Author Archives: relationalrealism

World Christianity 2025: Regional Perspectives

Gina A. Zurlo, Todd M. Johnson, and Peter F. Crossing. This article marks the 41st year of including statistical information on World Christianity and mission in the IBMR. This year’s focus is geographical, covering major religious trends in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Northern America, and Oceania over the last 125 years. This year’s articleContinue reading “World Christianity 2025: Regional Perspectives”

Relational Intercultural Communication for Relational Intercultural Education

Enoch Wan and Mark Hedinger. Relational Intercultural Communication for Relational Intercultural Education explores the intersection between communication and education from a Relational Interactive perspective. In this book we introduce: A practical theology that recognizes the active involvement of Triune God within human communication and education. A communication cycle that looks at the interactions between the perceptionsContinue reading “Relational Intercultural Communication for Relational Intercultural Education”

OW 60th Celebration Recording

Jason Mandryk. To commemorate 60 years since the publication of the first Operation World, we hosted founding author Patrick Johnstone in a video call along with the OW team and some friends. Patrick shared stories about the origins of OW and insights about how the worlds of prayer, mission, and research have changed over theseContinue reading “OW 60th Celebration Recording”

Back to the Branches: Recovering the Early Alliance Movement that Bore Fruit

GlobalSouthAdvance.blogspot.com. When the early Christian and Missionary Alliance gatherings were first formed, they were not called churches. They were called branches. That distinction, subtle on the surface, is deeply theological — and perhaps the key to recovering the Alliance’s original calling as a movement rather than a denomination. https://globalsouthadvance.blogspot.com/p/back-to-branches-recovering-early.html

Blockchain Missiology

Enoch Wan & Phillip Metzger. Blockchain Missiology is a blend of polycentricmissiology and blockchain theory. It values organizational decentralization/distribution over centralization, but some elements require further consideration. Practically, what would it look like to enact a blockchain missiological approach and how does that look different from other approaches? It is relational, and intercultural and valuesContinue reading “Blockchain Missiology”