form of an interrogation. keywords: christian; church; countries; disobedience; god; gospel; planting; truth cache: gme-399.pdf plain text: gme-399.txt item: #768 of 918 id: gme-4 author: Koeshall, Anita title: A Missiologist’s Contemplation on the Social Organization of the Trinity: The Trinity as a Model for Life Together date: 2010 words: 6362 flesch: 45 summary: � This discussion itself is “proof” of these fallen tendencies that make human social organization necessary. On what basis do we form our visions of church relationships? keywords: christ; church; father; god; hierarchy; organization; power; relationship; self; son; trinity cache: gme-4.doc plain text: gme-4.txt item: #769 of 918 id: gme-40 author: Williams, Dave title: REDIRECTING MEMBERS OF SHORT-TERM MISSION TO UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS date: 2010 words: 12674 flesch: 64 summary: The result is that many new missionaries will accept such offers and thus, continue to go where churches are already established rather than to Unreached People Groups. The real root problem, however, is that many new missionaries actually prefer having a live person around all the time who can help them at a moment’s notice. keywords: agencies; calling; church; country; god; groups; long; missionaries; missionary; missions; people; people groups; term; world cache: gme-40.pdf plain text: gme-40.txt item: #770 of 918 id: gme-400 author: Fancher, Karen title: Ritual and Sacrifice Among the Dinka of Southern Sudan: Implications for Christian Evangelism and Discipleship date: 2010 words: 7879 flesch: 64 summary: Issues that are not addressed in Dinka traditional religion are salvation (reconciliation with God) and eternal life. A recurrent theme in Dinka religion is the imploring of God to restore the world’s erstwhile unity and goodness, the need for which becomes manifest when man suffers misfortunes of sickness and death.” keywords: african; atr; christian; dinka; god; issue; life; people; religion; sacrifice; spear; sudan; vol cache: gme-400.pdf plain text: gme-400.txt item: #771 of 918 id: gme-401 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Some Notes on Designing Research Survey Forms date: 2010 words: 1102 flesch: 74 summary: Write questions that can be used for many years to come, in a wide range of situations. In the USA, major religious researchers, like George Barna and George Gallup, have been asking some of the same questions for many years, with the same wording. keywords: questions; research cache: gme-401.pdf plain text: gme-401.txt item: #772 of 918 id: gme-402 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Some Notes On "The Passion of the Christ" date: 2010 words: 1775 flesch: 76 summary: Sometimes films are historical - and there are a lot of wounds, and much blood and gore in human history. James Caviezel as Jesus. keywords: cross; film; jesus; way cache: gme-402.pdf plain text: gme-402.txt item: #773 of 918 id: gme-403 author: Staff, GM title: April 06 CROSS-CULTURAL JOKE date: 2010 words: 96 flesch: 63 summary: Microsoft Word - April 06 Madagascar joke.doc April 06 CROSS-CULTURAL JOKE – • Subject: missionary ladies in Madagascar! So it was, from that time to the present, single women missionaries in Madagascar are called, “v.v.’s” keywords: madagascar cache: gme-403.pdf plain text: gme-403.txt item: #774 of 918 id: gme-405 author: Wilson, Cory title: THE GREAT COMMISSION AS CREATIONAL RESTORATIVE COVENANT date: 2010 words: 5402 flesch: 68 summary: In addition to this, the usage of Great Commission conveys a disconnect from the rest of the biblical narrative as it fails to communicate the ultimate purpose of the commission in light of the whole of scripture - a purpose that points to the restoration of creational design norms. It will be shown that the eternal purposes of God are clearly set forth in the creation account and that the unfolding of the Biblical revelation shows God’s active role in restoring the creational design norms that were corrupted following the Fall. keywords: commission; covenant; creation; god; man; purpose cache: gme-405.doc plain text: gme-405.txt item: #775 of 918 id: gme-417 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2010 words: 216 flesch: 45 summary: Acknowledgment and appreciations are due to the publisher and the author of the seminal title (Paradigms in Conflict by David John Hesselgrave) who have granted permission to post one chapter from the book for the benefits of readers of Global Missiology. Dr. Hesselgrave is a decorated and accomplished missiologist of this generation, a faithful supporter and frequent contributor to Global Missiology. keywords: section cache: gme-417.doc plain text: gme-417.txt item: #776 of 918 id: gme-418 author: Wan, Enoch title: Use of Technology By Mission Workers date: 2010 words: 4578 flesch: 57 summary: Writing press releases How to get news about your church into local newspapers and radio o • Outreach sites The potential for websites to reach non-Christians o Posting articles • Website housekeeping (using website and reporting broken links, etc.) keywords: christians; church; day; evangelism; non; online; outreach; portable; site; use; web; website cache: gme-418.pdf plain text: gme-418.txt item: #777 of 918 id: gme-419 author: Stewart, Jim title: Finding Our Way with Technology date: 2010 words: 1649 flesch: 55 summary: I am one who welcomes change, loves the potential that new technologies represent, but recognizes that we still have much to learn about how to integrate new systems into our contemporary cultural context. I love gadgets of every sort, and eagerly search the popular and professional literature for the next generation of technologies that will change our lives, perhaps to a degree and in a direction yet unimagined. keywords: god; science; technologies; technology cache: gme-419.pdf plain text: gme-419.txt item: #778 of 918 id: gme-42 author: None title: gme-42 date: None words: 9035 flesch: 60 summary: The manner of Je- sus’ speech indicates his conviction that the persons of the divine Community inwardly enjoy one another’s love, hospitality, generosity, and interpersonal communion, so much so that they are one God, and being one God, express such love to one another.7 In God’s own revelation, we encounter a Father, Son and Holy Spirit each lov- ing the other, giving to the other, honoring the other, glorifying the other — this without confusing the high order of the Godhead, the roles that each di- vine person has fulfilled from eternity past.8 5 See Aubrey R. Johnson, The One and the Many in the Israelite Conception of God (2d ed., Cardiff: Univ. of Wales, 1961) 1-37; Larry Hurtado, One God One Lord: Early Chris- tian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism (London: SCM Press, 1988); Margaret Barker, The Great Angel: A Study of Israel’s Second God (London: SPCK, 1992); Felix Christ, Jesus Sophia. E. J. Fortman (Fr. ed. 1975; Still River MA: St. Bede’s, 1982); Jürgen Moltmann, The Trinity and the Kingdom of God, trans. keywords: christian; church; father; giving; god; holy; human; life; love; nature; self; son; spirit; trinitarian; trinity cache: gme-42.pdf plain text: gme-42.txt item: #779 of 918 id: gme-420 author: Dao, John title: Toward a Contextual Theology for the Chinese – A Case Study from Translation and Interpretation of the Greek Logos and Chinese Dao date: 2010 words: 7840 flesch: 63 summary: Missionaries and theologians engaging the Chinese are attempting to cultivate an authentic exegetically based, biblically founded, and historically interpreted Chinese theology. The task of Chinese theology demands an engagement with the worldview of dao so that it becomes ‘captive’ fully to Christ, hence ‘liberated’ to become the ontological, soteriological, moral, ethical, sociological, and political center of all things. keywords: bible; china; chinese; christian; dao; god; gospel; john; life; logos; systematic; theology; translation; way; word cache: gme-420.pdf plain text: gme-420.txt item: #780 of 918 id: gme-421 author: O'Neill, D. Jim title: Diversity in Biblical Perspective date: 2010 words: 1143 flesch: 70 summary: 4;4; Hostile to God in Rom. 8:7; Herod and Pilate had been enemies, Lk. 23:12 � Barrier of hostility: allusion to the barricade in the Temple which separated the court of the Gentiles from the temple proper which included an inscription threatening death to any non-Jew who tried to pass it; � “No foreigner may enter within the barricade which surrounds the sanctuary and enclosure. � 2:19 Consequently…called to community (what we were created for in Christ) keywords: christ; god cache: gme-421.pdf plain text: gme-421.txt item: #781 of 918 id: gme-422 author: Caven, Jay title: EXPLORING NEW PARADIGMS FOR A NEW INDIA date: 2010 words: 2589 flesch: 53 summary: THE CHALLENGE OF CAPACITY BUILDING The second new paradigm is that a whole generation of new ministries is changing the face of India missions. The first new paradigm for the future of India missions involves a shift from Western to Indian resources to pay for ministry support. keywords: church; india; ministry; new; self; years cache: gme-422.pdf plain text: gme-422.txt item: #782 of 918 id: gme-423 author: None title: gme-423 date: None words: 2226 flesch: 59 summary: The idea that human identity is not a given, but is something that we make, is termed 'constructivism'. The above examples all provide us with an idea of what postmodernity is all about: the expansion of choice and the tailoring of those choices to your own personal needs, wants and whims create an experienced world where postmodern ideas seem to make sense and so are more widely accepted. keywords: culture; difference; identity; mission; people; society cache: gme-423.pdf plain text: gme-423.txt item: #783 of 918 id: gme-424 author: Stackhouse, Max L. title: “All Things to All People”?: Mission, Conversion and Providence in a Global Era date: 2010 words: 12273 flesch: 40 summary: For the most part, most people live by a basic assent to the reigning system of social life, which anthropologists usually call a “Culture” and sociologists call “Society” – in either case, a system of interacting beliefs, structures, and habituated practices governed by an “ethos” – a dynamic cluster of interlocking principles, purposes and values that become incarnated in the institutions of the common life into which we are socialized and that basically guide existence. If this contention is valid, it will require a modification of the dominant interpretations of history and social life in contemporary thought, most of which claim that the most powerful forces in society are political, or economic, or cultural, and that these determine the nature, motivations, and history of religion and, thus, of missions. keywords: christianity; christians; civilization; community; conversion; god; history; human; justice; life; missions; new; people; persons; religions; society; traditions; world cache: gme-424.pdf plain text: gme-424.txt item: #784 of 918 id: gme-425 author: Cheong, John title: Dream Encounters in Christian and Islamic Societies and Its Implications for Christian Ministry and Mission date: 2021 words: 6659 flesch: 56 summary: An Introduction to the Nature of Dreams An historical overview An anthropological and sociological overview A Biblical view Figure 1: A classification dreams in the Biblical genre Dream encounters in Christian societies Christian psychologists and the dream Charismatic/Pentecostal views of the dream Dream encounters in Islamic societies Implications for Christian missions and ministry Dreams as a form of evangelism Dreams in discipleship Conclusion References An Introduction to the Nature of Dreams Dreams are commonly experienced by people in every society, but how they are perceived differs according to a person’s perspective. When Muslims dream of Jesus directing them to read the Bible, turn to the gospel (Padwick 1939:206), or find peace and comfort (Sheik 1980:52-56), they also experience cognitive dissonance in the process. keywords: chenh; christian; contextualization; desktop; docs_html; dream%20encounters%20%20and%20implications%20for%20missions%20by%20johnk%2010.05%20context.mht!file:///c:/documents; dreamer; dreams; gm%20old%20issues; god; lih; muslim; settings cache: gme-425.pdf plain text: gme-425.txt item: #785 of 918 id: gme-426 author: Nichols, Doug title: Giving Honor to the Little Man of Mindoro for the Glory of God! date: 2010 words: 948 flesch: 79 summary: Because of the kindness of Dr. Santiago, Margaret and I were encouraged to remain in the ministry. While Margaret rested and slept, I helped at the clinic by cutting