Category Archives: Missions

Chinese Diaspora Kingdom Workers: In Action and With Guidance

Enoch Wan and Jacky Lau. This volume is a description and explanation of Chinese diaspora Kingdom workers who are on the move for Kingdom involvement; yet with divine provision of God’s sovereignty and ministerial guidance. The purpose of this book is to develop a field support ministry guidebook for mission leaders to provide on-field assistanceContinue reading “Chinese Diaspora Kingdom Workers: In Action and With Guidance”

Mobilizing Vietnamese Diaspora for the Kingdom

Enoch Wan and Thanh Trung Le. This book begins with an introduction on Vietnamese diaspora (who? where? why?), followed by a discussion on the reason and practice of motivating and mobilizing them for Kingdom purpose. Practitioners who desire to serve Vietnamese diaspora will find the case study on the non-formal lay leadership training program implementedContinue reading “Mobilizing Vietnamese Diaspora for the Kingdom”

Korean Diaspora and Christian Mission (Regnum Studies in Mission)

Won Suk Ma and S. Hun Kim eds. As a ‘divine conspiracy’ for Missio Dei, the global phenomenon of people on the move has shown itself to be invaluable. In 2004 two significant documents concerning Diaspora were introduced, one by the Filipino International Network and the other by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. TheseContinue reading “Korean Diaspora and Christian Mission (Regnum Studies in Mission)”

Wandering Jews and Scattered Sri Lankans

Enoch Wan and Ted Rubesh. Viewing Sri Lankans of the Gulf Cooperative Council through the Lens of the Old Testament Jewish Diaspora. Diaspora populations are now significantly reshaping many parts of the globe. Behind these moving millions however, is the hand of a sovereign and gracious God whose purpose is to draw the nations andContinue reading “Wandering Jews and Scattered Sri Lankans”

Social Sciences and Mission

Enoch Wan. Specialization and integration in the “social sciences” are relatively recent developments in the academic disciplines as compared to classical studies of the humanities (e.g. philosophy, literature, etc.) and the natural sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, etc.). There are different ways of classifying and categorizing disciplines in the “social sciences;” only five (i.e. anthropology, psychology,Continue reading “Social Sciences and Mission”

Global Status of Diaspora Ministry

Enoch Wan. About 3% of the world’s total population live in countries in which they were not born and can broadly be characterized as Diaspora peoples. This does not take into account the many millions who have experienced significant transition inside their country of birth, such as migrant workers in China, who in 2009 numberedContinue reading “Global Status of Diaspora Ministry”