Author Archives: relationalrealism

Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21st Century

Enoch Wan. “This volume is not a set of textbook answers on how to witness to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and people with other religions based on simple formulas. It is the wrestlings, affirmations, and testimonies of those who have been deeply involved in ministries to people of other religious faiths and have thought deeply aboutContinue reading “Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21st Century”

“Mission” and Missio Dei: Response to Charles Van Engen’s “‘Mission’ Defined and Described”

Enoch Wan. Background : Ed Stetzer and David J. Hesselgrave co-edited the 2010 book MissionShift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium . They invited a total of fifteen missiologists, theologians, and practitioners to engage in conversation on the confusion that has arisen over the meaning and concepts of the terms “missional” and “contextualization” inContinue reading ““Mission” and Missio Dei: Response to Charles Van Engen’s “‘Mission’ Defined and Described””

Global People and Diaspora Missiology, From Edinburgh 2010 to Tokyo 2010

Enoch Wan. On the occasion of Tokyo 2010 being a centennial celebration of Edinburgh 1910, it is fitting to propose “diaspora missiology” and “relational realism” as new paradigms to supplement “traditional missiology” to cope with the new reality of “global people” (i.e. people moving on a global scale orglobal demographic trends) in the 21st Century.Continue reading “Global People and Diaspora Missiology, From Edinburgh 2010 to Tokyo 2010”

The Phenomenon of the Diaspora: Missiological Implications for Christian Missions

Enoch Wan. Diaspora in a large scale is a recent phenomenon of short history, of several decades; yet with strong socio-cultural impact on many countries and people groups. It is important to provide definition of some key-terms and state the assumptions of this paper at the outset. Etymologically, “diaspora” (from Greek) means scattering and theContinue reading “The Phenomenon of the Diaspora: Missiological Implications for Christian Missions”

Emerging and Young Adults Ministry’s Implications in Cupertino, Santa Clara County

Juno Wang. This paper will focus on how to improve young adult ministry and address the unmet developmental needs in the community.  In order to understand the developmental needs, ministry methods, and expectations between young adults and churches, two interview surveys were conducted.  This paper will use research from books on young adult development, feedbackContinue reading “Emerging and Young Adults Ministry’s Implications in Cupertino, Santa Clara County”

Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies

Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock, eds. The churches from the whole world are joined in the effort to reach the whole world. Although it has been documented that Western missionaries serving outside their countries still comprise the majority of world missions workers, the growth rate of majority world missionaries far out paces that of theContinue reading “Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies”

Scattered Africans Keep Coming

Yaw Attah Edu-Bekoe and Enoch Wan. The purpose of this book is to provide an ethnographic description of Ghanaian Diaspora and Protestant congregations in the USA. This book on African diaspora is a “case study” of diaspora missiology in action. Two African diaspora congregations in Europe and five Ghanaian Presbyterian congregations in the USA areContinue reading “Scattered Africans Keep Coming”

Engaging the Secular World through Life-on-Life Disciple-Making in the British Context: Relational Paradigm in Action

Enoch Wan and Shane Mikeska. The purpose of this book is to propose a contemporary approach to engage the secular world through relational “life-on-life disciple-making” in the British context as a way to illustrate relational paradigm in action.