Author Archives: relationalrealism

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”

More Local than the Locals: An Ethnoscopic Analysis of a Philippine Seminary

Danyal Qalb. Most Filipinos are oral learners; seminaries in the Philippines are often copies of their Western counterparts with minimal contextualization. Using Thigpen’s four-step “ethnoscopic analysis,” I embark on a mission to examine theological education in the Philippines from cultural, scriptural, missiological, and pedagogical perspectives. The findings from the ethnoscopic analysis prompted significant changes inContinue reading “More Local than the Locals: An Ethnoscopic Analysis of a Philippine Seminary”

Transforming Thailand: The Vision, Mission, and Impact of The Association of Free Churches in Thailand

Dwight Martin. Within the spiritual landscape of Thailand, Protestantism, despite being introduced in the nineteenth century, has yet to establish a strong foothold. In contrast to its Southeast Asian neighbors, Thailand’s adoption of Christianity has been more limited. However, the Association of Free Churches in Thailand (AFT), an indigenous organization, is leading a spiritual revival.Continue reading “Transforming Thailand: The Vision, Mission, and Impact of The Association of Free Churches in Thailand”

An Overview of The Shandong Revival of 1927-1937

Andrew Ndegwa. This article gives an overview of the Shandong Revival of 1927-1937 in China. In addition to discussing the political background of the revival, this study examines the fruit of both the Southern Baptist mission in China and the Norwegian Lutheran missionary, Marie Monsen. The article brings to the fore the waning memory ofContinue reading “An Overview of The Shandong Revival of 1927-1937”

The Lausanne Legacy:Landmarks in Global Mission

Lausanne Movement. As we prepare for the Seoul 2024 Congress, we recommend this as a keynote book which collects the three major documents of the Lausanne Movement into one volume. It includes The Lausanne Covenant, The Manila Manifesto, and The Cape Town Commitment together with the closing addresses of each global congress. This newly repackaged volume tracks the story ofContinue reading “The Lausanne Legacy:Landmarks in Global Mission”