grass, sorting medical supplies, helping with record keeping, sharing the Word of God, and caring for patients. keywords: doctor; margaret cache: gme-426.pdf plain text: gme-426.txt item: #786 of 918 id: gme-427 author: Zaretsky, Tuvya title: A NEW PUBLICATION ABOUT JEWISH EVANGELISM date: 2010 words: 737 flesch: 55 summary: When the Gospel message is proclaimed to the Jewish people, it is called Jewish evangelism. The missiological challenge of Jewish evangelism is in contextualizing the Gospel for an ethnically diverse and internationally dispersed people. keywords: evangelism; jewish cache: gme-427.pdf plain text: gme-427.txt item: #787 of 918 id: gme-428 author: Hoover, Joseph title: People To Reach With Purity Of Speech date: 2010 words: 7962 flesch: 68 summary: “For,” Harris says, “[John] 1:18 makes the same three affirmations of Jesus Christ as 1:1 does of the Logos (viz, timeless existence, intimate relationship with God, and participation in deity) and the themes of the Prologue are developed in the body of the Gospel in reference to Jesus of Nazareth” (Harris:58-59). With perhaps more exegetical support, it reveals how discussion about the relation between Jesus and God is often contaminated. keywords: christian; context; divine; father; god; jesus; john; person; son; speech; word cache: gme-428.pdf plain text: gme-428.txt item: #788 of 918 id: gme-429 author: Smith, Alex G. title: SEANET and RESOURCES for the BUDDHIST WORLD date: 2010 words: 1824 flesch: 59 summary: In 2001, SEANET’s initial 15 day Buddhist Prayer Guide by countries, titled A Billion Wait, was available “on line”, and a revised 36-page booklet was published in early 2002. Microsoft Word - SEANET and RESOURCES for the BUDDHIST WORLD by smith 7.05 SEANET and RESOURCES for the BUDDHIST WORLD Alex G. Smith, D. Miss. keywords: buddhism; church; david; omf; prayer; seanet; smith; world cache: gme-429.pdf plain text: gme-429.txt item: #789 of 918 id: gme-43 author: Ki, William title: Jeremiah 29:4-7 and Immigrant Ministry date: 2010 words: 2310 flesch: 65 summary: THE TEXT - Jeremiah 29:4-7 In the Bible, the Torah speaks explicitly on immigrants, or aliens. Though return and restoration would eventually come, in the meantime, as immigrants to the land, they would conduct their normal day-to-day activities. keywords: city; god; immigrants; lord; welfare cache: gme-43.pdf plain text: gme-43.txt item: #790 of 918 id: gme-430 author: Mejudhon, Ubolwan title: The Ritual of Reconciliation in Thai Culture: Discipling New Converts date: 2010 words: 8925 flesch: 63 summary: This is an important duty of Thai parents, but they cannot do so as long as they feel that the church is stealing their children away. This will ease the fear and anxiety of Thai parents and help them to have a clearer view of Christians. keywords: christian; converts; culture; joon; kamgong; new; orientation; parents; reconciliation; ritual; schreiter; thai; tid cache: gme-430.pdf plain text: gme-430.txt item: #791 of 918 id: gme-431 author: Hoefer, Herbert title: Gospel Proclamation of the Ascended Lord date: 2010 words: 7398 flesch: 72 summary: However, Jesus Christ took the punishment on the cross that we deserved, and so we are set free and receive eternal life as God’s gracious gift because of Christ. We are called to remember and confess the simple facts: “Jesus Christ… who… suffered…was crucified….rose… ascended.” keywords: christ; god; gospel; jesus; life; living; lord; people; spirit cache: gme-431.pdf plain text: gme-431.txt item: #792 of 918 id: gme-432 author: Wong, Chai Kee title: Globalization and Postmodernism’s Impact on Asian Emigration - Have Affluent Christians Lost their Way in The World? date: 2010 words: 5791 flesch: 59 summary: With globalization Christians may unwittingly or unashamedly slide into the cesspool of postmodernism. Christians who side-step the spiritual side of global emigration do so at their own peril. keywords: calling; christians; emigration; globalization; life; lifestyle; mission; people; postmodernism; singapore; talent; world cache: gme-432.pdf plain text: gme-432.txt item: #793 of 918 id: gme-433 author: None title: gme-433 date: None words: 8764 flesch: 59 summary: Values Impact of Globalization on the Church Why are western churches experiencing declining levels of attendance, involvement, volunteering and giving? The Incredible Shrinking American Purse The amount of money given to many churches in the U.S. was up during the last years of the boom economy. keywords: american; christian; church; economy; future; god; life; lives; mission; new; people; values; world; young cache: gme-433.pdf plain text: gme-433.txt item: #794 of 918 id: gme-434 author: None title: gme-434 date: None words: 9920 flesch: 68 summary: This new form of HQ religion, when less than one hundred years old, was encountered by the Spaniards and their RCC missionaries. The EP movement allows the HQ to take control of his life and join other HQ in a people movement to EP. keywords: america; andean; animism; catholic; christ; church; culture; ecuador; form; god; inca; latin; missionaries; movement; new; people; rcc; religion; syncretism; world cache: gme-434.pdf plain text: gme-434.txt item: #795 of 918 id: gme-435 author: None title: gme-435 date: None words: 4022 flesch: 57 summary: In order to explain why the Native American is a giant, I will argue that pre-modern channels such as those found among the indigenous people of North America, when redeemed by Christ, provide strategic inroads for the Good News to penetrate the hearts and imaginations of post-modern culture. A characteristic trait of post-modern culture is suspicion of the established Church—Christendom. keywords: christ; christian; church; culture; good; people; post; spirit cache: gme-435.pdf plain text: gme-435.txt item: #796 of 918 id: gme-436 author: Wong, Chan Kok title: The Impact of Modernity on Spirituality date: 2010 words: 15112 flesch: 65 summary: 4.1 I appreciate such efforts in marking out the contributions of different spiritual traditions. The difficulty is further compounded by the lack of a model of evangelical spirituality. keywords: bible; change; christian; christianity; church; effect; god; group; hunter; life; mcgrath; modernity; new; people; religion; self; singapore; society; spirituality; time; tradition; understanding; way; world cache: gme-436.pdf plain text: gme-436.txt item: #797 of 918 id: gme-437 author: None title: gme-437 date: None words: 2647 flesch: 37 summary: The outlook of Christianity represented by Western missionaries in China and practiced by new Chinese converts had all the appearance of a Western religion: the methodology of evangelism, the design of church building, the seating arrangement at worship services, the hymn book and the musical instruments used, the format of worship program, etc., all these objective phenomena confirmed the historical fact of Christianity being imported by Western missionaries from European countries, in addition to the subjective perception. Western missionaries who brought Christianity to China also took with them the practice of internal conflicts among factions of Christian groups. keywords: article; china; chinese; christianity; form; missionaries; style cache: gme-437.pdf plain text: gme-437.txt item: #798 of 918 id: gme-438 author: Wan, Enoch title: Critiquing the Method of Traditional Western Theology and Calling for Sino-Theology date: 2010 words: 1436 flesch: 37 summary: The compartmentalization of disciplines (extreme, reductionistic and tunnel-vision type of specialization) and dichotomistic conceptualization (e.g. scientific vs. spiritual, rationalistic vs. mystical, natural vs. supernatural, cultural vs. supra-cultural, human vs. divine, this-worldly vs. other-worldly, empirical vs. intuitive, etc.) are just manifestations of the either/or dualistic thought pattern in TWT. FIGURE 2 - THE EITHER/OR PATTERN OF TWT (Wan 1997: 4) keywords: chinese; pattern; theology; twt cache: gme-438.pdf plain text: gme-438.txt item: #799 of 918 id: gme-439 author: Wan, Enoch title: Jesus Christ for the Chinese: A Contextual Reflection date: 2010 words: 3918 flesch: 52 summary: EITHER OR Christology Either the deity of Christ Either the Christ of kerygma or the humanity of Christ or the historical Jesus Soteriology Either God’s sovereignty Either faith Either grace Either evangelism for conversion or human free will or reason or work or social gospel as witness Ecclesiology Either the universal church Either organic unity or local congregation or organizational uniformity Eschatology Either already realized or yet to come Bibliology Either divine revelation or human authorship Jesus Christ from the West as shown in Figure 2 can be illustrated by the centuries-long christological controversy of the first several hundred years of the Christian church due to the strong hold of the either-or perspective on the nature of Christ by Christians of the West. 4.1 Cultural analysis and comparison In TWT as well as the way Chinese converts usually being taught by Western missionary, Jesus Christ is being regarded as the Savior of hell-bound sinners who need God’s forgiveness by justification through personal faith in the atoning death of Christ. keywords: chinese; christ; god; jesus; jesus christ; theology; wan; west; western cache: gme-439.pdf plain text: gme-439.txt item: #800 of 918 id: gme-44 author: Kostenberger, Andreas J. title: Do Jews need to be 'perfected?' date: 2010 words: 902 flesch: 72 summary: Or is this belief optional, just for Christians, and is it OK for non-Christian Jews to go on holding to their own beliefs (which involve rejecting Jesus as Messiah)? Microsoft Word - Kostenberg_Jews_July08_GM.doc Do Jews need to be 'perfected?'1 Andreas keywords: jesus; jews cache: gme-44.pdf plain text: gme-44.txt item: #801 of 918 id: gme-440 author: Wan, Enoch title: Exploring Sino-Spirituality date: 2010 words: 1826 flesch: 50 summary: The paper offers perspectives on seven dimensions of true spirituality of a servant of the Lord. True spirituality requires both character and career in their proper order. keywords: chinese; god; servant; spirituality cache: gme-440.pdf plain text: gme-440.txt item: #802 of 918 id: gme-441 author: Wan, Enoch title: Practical Contextualization: A Case Study of Evangelizing Contemporary Chinese date: 2010 words: 3220 flesch: 49 summary: For the purpose of being context-specific, the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong Chinese is chosen for this article with the full knowledge that Chinese people are vast in number, diverse in culture and varied in accordance to local contexts: e.g. Chinese in the Mainland (華人) with five major ethnic groups (i.e. Han, Manchurian, Mongolian, Muslim, and Tibetan), and dozens of minority groups; overseas-born-Chinese (OBC), including those who have immigrated to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada, etc., and local-born-Chinese (LBC), including American-born-Chinese (ABC), British-born-Chinese (BBC), Canadian-born-Chinese (CBC), etc. Generalizations of all Chinese are not helpful when fruitful discussion is intended. Though there are many aspects of practical contextualization such as style of Christian living and worship, patterns of social interaction and religious institutions, processes of membership recruitment and integration, etc., we will examine the following three: conceptualization, expression and application of evangelism as an illustration of practical contextualization for Hong Kong Chinese. keywords: chinese; christ; evangelism; god; gospel; twt; wan cache: gme-441.pdf plain text: gme-441.txt item: #803 of 918 id: gme-442 author: Wan, Enoch title: Sailing in the Western Wind date: 2010 words: 1883 flesch: 51 summary: The understanding of the historical contexts of the coming of Christianity to China in the T'ang and Ch'ing dynasties will shed light on the two questions: 1) Why Chinese resent the entering of Western missionaries and why they resist Christianity considering it as a foreign import? Abstract First in a series of six articles concerning Christianity and evangelism within the contexts of the two very different systems of contemporary USA and the overseas-born Chinese, this article identifies elements of Western influence on Chinese culture and Chinese Christianity. keywords: china; chinese; christianity; government; military; west cache: gme-442.pdf plain text: gme-442.txt item: #804 of 918 id: gme-443 author: Wan, Enoch title: Spiritual Warfare: Understanding Demonization date: 2010 words: 1043 flesch: 43 summary: Unfortunately, many Christians are blinded to the fact of spiritual warfare and are deceived