Category Archives: Missions

Sharing Jesus with Hindus: Global Witness among Hindu Diaspora

Edited by Sam George and Ashok Kumar. Building Authentic Relationships with HindusIndians make up the world’s largest diaspora community, and most of them are Hindus of diverse backgrounds, languages, and cultures. Millions of Hindus have migrated abroad in recent decades and are well-settled in different countries while many more are expected to be dispersed far and wideContinue reading “Sharing Jesus with Hindus: Global Witness among Hindu Diaspora”

The Identity and Mission of the Korean American Church

Edited by Enoch Jinsik Kim and Sebastian Kim. This volume interweaves contributions from a group of scholars brought together for the 2022 Korean Studies Center Symposium at Fuller Theological Seminary. The collection provides a forum for scholars of Korean American Protestant churches to address key challenges concerning the sociocultural and theological formation of identity and mission asContinue reading “The Identity and Mission of the Korean American Church”

Forcibly Displaced People

Lausanne Movement Occasional Paper (LOP # 78). This position paper was prepared by the Diasporas Issue Network of the Lausanne Movement. The primary authors are Paul Sydnor (USA/France), Sam George (India/USA), Jeanne Wu (Taiwan/ USA), and Clene Nyiramahoro (Rwanda/Kenya) and it was written in June 2024. It was developed with many inputs from the executiveContinue reading “Forcibly Displaced People”

People on the Move

Lausanne Movement Occasional Paper (LOP #70). This position paper was prepared by the Diaspora Issue Network of the Lausanne Movement. The principal author is Dr Sam George (India/USA) and was written in August 2023. This paper was developed with inputs from the executive team of the Global Diaspora Network, composed of Dr T.V. Thomas (Malaysia/Canada),Continue reading “People on the Move”

Dead gods and Shattered Temples: A Warning for Filipino (and other) Christian Immigrants

Sadiri Joy Tira. Look at the huge malls around us, these shattered temples. After the pandemic season, these places have become Temples of Commercialism, where multitudes of Filipinos and other Economic Diasporas (in Canada) spend hours on weekends. There, they sacrifice most of their earnings in these temples — their frequent place of gatherings, evenContinue reading “Dead gods and Shattered Temples: A Warning for Filipino (and other) Christian Immigrants”

Tides of Opportunity: Missiological Experiences and Engagement in Global Migration

Edited by Sadiri Joy Tira, Damples Dulcero-Baclagon, and Lorajoy Tira-Dimangondayao. Hope and Hospitality for Migrating People Never have so many people left their homes and migrated to other parts of the world as we’ve seen in recent years. This phenomenon creates as many opportunities as challenges. We are witnessing a massive increase in urbanization, pluralization,Continue reading “Tides of Opportunity: Missiological Experiences and Engagement in Global Migration”

Global Trends 2023

The UN Refugee Agency. The latest Global Trends report, published in June 2023, provides key statistical trends on forced displacement. It includes the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, as well as the number of refugees who have returned home. At the end of 2022, 108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displacedContinue reading “Global Trends 2023”

Marginality of Visible Minorities in Canada: A Missiological Study (D-Diaspora)

Nestor Abdon and Enoch Wan. The unprecedented movement of people in the 21st century is a central theme in mission circles. With this movement comes suffering and pain for people who must adjust to the reality of living in a new environment, away from the homeland. The experience of people in diaspora is not uniform with communitiesContinue reading “Marginality of Visible Minorities in Canada: A Missiological Study (D-Diaspora)”