Category Archives: Publications

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”

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)”

Relational Intercultural Training for Practitioners of Business As Mission: Theory and Practice

Enoch Wan and Natalie Kim. Business as Mission (BAM) is a holistic approach to mission that aims to transform the multifaceted spheres of unreached peoples and communities within and through business. While different types of businesses have different measures of achievement and success, there is one essential characteristic that distinguishes business as mission – relationships formed and developed throughContinue reading “Relational Intercultural Training for Practitioners of Business As Mission: Theory and Practice”

Establishing Frontline LGBTQ Outreach: An Exploratory Study (Relational) 

Noel Chiu and Enoch Wan. If you are curious about who are LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/question) and how to engage in outreach ministry to them, this book will be helpful to you. Both believing and non-believing LGBTQ are not comfortable with Christian faith and individual Christians because of their sexual orientation/attraction/behavior. ThisContinue reading “Establishing Frontline LGBTQ Outreach: An Exploratory Study (Relational) “

Motivations for Missions: A Relational-Covenantal Perspective

Enoch Wan and Christopher M. Santiago . The purpose of this book is to explore motivations for mission from a covenantal perspective within a relational framework in three steps: exploring the topic theologically, examining it theoretically, and deriving missiological implications. This book is a contribution to an underrepresented perspective to the missiological research on motivesContinue reading “Motivations for Missions: A Relational-Covenantal Perspective”

CONTEXTUALIZATION THE ASIAN WAY: RELATIONAL CONTEXTUALIZATION

Enoch Wan and Siu Kuen Sonia Chan. This paper is an attempt to introduce the Asian way for the practice of contextualization: a relational approach and relational ontological orientation. Most evangelicals’ attempt of contextualization thus far is the western style: rationalist, cognitive, programmatic, pragmatic and outcome-based. In this paper, relational contextualization is proposed as anContinue reading “CONTEXTUALIZATION THE ASIAN WAY: RELATIONAL CONTEXTUALIZATION”

Relational Partnerships for Missions Mobilization

Enoch Wan and Joshua Paxton. The illustration of the Universal Church as a body is prevalent throughout Scripture. It is most clearly demonstrated in 1 Corinthians 12 where Paul uses it to demonstrate the unity that believers should share amidst the diversity of their various gifts. However, the Church has not always demonstrated this principleContinue reading “Relational Partnerships for Missions Mobilization”

Reflections on 21st Century Orality

Enoch Wan and Tom Steffen. This book is a collection of papers on “orality,” based on the research findings of a dozen contributors. The twelve chapters are organized into two parts. The first part focuses on the integration of “orality” with several disciplines such as hermeneutics, homiletics, the arts, etc. Part two is regional studiesContinue reading “Reflections on 21st Century Orality”

Relational Leadership Development: An Ethnological Study in Inuit Contexts

Enoch Wan and John Ferch. By using existing ethnographic data on the Inuit, the authors in this book propose a relational, orality-based model for ministry leadership development that is “glocalized” to Inuit contexts. The book is intended for three kinds of readership:(1) Christian professionals who are working in the area of leadership development;(2) Christian leadersContinue reading “Relational Leadership Development: An Ethnological Study in Inuit Contexts”

A Holistic and Contextualized Mission Training Program: Equipping Lay Leaders for Local Mission in Vietnam

Enoch Wan and Tin Nguyen. In this book, the readers will find a detailed presentation of mission training programs for contemporary Vietnam that is contextually appropriate in term of their cultural background and contemporary living surroundings. The design of the mission training program is based on an educational and anthropological understanding of Vietnamese lay leadersContinue reading “A Holistic and Contextualized Mission Training Program: Equipping Lay Leaders for Local Mission in Vietnam”