by Satan’s strategy of slighting the reality of his presence and power (or evil spirits). Demonic possession by evil spirits occurs among non-Christians who have not been born again and are subject to the complete control of Satan in the kingdom of darkness. keywords: christian; demonization; spirits cache: gme-443.pdf plain text: gme-443.txt item: #805 of 918 id: gme-444 author: Wan, Enoch title: Spiritual Warfare: Overcoming Demonization date: 2010 words: 1861 flesch: 57 summary: Spiritism, superstition and animism Most Filipinos, including many Christians, are believers and practitioners of spiritism, superstition and animism. It is advisable to speak it aloud with the witness of other Christians.) keywords: christians; demonization; god; jesus; victory cache: gme-444.pdf plain text: gme-444.txt item: #806 of 918 id: gme-447 author: Wan, Enoch; Mark, John title: MINISTERING IN TURKISH CONTEXT:PROPOSING A FIVE-STAGE MODEL FOR CHURCH PLANTING date: 2010 words: 10138 flesch: 60 summary: Church planting evangelism comes in two general categories; friendship and cp-mass evangelism. Our understanding and passion for evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and church planting greatly impact the church planting task and yet there are a variety of ways that these concepts are understood. keywords: believers; christ; christian; church; church planting; churches; evangelism; god; gospel; group; home; house; leadership; new; people; planting; turkey cache: gme-447.doc plain text: gme-447.txt item: #807 of 918 id: gme-448 author: DANIELS, GENE title: CONTEXTUALIZING CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS IN MUSLIM CONTEXTS date: 2010 words: 4434 flesch: 52 summary: Therefore, its significant reaches far beyond the borders of Central Asia and carries implications for missionaries and church leaders in other areas of the Islamic world, wherever young churches are emerging under quasi-secular, Muslim-majority governments. When church leaders press a Muslim government to conform to these Western (i.e. foreign) concepts, it is broadcasting a clear message―that the Protestant church is for all purposes a Western concern, protected by powerful foreign patrons. keywords: asia; central; christian; church; muslim; protestant; rights; state; timothy cache: gme-448.doc plain text: gme-448.txt item: #808 of 918 id: gme-449 author: Landon, Michael title: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PSALMS TO A POSTMODERN MISSIONS PARADIGM date: 2010 words: 5682 flesch: 65 summary: What do the Psalms teach about pluralism? b. Pluralism as Context of Psalms So, how can the Psalms fit with pluralism? keywords: church; god; gospel; hiebert; life; missions; new; people; psalms; world; worship cache: gme-449.doc plain text: gme-449.txt item: #809 of 918 id: gme-45 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of Contextualization: A Theology of Gospel and Culture by Bruce J. Nicholls date: 2010 words: 2757 flesch: 56 summary: Nicholls, however, approaches this nuance in his definition of “supra- cultural”: “The phenomena of cultural belief and behavior that have their source outside of human culture” (13). Microsoft Word - Review_Contextualization_July_08_GM.doc 1 Review Contextualization: A Theology of Gospel and Culture Bruce J. Nicholls Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing, 2003. keywords: contextualization; cultural; culture; gospel; nicholls; theology cache: gme-45.pdf plain text: gme-45.txt item: #810 of 918 id: gme-451 author: Wan, Enoch title: Relational Tree date: 2010 words: 345 flesch: 91 summary: I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18) I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6) keywords: god cache: gme-451.doc plain text: gme-451.txt item: #811 of 918 id: gme-452 author: Wood, Rick title: OVERCOMING SYNCRETISM BY CONTEXTUALIZATION date: 2010 words: 1387 flesch: 57 summary: Making the Gospel Indigenous Can we pick up the broken pieces of this wreckage and begin to see people movements to Christ among Native Americans? This is not just a problem for people in the West. keywords: americans; culture; people cache: gme-452.doc plain text: gme-452.txt item: #812 of 918 id: gme-454 author: Smither, Edward L title: BRIDGING THE “EXCLUDED MIDDLE”: THE CASE OF BRAZILIAN EVANGELICAL MISSIONARIES SERVING AMONG ARAB-MUSLIMS date: 2010 words: 8736 flesch: 55 summary: In an extended discussion on power, Love asserts that Muslims perceive spiritual power on a number of levels. A similar worldview and subsequent willingness to engage in spiritual warfare is apparent in the following account from a female Pentecostal missionary in the Arab world. keywords: arab; brazilian; folk; god; islam; magic; muslims; power; religion; spiritism; spiritual; umbanda; world; worldview; � interview cache: gme-454.doc plain text: gme-454.txt item: #813 of 918 id: gme-455 author: Kyle III, I. Francis title: Review date: 2010 words: 1272 flesch: 47 summary: Missionaries in Hawai'i: The Lives of Peter and Fanny Gulick, 1797-1883 PAGE 1 Review Missionaries in Hawai’i: The Lives of Peter and Fanny Gulick, 1797−1883 Clifford Putney Clifford Putney. Putney’s Missionaries in Hawai’i endeavors to take a balanced and “empathetic rather than hagiographic or condemnatory” approach in studying the lives of Peter and Fanny Gulick (5). keywords: gulick; missionaries; missionary; putney cache: gme-455.doc plain text: gme-455.txt item: #814 of 918 id: gme-46 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship date: 2010 words: 3243 flesch: 57 summary: “A bifurcation between the economic Trinity and the immanent Trinity undermines our knowledge of God” (Letham 2004, 296). Microsoft Word - Trinity _Kreitzer_July_08_GM.doc The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship Robert Letham, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2004. keywords: father; god; letham; son; spirit; trinity cache: gme-46.pdf plain text: gme-46.txt item: #815 of 918 id: gme-47 author: Stewart, Jim title: The Impact of Technology on Culture: Rant or Rave? date: 2010 words: 1011 flesch: 47 summary: Closing Remarks That technology has been instrumental in the breaking down of cultural distinctives, what I have referred to as the homogenizing effect of technology, is beyond dispute. Certainly technology has been a homogenizing agent, but one could also make the case that technology is helping to differentiate, preserve and strengthen cultural identity. keywords: resources; technology; web cache: gme-47.pdf plain text: gme-47.txt item: #816 of 918 id: gme-478 author: Tira, Sadiri Joy title: Diaspora Missiology date: 2010 words: 1252 flesch: 26 summary: The E-journal www.globalmissiolgy.org is diasporic in design; it has a section entirely devoted to Diaspora studies. The E-journal www.globalmissiolgy.org is inclusive of diasporic in design; it has a section entirely devoted to Diaspora studies. keywords: diaspora; educators; migration; missiology cache: gme-478.doc plain text: gme-478.txt item: #817 of 918 id: gme-48 author: Tuche, D. title: Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa – Part 1: Definition of Worldview and the Historical Development of the Concept date: 2010 words: 5105 flesch: 46 summary: Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting Worldview, Challenge of Contextualization and Church Planting in West Africa – Part 1:  Definition of Worldview and the Historical Development of the Concept D Tuche    Published in Global Missiology “Contextualization” July 2008    www.globalmissiology.net     (Editor’s note: this is first of a 3‐part series on worldview in West Africa)    INTRODUCTION This is an introductory study on worldview and contextualization in West Africa covering several themes to form the basis for subsequent studies: Contextualization and worldviews, multi-disciplinary understanding of worldview, culture and worldview, contextualization and worldviews. In this introductory study of the 3-part series on worldview and contextualization in West Africa, a review of the literature on several themes have been conducted: contextualization and worldviews, multi-disciplinary understanding of worldview, culture and worldview, contextualization and worldviews. keywords: christian; christianity; contextualization; culture; gospel; hiebert; kraft; people; reality; understanding; worldview cache: gme-48.pdf plain text: gme-48.txt item: #818 of 918 id: gme-5 author: Emetuche, Damian title: The Challenge of Discipling Muslim Background Believers date: 2010 words: 4506 flesch: 53 summary: Finally, I hope to suggest some practical ways of discipling new Muslim converts for maximum benefits in the gospel outreach to the Islamic world. In response to this challenge, I will first underscore the colossal nature of the challenge of discipling Muslim converts to Christianity by highlighting some of the theological and cultural baggage that former Muslims bring into their new faith in Christ Jesus. keywords: christian; church; converts; culture; faith; islam; islamic; mission; muslim; new cache: gme-5.doc plain text: gme-5.txt item: #819 of 918 id: gme-50 author: Chapman, Colin title: CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO ‘A COMMON WORD’: Why I Signed the Yale Response date: 2010 words: 2295 flesch: 55 summary: By suggesting that ‘the Unity of God, the necessity of love for Him, and the necessity of love of the neighbour is … the common ground between Christianity 1 http://www.globalmissiology.org/ and Islam’, it seems to recognise that Christians acknowledge the oneness of God and might be genuine monotheists. ‘Taking other lords beside God’ is interpreted to mean that ‘Muslims, Christians and Jews should be free to each follow what God has commanded them, and not have “to prostrate before kings and the like” …’ Reasons for Cautious Or Critical Responses - The interpretation of several Qur’anic verses in ACW is significantly different from traditional interpretations. keywords: acw; christians; god; muslims cache: gme-50.pdf plain text: gme-50.txt item: #820 of 918 id: gme-51 author: Frykenberg, Robert Eric title: IN REMEMBRANCE OF PAUL G. HIEBERT date: 2010 words: 1423 flesch: 51 summary: Note: Robert Eric Frykenberg, also from a missionary family and a historian of India’s Christianity, grew up in Telengana and knew Paul Hiebert from childhood, through school years at Kodaikanal, and through most of his professional life as a scholar and missionary 3 Ibid. The Madiga-Christian movement reached its zenith in 1778, when 2222 converts were baptized in a single day IN REMEMBRANCE OF PAUL G. HIEBERT1 1934-2007 By Robert Eric Frykenberg Professor Emeritus of History & South Asian Studies The University of Wisconsin – Madison 26th March 2007 Published under “Contemporary Practice” at www.globalmissiology.org, April 2008 Paul Hiebert, a faithful follower of Jesus Christ as his Lord, was more than a saintly man of God who, richly endowed with gifts of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22), became a spiritual giant. keywords: india; life; missionary; paul; years cache: gme-51.pdf plain text: gme-51.txt item: #821 of 918 id: gme-52 author: Grant, Paul E. title: TRINITY : INFINITY AND AFFINITY date: 2010 words: 349 flesch: 28 summary: TRINITY : INFINITY AND AFFINITY TRINITY : INFINITY AND AFFINITY Kinship With a Boundless God A lifetime of probing and wondering, Searching, praying, and examining, On a quest for form and meaning Of the nature of the Trinity It’s been a special odyssey To comprehend this mystery, To gain a personal mastery Of God’s essential nature I was baffled yet attracted And frequently reacted, Also powerfully impacted By its complexities As I reflect in retrospect I detect a serious defect, The failure of the intellect To comprehend the infinite Logic cannot measure the boundless Nor reason accommodate the limitless, How to handle the measureless Became for me the issue Time and again I was taken aback When coming to terms with my lack Each time I sought to unpack This doctrine of the Trinity I found the issue of special mention, That heavenly education Is given by the Spirit’s tuition, That understanding comes by faith This means that revelation Must be allowed its intention To transform the mind’s dimension In producing true understanding Trinity’s meaning is shown in fullness Through the coming and work of Jesus, His life and teachings are the genesis Of discovering Divine togetherness The Gospels are a facility For engaging with the Trinity, keywords: trinity cache: gme-52.pdf plain text: gme-52.txt item: #822 of 918 id: gme-53 author: Jabbour, Nabeel title: Review of The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross date: 2010 words: 323 flesch: 53 summary: In the 1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1600061958/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books http://www.globalmissiology.org/ atmosphere thus generated the average layperson comes to look upon Arab Muslims and other Muslims – Iranian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indonesian – as the enemy, and finds it difficult to embrace Jesus’ command to “love your enemy; bless them who curse you.” Here in North American we are bombarded by Christian sermons, magazine articles, radio and TV programs, not to mention internet blogs, frantically declaiming the imminent clash of civilizations and the fearsome threat of “Islamo-fascism.” keywords: christian cache: gme-53.pdf plain text: gme-53.txt item: #823 of 918 id: gme-54 author: Oksnevad, Roy title: To Dialogue or Not to Dialogue: That is the Question date: 2010 words: 1004 flesch: 61 summary: These topics are recognized in the Amman Message (http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=74), which tries to defend itself from this very common practice of judging other Muslims as infidels. Moderate Muslims need to dialogue with the world for their very survival. keywords: dialogue; muslims cache: gme-54.pdf plain text: gme-54.txt item: #824 of 918 id: gme-55 author: Luis Palau Association, www.palau.org title: Evangelist has unprecedented entrance in China date: 2010 words: 667 flesch: 46 summary: Dr. Palau and Minister Zhao have done just that, and I believe we all have something to learn from them.” “I am a physicist and an architect by training,” said Zhao through a translator, “but I have read the Bible several times, as well as the writings of Martin Luther, Calvin, and others, so I welcomed and enjoyed the dialogue on issues of religion and faith with Dr. Palau.” keywords: palau; zhao cache: gme-55.pdf plain text: gme-55.txt item: #825 of 918 id: gme-56 author: Poston, Larry title: A COMMON WORD?” REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE date: 2010 words: 5812 flesch: 55 summary: Certainly not in the things that matter the most to Evangelicals, such as “preaching Christ crucified,” an atonement for the sins of humankind, the resurrected Lord of the Universe, the only-begotten Son of God, the incarnation of God, the Messiah whose name includes the term “Mighty God,” and the like. Muslims and Christians will certainly not cooperate in the establishment of the Church as the assembly of God’s called-out, chosen people who have experienced the new birth as the necessary prerequisite for seeing the Kingdom of Heaven. Muslims, Christians and Jews should all be “free to follow what God commanded them, and not have to prostrate before kings and the like.” keywords: christians; god; jesus; love; muslims; neighbor; new; word cache: gme-56.pdf plain text: gme-56.txt item: #826 of 918 id: gme-57 author: Sherwood, John title: The One-Many God and Team Ministry date: 2010 words: 8826 flesch: 72 summary: Yet theologically and experientially, I have learned so much about the Community called God through rich relationships with brothers and sisters also part of that same Community. Relationship is at the essence of who God is. keywords: father; glory; god; jesus; joy; love; ministry; oneness; relationship; team; trinity; unity; world cache: gme-57.pdf plain text: gme-57.txt item: #827 of 918 id: gme-58 author: A Pseudonym, Montier Sturdevant title: WEB OUTREACH AS PART OF CHURCH PLANTING STRATEGY IN A CREATIVE ACCESS NATION date: 2010 words: 7533 flesch: 62 summary: Next I will give a description of our approach to Web site outreach. Ministries around the world are seeking to use Web sites to reach the unreached through direct evangelism, evangelism training, discipleship of believers, and Christian worker training. keywords: christian; email; evangelism; internet; online; outreach; people; persuasion; site; web; web site cache: gme-58.pdf plain text: gme-58.txt item: #828 of 918 id: gme-580 author: Wan, Enoch title: “Mission” and Missio Dei: Response to Charles Van Engen’s “‘Mission’ Defined and Described” date: 2011 words: 3690 flesch: 46 summary: An evaluation is provided in light of the author’s awareness of two dimensions of Christian mission, that is, “individual” and “institutional.” Christian mission” (p. 7). keywords: christian; church; engen; global; god; mission; missional; theology; van cache: gme-580.doc plain text: gme-580.txt item: #829 of 918 id: gme-581 author: None title: gme-581 date: None words: 6958 flesch: 59 summary: Position 2 � WORLD GOD Missional Church Advance of God’s kingdom Position 3 Missions “Ministries”� in the world WORLD WORLD GOD Missionary teams (obeying Great Commission) new churches Local Churches Position 4 � Arther Glasser and Donald McGavran survey the debate in Contemporary Theologies of Mission (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1983). Rufus Anderson, writing 170 years ago, articulated this Position 1 like this: A missionary is one called by God and sent by the church to do “missionary work,” i.e.: · the converting of lost men, · organising them into churches, · giving these churches a competent native ministry, · all for the purpose of spreading of a scriptural self-propagating Christianity In this approach, every believer is called to be involved in world missions, whether by “going, giving or praying”. keywords: christ; church; churches; god; mission; new; position; term; work; world cache: gme-581.doc plain text: gme-581.txt item: #830 of 918 id: gme-583 author: Wan, Enoch title: DIASPORA MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE: THE CASE OF REFUGEE IN ITALY date: 2011 words: 568 flesch: 60 summary: Other refugee emergency centres have been opened in other parts of Sicily and the rest of Italy. Below is the description from him of the “diaspora ministry opportunity and challenge” created by the flood of immigrants moving from North Africa into the southern part of Italy as a result of all of the unrest in North African and the Middle East. keywords: diaspora; italy cache: gme-583.doc plain text: gme-583.txt item: #831 of 918 id: gme-584 author: McClung, Grant title: HOW TO PRAY FOR PERSECUTED BELIEVERS date: 2011 words: 1511 flesch: 62 summary: 6. Pray Strategically – The renowned evangelist D. L. Moody claimed that, “Every work of God can be traced to some kneeling form.” When we sincerely make ourselves available to plead with God on behalf of persecuted believers, the Holy Spirit will take us seriously and spontaneously lead us praying for the persecuted. keywords: god; prayer; praying; suffering cache: gme-584.doc plain text: gme-584.txt item: #832 of 918 id: gme-585 author: None title: gme-585 date: None words: 7957 flesch: 69 summary: Those cricketers who would like to do so can make an effort to learn football language if they so desire. To insist that football language dominate cricket, as at the moment, is inhuman. keywords: africa; cricket; football; globalisation; god; language; people; speak; umpire; use; way cache: gme-585.doc plain text: gme-585.txt item: #833 of 918 id: gme-586 author: Harris, Mark J title: Church Issues in Togo: A SWOT Analysis of the Church Growth Context in Togo - According to Selected Pastors date: 2011 words: 4544 flesch: 63 summary: Rather than focusing on the unreached population, and working in harmony toward that end, many churches focus on ways to attract members from other churches to transfer to their own congregations. The purpose of this research project is to inform Westerners (and perhaps some Togolese as well) regarding “SWOT” (i.e. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) of Togolese churches, as understood by a selected group of Togolese pastors from various denominations. keywords: churches; god; men; pastors; people; togo; togolese cache: gme-586.doc plain text: gme-586.txt item: #834 of 918 id: gme-587 author: Kreitzer, Rev. Mark title: Essay and Review Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary date: 2011 words: 8497 flesch: 63 summary: Second, the Bible teaches the genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 are indeed following a father-son line, different from other biblical genealogies. � C. John Collins cites Hasel but does not interact with nor attempt to refute his argument (Collins 2004, 203-207). keywords: account; age; collins; creation; days; earth; genealogies; genesis; god; hasel; scripture; son; years cache: gme-587.doc plain text: gme-587.txt item: #835 of 918 id: gme-588 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2011 words: 238 flesch: 84 summary: The following items actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: -------------------------- Don't let worry kill you off – let the church help. Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. keywords: church cache: gme-588.doc plain text: gme-588.txt item: #836 of 918 id: gme-589 author: None title: gme-589 date: None words: 9000 flesch: 62 summary: On the other hand, Glasser argues, the two structures that Winter identifies, do appear in the record of Acts, In Acts 2-12, the story of the expansion of the Christian movement is largely a record of spontaneous growth brought about by the witness of individual Christians… In Acts 13-28 the expansion of the Christian movement was achieved through a strikingly different structure -- the apostolic team or mission structure. Mission structures seldom, if ever, originate at the ecclesiastical center. keywords: apostolic; church; commission; god; jesus; local; mission; missionary; paul; structures; world cache: gme-589.doc plain text: gme-589.txt item: #837 of 918 id: gme-59 author: Wan, Enoch; Gross, Linda title: Christian Missions to Diaspora Groups: A Diachronic General Overview and Synchronic Study of Contemporary USA date: 2010 words: 5238 flesch: 46 summary: “Diaspora Missiology” is a relatively new term for formal study on missions among diaspora peoples, or the academic discipline of the church’s mission in spreading the Christian faith among non-Christian diaspora peoples wherever they are located.5 “Evangelism” is rooted in the Greek word euangelizo meaning “… to spread the Good News of the Gospel with signs following, in both supernatural power and compassionate deeds, to preach, to persuade, to call to faith in Christ.”6 They were diaspora people serving the Lord as He guided their journeys from place to place. keywords: christian; church; diaspora; ibid; immigration; missions; new; people; usa; world cache: gme-59.pdf plain text: gme-59.txt item: #838 of 918 id: gme-6 author: None title: gme-6 date: None words: 3922 flesch: 40 summary: It provides some of the necessary factors to communicate effectively; what we do with such knowledge is the next step towards effective intercultural communication. This article seeks to introduce one main theory on effective ICC: Gudykunst’s Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) theory of effective communication. keywords: anxiety; communication; gudykunst; theory; uncertainty cache: gme-6.doc plain text: gme-6.txt item: #839 of 918 id: gme-60 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of Old Testament Ethics for the People of God date: 2010 words: 2056 flesch: 58 summary: This meant, Wright states in summary, that “there was resistance in Israel to centralized power and a preference for diverse and participatory politics, which tolerated – in- deed sought – the voice of criticism and opposition from the prophets, even if some of them paid a heavy price” (Wright 2004, 57). He carefully summa- rizes the theological worldview of Israel and, what he terms, the three foundational focal points or “pillars of Israel’s worldview” (Wright 2004, 19). keywords: god; israel; land; wright cache: gme-60.pdf plain text: gme-60.txt item: #840 of 918 id: gme-61 author: Wan, Enoch; Penman, Kevin P. title: THE “WHY,” “HOW” AND “WHO” OF PARTNERSHIP IN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS date: 2010 words: 3178 flesch: 58 summary: Hopefully, such understand will lead to partnership to fulfill God’s Great Commission by sharing resources and collaborative efforts. The purpose of this brief study is to examine the “why,” “how” and “who” of partnership for Christian missions. keywords: church; god; mission; partnership; research; study; world cache: gme-61.doc plain text: gme-61.txt item: #841 of 918 id: gme-610 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Who Did They Say that He Is? Four Hopeful and Suffering Generations of Japanese-Reformed Christologies date: 2022 words: 26455 flesch: 55 summary: While Paul does not directly call Jesus Christ God, undoubtedly that is his faith…. But it is unanimously agreed that the name Lord Jesus Christ is used by Paul’s hand in his letters 73 times. keywords: christian; christianity; christology; church; faith; god; history; human; japanese; jesus christ; kumano; logos; lord; nature; okada; person; point; problem; reformed; takakura; theologians; theological; theology; thought; uemura cache: gme-610.doc plain text: gme-610.txt item: #842 of 918 id: gme-612 author: Cole, Graham A. title: THE GOD WHO WEPT A HUMAN TEAR: SOME THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS date: 2011 words: 7496 flesch: 64 summary: For example, [ex hypothesis] if Jesus suffers and if Jesus is God, then it can be concluded that in Jesus God suffers.’ More precisely put – when Jesus wept we can safely say the Person of the Son wept, but not his divine nature, rather he wept out of his human nature. Matthew J. O’Connell, God of Jesus Christ (London: SCM, 1984), 195. keywords: christ; god; impassibility; islam; jesus; john; kitamori; pain; suffering; theology; view; way cache: gme-612.doc plain text: gme-612.txt item: #843 of 918 id: gme-613 author: Inagaki, Hisakazu title: ‘LOVE OF NEIGHBOR’ AND TOYOHIKO KAGAWA’S CHRISTIANITY date: 2011 words: 4604 flesch: 57 summary: Since Christian love or ‘Love of neighbor’ is the central idea of Kagawa, many non-Christian Japanese can understand it clearly. How does liberal democracy express Christian love for others? keywords: brotherhood; christian; kagawa; love; people; public; society; state cache: gme-613.doc plain text: gme-613.txt item: #844 of 918 id: gme-614 author: Netland, Harold title: RESPONSE TO PROFESSOR INAGAKI date: 2011 words: 2413 flesch: 52 summary: In democratic societies, how can the will of the majority be enacted without infringing upon the rights of religious minorities? But in my brief response I want to probe a bit in a different direction, exploring more explicitly what it means to be followers of Jesus in modern societies politically committed to democracy and characterized by increasing religious diversity. keywords: christians; jesus; kagawa; public; society cache: gme-614.doc plain text: gme-614.txt item: #845 of 918 id: gme-615 author: Harries, Jim title: IS IT POST- MODERN, OR IS IT JUST THE REAL THING? CHALLENGING INTER-CULTURAL MISSION - A PARABLE date: 2011 words: 7947 flesch: 69 summary: Those cricketers who would like to do so can make an effort to learn football language if they so desire. To insist that football language dominate cricket, as at the moment, is inhuman. keywords: africa; cricket; football; globalisation; god; language; people; speak; umpire; use; way cache: gme-615.doc plain text: gme-615.txt item: #846 of 918 id: gme-616 author: Wan, Enoch; Hedinger, Mark title: Missionary Training for the Twenty First Century: Biblical Foundations date: 2011 words: 3191 flesch: 60 summary: Acts 20:4 In Acts 20 we find more evidence that Paul deliberately recruited and trained new cross-cultural missionaries. Paul – Missionary Trainer When we read the book of the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles we notice that Paul had two goals: Preaching the gospel (and by doing so, planting churches); and discipling a new generation of cross-cultural missionaries. keywords: missionaries; missionary; paul; tim; timothy; training cache: gme-616.doc plain text: gme-616.txt item: #847 of 918 id: gme-618 author: None title: gme-618 date: None words: 1602 flesch: 68 summary: God says, “If there are people in your midst who don’t know me, take care of them and tell them about me”. In His sovereignty, today God is shuffling the pack, and washing people from various ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds all over the planet. keywords: faith; god; ministry; people cache: gme-618.doc plain text: gme-618.txt item: #848 of 918 id: gme-619 author: Franklin, Stephen T. title: RETHINKING “CONTEXTUALIZATION” date: 2011 words: 7188 flesch: 51 summary: In this essay I want to ask if this demand to re-theologize the faith emanates from the “new” Christian communities themselves, or whether it is rooted in the developments in Western culture and theology over the last five hundred years? To restate the hypothesis: the primary impetus for contextualization can be found in local developments in Western culture. keywords: catholic; christian; church; contextualization; culture; doctrine; god; japanese; theology; world cache: gme-619.doc plain text: gme-619.txt item: #849 of 918 id: gme-62 author: None title: gme-62 date: None words: 7782 flesch: 61 summary: These elements of Williams’ partnership team concept are most helpful for a local church or entity that is in the process of fleshing out a theology of missions partnership. DOCTRINE – THE PARAMETERS OF PARTNERSHIP Unity is a biblical and noble foundation for missions partnerships. keywords: believers; bible; body; christian; church; god; mission; partnership; paul; people; unity cache: gme-62.doc plain text: gme-62.txt item: #850 of 918 id: gme-620 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2011 words: 554 flesch: 95 summary: It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders.   I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what Chinese mothers use. keywords: graders; proverb cache: gme-620.doc plain text: gme-620.txt item: #851 of 918 id: gme-63 author: Kreitzer, Mark R. title: Review of "The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright" date: 2010 words: 4907 flesch: 62 summary: Since for Wright justification comes through Christ by faith and by my works done through faith and love, this leaves open the possibility of apostasy. The Pauline Gospel, according to Wright, is not about a righteous standing before God worked out by obedience to the total Mosaic Law. keywords: christ; faith; god; gospel; justification; piper; righteousness; wright cache: gme-63.doc plain text: gme-63.txt item: #852 of 918 id: gme-631 author: Park, Heon-Wook title: Perspective of the Northeast Asian Mission from the Viewpoint of Pauline Theology: Focused on Christology date: 2011 words: 7252 flesch: 58 summary: The “Statement on The Relationship between Church and non-Christian Religions” in the Second Vatican Council provides a flexible Christian relationship with other religions. This paper was originally presented at the TCU/TEDS Conference on Suffering and Hope in Jesus Christ: Christological Polarity and Religious Pluralism at Tokyo Christian University, July 21-23, 2010 Coordinated by Harold Netland (TEDS) & Takanori Kobayashi (TCU) keywords: christ; christianity; christology; death; god; jesus; life; paul; religions; resurrection; spirit; suffering; theology cache: gme-631.doc plain text: gme-631.txt item: #853 of 918 id: gme-632 author: Hubbard II, G. Patrick title: Interdependent Church Planting Among the Urban Poor: A Case Study with Living Bread Ministries in Southern Brazil date: 2011 words: 6925 flesch: 71 summary: In addition, I will discuss how these partnerships have not only led to planting churches, but to the establishment of a Brazilian led church planting ministry that shares the same vision and focus as LBM. With the gifts and talents given to us we set out to legally establish Living Bread Ministries in order that we might fulfill the mission God had given: to plant churches among the poor and needy. keywords: brazil; christ; church; churches; god; lbm; mission; mpv; pastor; vision; work cache: gme-632.doc plain text: gme-632.txt item: #854 of 918 id: gme-64 author: Shin, Ho Sub title: REVIEW: THE GOSPEL IN HUMAN CONTEXTS date: 2010 words: 1129 flesch: 48 summary: From the very outset, Hiebert makes it crystal clear that “not only must missionaries and ministers learn how to exegete humans, they must also know how to put the gospel into human contexts so that it is understood properly but does not become captive to these contexts” (13). In doing so, Hiebert does not overlook a number of new issues which has been raised by anthropologists and missionaries such as unity and diversity and humanness (102-105). keywords: gospel; hiebert cache: gme-64.doc plain text: gme-64.txt item: #855 of 918 id: gme-65 author: Arab Christian, Anonymous title: Are God & Allah the same? date: 2010 words: 5768 flesch: 66 summary: 1 Are God & Allah the same? Is Allah just another name for God? keywords: allah; christians; correctness; creator; god; jesus; muslims; world; worship cache: gme-65.pdf plain text: gme-65.txt item: #856 of 918 id: gme-66 author: Bollback, Anthony title: China Clippings date: 2010 words: 1115 flesch: 64 summary: • Chinese workers discovered with Christian literature from overseas organizations have had the literature confiscated and in many cases, the workers have received long prison terms of as much as three years. Some have been expelled for having Chinese Christian literature in their homes. keywords: china; chinese; games; people cache: gme-66.pdf plain text: gme-66.txt item: #857 of 918 id: gme-67 author: Caner, Emir title: FIRST-PERSON: Are God & Allah the same? date: 2010 words: 1850 flesch: 63 summary: My Muslim mind would have interpreted such folly as insisting that Muhammad did receive at least some of his revelation from the one, true God -- that in some ways he was a true prophet. FIRST-PERSON: Are God & Allah the same FIRST-PERSON: keywords: allah; baal; god; islam cache: gme-67.pdf plain text: gme-67.txt item: #858 of 918 id: gme-675 author: Robinson, George title: Ecclesiology and Mission: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat date: 2011 words: 588 flesch: 69 summary: With this in mind, it is right that our modern understanding of missions is so tied to the activity of church planting. If disciples were to be made beginning in Jerusalem, and from there spreading out into all of the world, how else could it be done apart from establishing churches in various locales where these new generations of disciples resided? keywords: church cache: gme-675.doc plain text: gme-675.txt item: #859 of 918 id: gme-676 author: Morris, John Calvin title: Island Ecclesiology: An Investigation into the Influence of Southern Baptist Missionaries upon the Formation of Cuban Baptist Ecclesiology date: 2011 words: 9690 flesch: 50 summary: �� ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:16bib3sjdp,citationItems:[{uri:[http://zotero.org/users/625959/items/4PTFIKI7]}]} �Kurt Urbanek compiled the statistics from both Cuban Baptist Conventions and demonstrated that between 1997 and 2008 of the over 300,000 professions of faith less than 14% were baptized. � � ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM {citationID:o4qqjlbvq,citationItems:[{uri:[http://zotero.org/users/625959/items/4PTFIKI7]}]} �Urbanek, “CPM Cuba,”� 168. keywords: addin zotero_item; baptist; church; churches; convention; cpm; cuba; ecclesiology; gonzalez; house; leaders; mission; new; pastors; users/625959; work; years; � addin; � ibid; � � cache: gme-676.doc plain text: gme-676.txt item: #860 of 918 id: gme-677 author: Rogers, David title: THE ECCLESIOLOGY OF WATCHMAN NEE date: 2011 words: 10879 flesch: 59 summary: � Watchman Nee, The Church and the Work, Vol I: Assembly Life (New York: Christian Fellowship Publishers, 1982), 50. � Nee, Assembly Life, 1–7. � Nee, Rethinking the Work, 144. � Ibid., 5–9. keywords: china; christian; church; churches; ground; group; lee; local; ministry; movement; nee; watchman; work; � � cache: gme-677.doc plain text: gme-677.txt item: #861 of 918 id: gme-678 author: Booth, Susan title: Delivering Theological Education for Church Planters in Canada date: 2011 words: 11027 flesch: 55 summary: One such area where change is already upon us is the relatively new field of preparing church planters. There is considerable debate over whether theological schools can actually provide appropriate training for church planters. keywords: biblical; canada; canadian; character; church; church planting; churches; education; god; leaders; ministry; mission; need; new; planters; planting; seminary; theological; urban cache: gme-678.doc plain text: gme-678.txt item: #862 of 918 id: gme-679 author: Wu, Jackson title: Authority in a Collectivist Church: Identifying Crucial Concerns for a Chinese Ecclesiology date: 2011 words: 12122 flesch: 56 summary: Second, missionaries can assess their strategies and better serve Chinese churches. First, Chinese church leaders can become more conscious of their decisions in light of western influences and their own cultural assumptions. keywords: authority; china; chinese; christian; church; culture; david; ecclesiology; face; family; god; group; honor; john; journal; leadership; life; new; paul; people; shame; society; theology cache: gme-679.doc plain text: gme-679.txt item: #863 of 918 id: gme-68 author: Johnson, Sherry A. title: Review of Dissident Discipleship date: 2010 words: 1419 flesch: 42 summary: The first is focused on self-growth and self-enlightenment, and the second is focused almost entirely vertically by encouraging a deeper person Augsburger points out that this robust form of Christian spirituality has implications that extend well beyond the walls of the church. Those engaged in social ministries may find the lexicon associated with tripolar spirituality valuable in putting words to the grace they receive, and in discerning—and perhaps even repenting of—the inner motives for the service they render.... Augsburger gifts his readers with a 'radical alternative' that confronts and challenges, as well as affirms and instructs those who seek to deepen and balance their spiritual lives. keywords: augsburger; book; discipleship; spirituality cache: gme-68.pdf plain text: gme-68.txt item: #864 of 918 id: gme-680 author: White, Justin title: Trinitarian Ecclesiology: a Model for Mission date: 2011 words: 6613 flesch: 64 summary: By the end this work will demonstrate that sending missionary teams, or strategic kingdom communities (SKC’s), from local churches is the most faithful strategy to the Trinitarian nature of God. One way churches and mission boards can partner together to ensure that local churches play a more direct role in international missions is to send out SKC’s instead of individuals and non-strategic teams. keywords: church; churches; community; father; god; love; mission; spirit; trinity cache: gme-680.doc plain text: gme-680.txt item: #865 of 918 id: gme-681 author: None title: gme-681 date: None words: 2671 flesch: 63 summary: Then in the late 1990’s missiologist Dr. David Garrison released a pamphlet documenting a phenomenon known as church planting movements (CPM), from which he derived certain “universal elements” that are present in places where there is a rapid multiplication of churches planting churches. (150) When it comes to the “church” in church planting movement, it is not entirely clear from the first two-thirds of the book how the authors define the term. keywords: authors; book; church; churches; cpm cache: gme-681.doc plain text: gme-681.txt item: #866 of 918 id: gme-682 author: None title: gme-682 date: None words: 2227 flesch: 59 summary: This is not an appeal to lower the standards for Biblical church; it is simply to say that we should allow new churches to grow into Biblical maturity. Older models of established, institutional mission work gave way to new methods that pursued “Church-Planting Movements” (CPMs)—rapid, reproducing waves of indigenous churches planting churches. keywords: church; churches; cpm; sills; training cache: gme-682.doc plain text: gme-682.txt item: #867 of 918 id: gme-683 author: Ibengi, Roger D.; Starcher, Richard L. title: MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE AFRICAN CHURCH date: 2011 words: 1675 flesch: 60 summary: African Church leaders must also be people of character. Many African Church leaders fall into this category. keywords: church; god; leaders; mission cache: gme-683.doc plain text: gme-683.txt item: #868 of 918 id: gme-684 author: Hedinger, Karen title: Humor date: 2011 words: 30 flesch: 75 summary: INCLUDEPICTURE cid:image001.jpg@01C94B2A.C1FD1C70 \* MERGEFORMATINET Send  it to people that just need a good laugh   Just when you thought you had it all           Just  when you thought you had it  all!!    keywords: includepicture cache: gme-684.doc plain text: gme-684.txt item: #869 of 918 id: gme-69 author: None title: gme-69 date: None words: 1081 flesch: 72 summary: 2,250 USD from Central Baptist Church, Bearden, TN. 1,750 USD from Hartford Baptist Church, England. 3,055 USD from other donors. Dr. Baker served as pastor of the Nazareth Baptist Church, Director of Church planting and Bible teacher in Nazareth and throughout the Galilee region. keywords: baptist; house; usd cache: gme-69.pdf plain text: gme-69.txt item: #870 of 918 id: gme-7 author: Missiology, Global title: Elephant Treatise date: 2010 words: 193 flesch: 66 summary: The Pole presents a book called ‘The elephant and its relation to the Polish Problem’, while the Swede has a greyish book called Elefanter och hur man titulerar dem (‘Elephants and how to address them’). The Englishman has a small, sober, black leather-bound book entitled “Elephants I have shot”. keywords: book cache: gme-7.doc plain text: gme-7.txt item: #871 of 918 id: gme-71 author: Blomberg, Fran; Hart, Geoff; Kim, Tae Kyoon; Robinson IV, George G. title: GENERATIONAL SOCIO-CULTURAL SHIFTS IN THE POST-MODERN AGE: FROM BOOMERS TO GEN X AND BEYOND date: 2010 words: 12049 flesch: 58 summary: The older generation views their identity through their profession in comparison with personhood marking the identity of new generation. The older generation of Thais is conservative; new generation is innovative and assertive. keywords: boomers; characteristics; church; community; cultural; gen xers; generation; god; http://www.globalmissiology.org/english/archive/blomberg_generational; leadership; life; millennials; ministry; missiology; new; parents; river; sur; time; world; xers cache: gme-71.pdf plain text: gme-71.txt item: #872 of 918 id: gme-714 author: Author, Anonymous title: St. Paul’s Church Planting Strategies as Revealed in Selected Passages in the Book of Acts date: 2012 words: 5672 flesch: 65 summary: Paul understood that the making of disciples is the heartbeat of the Lord Jesus Christ and also central to the Great Commission. With this understanding, Paul devoted his life to the planting and establishing of viable local churches in the then Roman world. keywords: acts; church; churches; evangelism; gospel; missionary; paul; people; place; planting cache: gme-714.doc plain text: gme-714.txt item: #873 of 918 id: gme-716 author: Hesselgrave, David J. title: Brian D. Mclaren’s Contextualization of the Gospel date: 2012 words: 3784 flesch: 54 summary: Brian McLaren on Scripture Concerning the authority of the Bible, McLaren says that some people look at the Bible in much the same way as medieval Catholics looked at the church and the pope—infallible, inerrant and absolutely authoritative. After all, contra McLaren, authentic and relevant contextualization must begin with sound theology. keywords: christian; church; god; gospel; ifma; mclaren; mission; ways cache: gme-716.doc plain text: gme-716.txt item: #874 of 918 id: gme-717 author: Emetuche, Damian title: Church Planting: Biblical, Theological, and Missiological Considerations date: 2012 words: 4313 flesch: 64 summary: The primary concern of this position is church planting and it is through planting new churches that disciples are made and nurtured. In the book which he coauthored with Arthur F. Glasser, Contemporary Theologies of Mission, McGavran defines “mission” as carrying the gospel across cultural boundaries to those who owe no allegiance to Jesus Christ, encouraging them to accept Him as Lord and Savior and to become responsible members of His Church, working, as the Holy Spirit leads, at both evangelism and justice, at making God’s will done on earth as it is done in heaven. keywords: christ; church; disciples; father; god; jesus; planting cache: gme-717.doc plain text: gme-717.txt item: #875 of 918 id: gme-718 author: Mcdowell, Sean title: Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity date: 2012 words: 1389 flesch: 65 summary: Disdain for evangelicals by young outsiders is overwhelming and negative (49 percent). Young outsiders have largely lost their respect for the Christian faith. keywords: christians; outsiders cache: gme-718.doc plain text: gme-718.txt item: #876 of 918 id: gme-719 author: None title: gme-719 date: None words: 9031 flesch: 47 summary: Not all global cities access globalization functions in the same way and likewise, globalization functions through global cities in diverse ways (In Southeast Asian global cities for example, radical capitalism coexists in tension with rigid government bureaucracy such as Malaysia or Thailand). The foreign investment that drives economic globalization is managed from a small number of global cities, whose structural characteristics create a strong demand for immigrant labor.12 (Massey 1996, 196) keywords: capital; cities; city; economy; globalization; ibid; international; islamic; malaysia; market; migrants; migration; muslims; new; overseas; people; urban; world cache: gme-719.docx plain text: gme-719.txt item: #877 of 918 id: gme-72 author: Allison, Norman E. title: Understanding and Teaching Religious Belief Systems in the 21st Century Missions date: 2010 words: 6713 flesch: 61 summary: Since our class is concerned primarily with understanding non-Western belief systems, this understanding is further illustrated through readings from Nuer Religion, by E. E. Evans- 9 Pritchard. In the specific application and integration of all these factors, I need to further state that my own study of religious belief systems began during the ten years I spent working among the Arabs of Jordan and Lebanon. keywords: anthropology; belief; course; level; model; new; people; press; religion; students; systems; thought; world cache: gme-72.pdf plain text: gme-72.txt item: #878 of 918 id: gme-720 author: None title: gme-720 date: None words: 3196 flesch: 59 summary: For many Iranian Christians, Islam is almost a form of cultural imperialism. [6: The fullest treatment of the topic of the growth of Iranian Christianity and its relation to economic and political shifts in Iran can be found in Bradley 2008. keywords: christianity; christians; church; iranians; islam; muslims; new; unity cache: gme-720.docx plain text: gme-720.txt item: #879 of 918 id: gme-721 author: None title: gme-721 date: None words: 6916 flesch: 70 summary: In addition, I will discuss how these partnerships have not only led to planting churches, but to the establishment of a Brazilian led church planting ministry that shares the same vision and focus as LBM. With the gifts and talents given to us we set out to legally establish Living Bread Ministries in order that we might fulfill the mission God had given: to plant churches among the poor and needy. keywords: brazil; christ; church; churches; god; lbm; mission; mpv; pastor; vision; work cache: gme-721.doc plain text: gme-721.txt item: #880 of 918 id: gme-722 author: Hedinger, Karen title: Humor date: 2012 words: 247 flesch: 91 summary: Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. keywords: marlboro cache: gme-722.doc plain text: gme-722.txt item: #881 of 918 id: gme-73 author: Caven, Jay title: MAKE HASTE SLOWLY date: 2010 words: 1350 flesch: 65 summary: The purpose of Make Haste Slowly is to equip those working with other cultures to demonstrate “wholeness in mission.” The lesson of the agriculture example is equally important for those of us working to bring the Good News of Christ to other cultures. keywords: culture; people cache: gme-73.pdf plain text: gme-73.txt item: #882 of 918 id: gme-74 author: Beyerhaus, Peter title: Possessio and Syncretism in Biblical Perspective date: 2010 words: 8649 flesch: 53 summary: A very peculiar feature in the image of God, therefore, is what G. von Rad (1963:216-225) calls the “holy jealousy” of God Yahweh. The central concept of Old Testament religion, therefore, is the covenant between Yahweh and his elected people. keywords: christ; christian; church; faith; god; history; israel; people; possessio; religion; syncretism; testament; world; yahweh cache: gme-74.pdf plain text: gme-74.txt item: #883 of 918 id: gme-75 author: DYRNESS, WILLIAM title: The Challenge of Integration: What Role Social Science and Art Criticism? date: 2010 words: 6815 flesch: 59 summary: Christian truth in the form of ideas are important but these are always subordinated to the embodiment of this truth in our lives and our communities, just as God himself became flesh and blood in Jesus Christ. And I wholeheartedly support the underlying missiological thrust of the conversation, since I have approached my work on theology and culture from the perspective of one whose first teaching experience was on the mission field—though I understand this work in its broadest sense, that of bringing all to the feet of Jesus and doing all to the glory of God. keywords: christian; god; history; knowledge; philosophy; theology; truth; work; world cache: gme-75.pdf plain text: gme-75.txt item: #884 of 918 id: gme-76 author: BEYERHAUS, PETER title: The Christian Encounter with Afro-Messianic Movements: The Possessio-Syncretism Axis illustrated from South Africa date: 2010 words: 6643 flesch: 52 summary: It is interesting to note that several founders of messianic movements acted in their earlier life as diviners or mediums, or came from families of witch doctors. Therefore, enforcing “cultural identity” on African churches is as detrimental as keeping them captive in imported western forms. keywords: african; afro; christian; church; churches; god; life; members; missiology; movements; religion; south cache: gme-76.pdf plain text: gme-76.txt item: #885 of 918 id: gme-77 author: Adeney, Miriam title: THE "WEAKEST FEATURE" IN OUR WORK date: 2010 words: 1005 flesch: 60 summary: Yet for 25 years they have stimulated the publication of original books both in Tamil and in Singhalese languages. PUBLISHING FOR THE CHRISTIAN MIND We need local books. keywords: christian; global; god; world cache: gme-77.pdf plain text: gme-77.txt item: #886 of 918 id: gme-78 author: Greenway, Roger S. title: The Foundation of Kinship: Theology of holism date: 2010 words: 12038 flesch: 68 summary: We are kingdom people who know the Lord and show it in ways that the Bible clearly lays out. 25 Are we willing to pay the price of relating personally to poor people? keywords: christ; christian; church; development; god; gospel; israel; jesus; kingdom; lord; love; ministry; mission; need; new; people; prince; world cache: gme-78.pdf plain text: gme-78.txt item: #887 of 918 id: gme-79 author: Tiénou, Tite; Hiebert, Paul G. title: MISSIONAL THEOLOGY date: 2010 words: 7406 flesch: 63 summary: Biblical theology is essential to our understanding of Scripture, but like systematic theology, God’s mission in the world, particularly as that relates to us today, is not a central theme in its analysis. The Lambath Conference decreed: After we evaluate the case in the light of the findings of systematic theology, biblical theology and church history, and of the ways other mission agencies have handled such cases in that and other parts of the world, we need to formulate principles that inform the case, make a decision, and provide ways in which to carry out the judgment and deal with its consequences. keywords: case; church; god; history; law; mission; questions; scripture; theology; truth; � � cache: gme-79.pdf plain text: gme-79.txt item: #888 of 918 id: gme-8 author: Missiology, Global title: Language Anquish date: 2010 words: 375 flesch: 67 summary: During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to oza kombinations of letas. As part of the negotiations Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as Euro-English. keywords: language; year cache: gme-8.doc plain text: gme-8.txt item: #889 of 918 id: gme-80 author: None title: gme-80 date: None words: 14609 flesch: 55 summary: Christian Instrumentalist Interdisciplinarity (Kraft 1979) Clarkian Interdisciplinarity (Clark 1988) Theistic Critical Realist Interdisciplinarity (Hiebert 1999) Vantillian Interdisciplinarity (3) (Poythress 1976; Rushdoony 1978) Vantillian Interdisciplinarity (1) (Bahnsen 1998, see Stoker 1969; 1971) ���������� �� ���� ����� ��� ����� �������� �� ����� �� ���� ����� ��� ����������� �������� � � ��� ��������� ��� ��� ���� ����� ��� ���� ������������� ���� ���!������ � #������� �� ��$%&�� � �� ���� ����� ��� ��� �'�� ����������(����� �����������)�������� � *��+�� �� ���� ����� ��� �� � ����� �� �� ���%&����� , � ��� �+ �-���.�� /� � �0� �1#������� � � ,2 �� � �1324�� �0� � � ��� � � ��� �� �� ��� � � (���� � �� #0������� �� �0�� ��� �� &����������� The Many Fig. Philosophical Presuppositions of ��������� ����� In missiological circles, some are now also claiming that a radical (see e.g., Kraft 1979)xvi or a more moderate and biblical (Hiebert 1999)xvii form of ���������������� is a middle ground be- tween the two extremes of naïve realism (positivism and empiricism) and idealism. keywords: + �; creator; data; dttc; facts �; human; huyssteen; knowledge; realism; truth; van; � +; � foundationalist; � god; � man; � objective; � ri; � � cache: gme-80.pdf plain text: gme-80.txt item: #890 of 918 id: gme-81 author: Jennings, J. Nelson title: Suburban Evangelical Individualism: Syncretism, (Harvie) Conn-textualization, or Something Else? date: 2010 words: 6078 flesch: 40 summary: The first time I ever heard of Harvie Conn was in the early 1980s during a conversation between two recent graduates of Westminster Theological Seminary, where Conn taught for almost three decades, from 1972 to 1999. Analysis of Contextualization and Syncretism Having just focused on Conn’s twin understandings of contextualization and syncretism, and thus having noted how and why he calls suburban evangelical individualism “syncretistic,” we must move explicitly towards directing our thoughts towards the overall theme of sharpening notions of contextualization and syncretism by seeking to answer the question posed by the title of this paper: Is Harvie Conn right in calling suburban evangelical individualism syncretistic, or is this just an idiosyncratic view of Conn’s that we might can appreciate but should basically ignore in terms of how it affects our own views, or is so-called suburban evangelical individualism something altogether different in terms of how we might classify it? keywords: christian; city; conn; contextualization; culture; faith; harvie; individualism; syncretism; syncretistic; understanding; urban cache: gme-81.pdf plain text: gme-81.txt item: #891 of 918 id: gme-812 author: Wan, Enoch title: Editorial date: 2012 words: 70 flesch: 52 summary: Theme: Pauline Methodology & Missions in the 21st Century – Part 2 Editorial : The theme for the first two issues in 2012 marks the occasion of the centennial celebration of Rolland Allan’s classic piece - Missionary Methods of St. Paul. We are anticipating the launch of Korean edition of GM in July and your prayers for the team of volunteers will be appreciated keywords: theme cache: gme-812.doc plain text: gme-812.txt item: #892 of 918 id: gme-813 author: Emetuche, Damian title: CHURCH PLANTING AND CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC REALITIES IN NORTH AMERICA! date: 2012 words: 4966 flesch: 60 summary: In a course that I teach, “Immigration and Church Planting,” an assignment I gave to students was to write a case study of a non-Christian immigrant to North America giving details of background, culture, religion, and the reasons for migrating to United States. Hinduism---1.5 million or more in North American, mostly immigrants from India; some converts through Transcendental Meditation (TM), ISKCON (“Hare Krishna”), etc. Buddhism---2.5 million in North America, mostly Asian. keywords: america; church; culture; immigrants; immigration; new; north; percent; population; states; united cache: gme-813.doc plain text: gme-813.txt item: #893 of 918 id: gme-814 author: Ugo, Ikechukwu title: ST. PAUL’S CHURCH PLANTING STRATEGIES AS REVEALED IN SELECTED PASSAGES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS date: 2012 words: 5671 flesch: 65 summary: Paul understood that the making of disciples is the heartbeat of the Lord Jesus Christ and also central to the Great Commission. With this understanding, Paul devoted his life to the planting and establishing of viable local churches in the then Roman world. keywords: acts; church; churches; evangelism; gospel; missionary; paul; people; place; planting cache: gme-814.doc plain text: gme-814.txt item: #894 of 918 id: gme-815 author: Curtis, Steve title: THE POTENTIAL FOR EVANGELICAL APPLICATION IN THE SHI’A ISLAMIC DOCTRINE OF REVELATION date: 2012 words: 4800 flesch: 63 summary: Further, this is the form of revelation believed by Shi’a Islam to have been communicated through the imams and, to a lesser degree, to the ayatollahs of modern Shi’a Islam. The ‘Abassid dynasty (750-945), in fact, was initially in favor of Shi’a Islam, though they soon aligned with Sunni Islam and even became persecutors of Shi’a. keywords: allah; christian; god; imam; islam; people; revelation; shi’a cache: gme-815.doc plain text: gme-815.txt item: #895 of 918 id: gme-816 author: Brickner, David title: JEWISH RESISTANCE TO THE GOSPEL date: 2012 words: 9329 flesch: 62 summary: Ministers who separate themselves from Jewish Christians and who eschew opportunities to tell Jewish people about Jesus out of respect and friendship for rabbis must ask themselves, how good a friend they are to the cause of Christ. Celebrated Yiddish linguist Leo Rosten gives a definition for the Jewish people when he quotes the anonymous saying, Jewish people are just like everyone else . . . keywords: christian; church; community; god; gospel; history; identity; jesus; jewish; jews; leaders; need; new; people; resistance cache: gme-816.doc plain text: gme-816.txt item: #896 of 918 id: gme-817 author: None title: gme-817 date: None words: 4042 flesch: 67 summary: Likewise, as Adam’s descendants (image bearers) fill the earth, as priest-kings they will extend the temple-garden and the reign of God. These are clear indications that the arrival of the kingdom of God was the restoration of man to his rightful position as image bearer mediating the reign of God. keywords: earth; genesis; god; image; new cache: gme-817.doc plain text: gme-817.txt item: #897 of 918 id: gme-818 author: Miller, Duane Alexander title: The Secret World of God: Aesthetics, Relationships, and the Conversion of ‘Frances’ from Shi’a Islam to Christianity date: 2012 words: 4936 flesch: 64 summary: � More details on the growth of the Iranian Anglican church can be found in Vander Werff 1977, which is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Iranian Christianity. I do not claim that this is a complete picture of her conversion, which as with many conversions out of Islam—whether to Christianity, atheism, or humanism—took place over many years and I try to give due weight to the various phases in this complex process. keywords: anglican; christianity; church; conversion; frances; god; iranian; islam; world cache: gme-818.doc plain text: gme-818.txt item: #898 of 918 id: gme-819 author: Payne, J.D. title: INTERVIEW WITH ENOCH WAN ON DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY date: 2012 words: 819 flesch: 53 summary: It can be used as a text in an academic context, but it can also be used as a reference tool for leaders/practitioners who would like to engage in the practice of diaspora missions (i.e. missions to the diaspora, missions through the diaspora, and missions by and beyond the diaspora.). In Chapter 20 of my book, there is a case study of how local congregations in Minnesota are engaging in diaspora missions with exciting outcomes and encouraging strategies. keywords: diaspora; missiology cache: gme-819.doc plain text: gme-819.txt item: #899 of 918 id: gme-82 author: Harris, Mark J. title: Crisis of Soteriology: Danger and Opportunity for Western Evangelical Evangelism in Eastern Orthodox Russia date: 2010 words: 3910 flesch: 56 summary: The Orthodox Church believes that divine grace is not dispensed outside of the true church, and does not recognize as valid that which is performed outside of its own walls.14 6 Ibid, p. 110. Although only a small fraction of Russians are active in Orthodox churches, the identity and tenets of Orthodoxy have had at least some influence on almost all Russians. keywords: church; evangelicals; ibid; orthodox; russia cache: gme-82.pdf plain text: gme-82.txt item: #900 of 918 id: gme-820 author: Kwok, Hung-biu title: THE REFLECTION OF THE LIBERAL CAPITALISM FROM THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE date: 2012 words: 1212 flesch: 40 summary: � Sam Fleischacker, “Economics and the Ordinary Person: Rereading Adam Smith”, in � HYPERLINK http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2004/FleischackerSmith.html# ��http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2004/FleischackerSmith.html#� on 16th March, 2009. � Dugald Stewart, “Adam Smith’s Other Vision”, in � HYPERLINK http://webpages.ursinus.edu/rrichter/moralsent.htm ��http://webpages.ursinus.edu/rrichter/moralsent.htm� on 16th March, 2009. keywords: adam; smith; theory cache: gme-820.doc plain text: gme-820.txt item: #901 of 918 id: gme-821 author: Presutta, David title: An Essay and Review date: 2012 words: 12974 flesch: 65 summary: 14 Presutta further charges that Scripture teaches that God created the heavens and earth out of a pre-existing “great deep” because “when God began to create the heavens and earth,” by calling light into existence, the “deep [already] existed before God began the creative process” (Presutta 2007, 66, 67). God creates heaven and earth to provide a stage upon which to play out the drama of his program of salvation for mankind—a program that begins with the creation of the cosmos and has its completion in the portended future annihilation of the cosmos. keywords: bible; cosmology; cosmos; earth; god; hartnett; light; modernity; presutta; science; scripture; seely; sun; theory; time; universe; williams; word; worldview cache: gme-821.pdf plain text: gme-821.txt item: #902 of 918 id: gme-822 author: Wan, Enoch title: Cross-Cultural Humor date: 2012 words: 252 flesch: 90 summary: Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current. Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. keywords: news cache: gme-822.doc plain text: gme-822.txt item: #903 of 918 id: gme-83 author: Wan, Enoch title: SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MISSION date: 2010 words: 1723 flesch: 34 summary: The indigenous principle in mission and globalization of mission will allow the churches of many lands to enter � � � 5 into partnership for world evangelization. � � � 6 Hesselgrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: A Guide for Homes and Foreign Missions. keywords: christian; disciplines; mission; sciences; social cache: gme-83.pdf plain text: gme-83.txt item: #904 of 918 id: gme-84 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: The Trinitarian Covenant in John 17 date: 2010 words: 7220 flesch: 61 summary: John presents Jesus as sent by the Father into the world (3:17, 34; 5:36, 38; 6:29, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 10:36; 11:432) to speak specific words (3:34; 12:49; 14:10, 24; and do a specific work (4:34; 5:17, 20, 36; 9:4; 10:25, 32, 37, 38; 14:11, 12) for which He is rewarded (6:37-39; 17:2), which is to say that John has described Jesus' mission as including all the distinctive elements of a covenant in a context that is pregnant with covenantal language. Fifth, Jesus implies that His indwelling the Church brings about increased covenantal unity over time (that they may be perfected in one, 23). keywords: covenant; father; god; jesus; john; unity; world cache: gme-84.pdf plain text: gme-84.txt item: #905 of 918 id: gme-86 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Notes on Managerial Missiology ... and on Envying Corporate CEOs date: 2010 words: 1603 flesch: 69 summary: If God calls someone to leadership in the cause of world missions, it’s a terrible sin to envy another vocation. It may be that mission CEOs sometimes envy corporate CEOs. keywords: god; mission; world cache: gme-86.pdf plain text: gme-86.txt item: #906 of 918 id: gme-87 author: Rethinasamy, Elwin Johnson title: Review of REACHING THE WORLD IN OUR OWN BACKYARD: A guide to building relationships with people of other faiths and culture date: 2010 words: 596 flesch: 55 summary: The third part is comprised of interacting tools and guidelines in presenting the Gospel to people of other religions. A guide to building relationships with people of other faiths and culture Rajendra K. Pillai. keywords: people; world cache: gme-87.pdf plain text: gme-87.txt item: #907 of 918 id: gme-88 author: Rethinasamy, Elwin Johnson title: Review of CHURCH NEXT: What will the Church look like in the 21st Century date: 2010 words: 403 flesch: 48 summary: Three parts in this book is unique in alerting the declination of American Christianity, advising alternative methodology in reaching out to America’s generations and the availability of resources with special reference to the cyber-space. Statistical findings of Barna Research Group, Gallup organization, American Religious Identification Survey, FACT survey are consulted in this chapter as an additional documentation of declination of American Christianity. keywords: church; generations cache: gme-88.pdf plain text: gme-88.txt item: #908 of 918 id: gme-89 author: Jaffarian, Michael title: Review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order date: 2010 words: 415 flesch: 45 summary: He studies inter-civilizational conflict and war thoroughly, and, from that, offers us no comfort. It represents the state of the art in geopolitical thinking and writing, instructive on many important international questions, large and small. keywords: huntington cache: gme-89.pdf plain text: gme-89.txt item: #909 of 918 id: gme-9 author: Kreitzer, Mark title: God of Promise: Introducing Covenant Theology date: 2010 words: 3562 flesch: 58 summary: Professor Michael Horton (Westminster Theological Seminary in California) is excellent on the covenant of creation (works) and covenant of grace distinction that underlies the Pauline doctrine of justification. It is because the Gospel of our Lord Jesus is so intertwined with the message of the biblical covenants that to attempt to separate and isolate the pure Gospel from either the legal covenant in the Garden or the covenant word promised to Abraham will destroy both Gospel and covenant. keywords: covenant; faith; god; horton; law; mosaic; moses cache: gme-9.doc plain text: gme-9.txt item: #910 of 918 id: gme-90 author: Smith, Ralph Allan title: Van Til’s Insights on the Trinity date: 2010 words: 11391 flesch: 63 summary: On modernism Van Til comments, “Modernism is the happy heir of all the heresies and basic to all its heresies is the denial of the consubstantiality of the Son and the Spirit with the Father. Van Til spoke of God as “a one-conscious being” and also “a tri-conscious being. keywords: argument; christian; doctrine; god; knowledge; man; persons; trinity; truth; van til cache: gme-90.pdf plain text: gme-90.txt item: #911 of 918 id: gme-91 author: Dahms, John V. title: Biblical Feelings And Emotions date: 2010 words: 6970 flesch: 79 summary: And R. Mohrlang has pointed out that for Paul love for others include(s) a sense of genuine care and compassion and brotherly affection.13 Bultmann's assertion quoted above fails to give due consideration to the paradoxical nature of love. Certainly such love is different from love for God and for humanity, but, if love for God and for humanity were not fundamentally a feeling, not all of these could be called love. keywords: feelings; god; john; joy; love; luke; peace; testament cache: gme-91.pdf plain text: gme-91.txt item: #912 of 918 id: gme-92 author: Dahms, John V. title: Biblical Ecclesiology date: 2010 words: 12003 flesch: 73 summary: Nothing less than endowment with the Spirit of God who is also the Spirit of Jesus Christ Himself is sufficient. It seems to be significant that Paul calls the Spirit of God the Spirit of Christ in the midst of a passage affirming that the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death, and exhorting His hearers, If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live (Rom. 8:2, 13). keywords: acts; apostles; christ; church; cor; elders; god; jesus; john; lord; paul; spirit; tim cache: gme-92.pdf plain text: gme-92.txt item: #913 of 918 id: gme-93 author: Sills, David title: Review of Teaching Cross-Culturally: An incarnational model for learning and teaching date: 2010 words: 713 flesch: 47 summary: The Master/Disciple relationship, or mentoring, method of teaching is presented in a way that demonstrates its strength for many cultures. The tools that they provide for cultural understanding and cross-cultural teaching will be a great help to anyone venturing into the realm of teaching in another culture. keywords: teacher; teaching cache: gme-93.pdf plain text: gme-93.txt item: #914 of 918 id: gme-94 author: None title: gme-94 date: None words: 982 flesch: 48 summary: Gailyn Van Rheenen’s discussion of why folk religion is growing rapidly in postmodern and post-Christian America is timely. The primary focus of folk religion in that region has always been man centered, with a great emphasis upon health, prosperity, honor, and progeny. keywords: movements; religion; world cache: gme-94.pdf plain text: gme-94.txt item: #915 of 918 id: gme-95 author: None title: gme-95 date: None words: 281 flesch: 44 summary: He calls for deep devotion, deep fellowship, attention to key evangelistic contacts (“men of peace”), network/family evangelism, and multiplication of house churches, with on-site leadership development, in church planting movements. It is a manifesto, a fresh call to spiritual commitment and world missions, with an outline of practical steps to follow, seeking to incite a decentralized and unfettered global movement of millions. keywords: book cache: gme-95.pdf plain text: gme-95.txt item: #916 of 918 id: gme-97 author: Wan, Enoch title: THE PARADIGM & PRESSING ISSUES OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY date: 2010 words: 9726 flesch: 68 summary: �������((�������� ����� �������� �� � ��������� �C������� *����������/������� �� +�������� �&� � ��������������������� ��(�����������������������������(���������������� (��(���������� ������ �����(���������������������������������������� ��������������������������4��������������� ���!9�� ����)�� � � � � � � ���(������������ �����������������������(�����(�������� ��������������� ��8��� ���� � �������� ���D������� ���������������� ��8�������� �����(����� /�������.������� ��(�, --��*��������� ���.� ��� ���!��������� ������������������������4��!9&�� �����#!��� �-����������� ��������������-��� �����(������ �� � �� �� �� ������� �����������(� �� �� �� ������������������������������-��� ���������� �� ������������������������������4�����%�� ��%! %�%%!�� � � �:������������(����������/��= ���������� ����(���������� ������� A��� � ����������������(���������������� �� ���(������ ��(������ ��������� � �� ��� ��<������������������� ���� � ����������� �� ������ � ��(��������6��� �����(���� �<������������ �������� � ��(�-��� �= � �� �������������� ��(��� ������@������ E�� �����-��������� ������)&� � �.�������� �� � ���� �� ������� �����(����� (����������(���(�� � ������������ �������E�� �����-��������� ������#&�� �2((����������������� ������ ������ ������������������������� ���� �����(�����-��� ������ �������E�� �����-��������� �����#&�� �-��� ����� �� ������������������� ����� �� � �������������� �� �����E�� �����-��������� ������&�� � � ������������D��� ���� ����������������� ������5� � �-��� �� �����(������� ��������� ���� ���(������������������������������ . keywords: + �; < �; methodology �; orientations �; research �; theology �; � !""9; � +; � <; � b; � d; � e; � f; � � cache: gme-97.pdf plain text: gme-97.txt item: #917 of 918 id: gme-98 author: None title: gme-98 date: None words: 7772 flesch: 45 summary: (MM Thomas even argues for a 'Christ-centred syncretism'.4) Even when Christians have formulated a description of Christ as an avat�ra (divine 'descent') it has, in line with the traditional assessment of Christ, usually been expressed in terms of uniqueness and historical particularity.5 Protestants writing in an Indian context have, of course, long been familiar with the problems posed by 'the scandal of particularity' in any claim that in the person and action of Jesus Christ God has overcome the otherwise relativising actions of history; they have acknowledged and sought to resolve those problems.6 The generally positive Indian Catholic appraisal of Hinduism is also tempered by some important qualifications deriving from the Christocentric nature of much of that appraisal. Barnett, Paul, ‘The Uniqueness of Christ in a Multi-faith Society’, Crux, 34.4 (December 1998), 32-40 2. Bloesch, Donald G, ‘The Finality of Christ’, chapter 10 (pp 229-49) of his Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997) 3. Brunk, George, ‘The Exclusiveness of Jesus Christ’, in New Directions in Mission and Evangelization, edited by James A Scherer and Stephen B Bevans (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1994), pp 39-54 4. keywords: christ; christian; christocentrism; dialogue; example; god; indian; jesus; pluralism; religions; theology; uniqueness cache: gme-98.pdf plain text: gme-98.txt item: #918 of 918 id: gme-99 author: Hesselgrave, David John title: Common Ground and Enemy Territory: How Should We Approach Adherents of Other Faiths? date: 2010 words: 12989 flesch: 63 summary: As for the Christian mission to people of other religions, in the public arena the very idea of mission is challenged by a pervasive relativism and loss of absolutes, a general 2 misunderstanding of what it means to be “tolerant” of other faiths, and repeated appeals to be appreciative of religious diversity. In the missions themselves, there are various opinions on how go about the task of relating to adherents of other religions and communicating the gospel to them. keywords: biblical; christian; faith; god; gospel; ground; jesus; kraemer; law; man; means; missionary; new; paul; people; religions; theology; truth; way; world cache: gme-99.pdf plain text: gme-99.txt