Category Archives: Publications

Diaspora Missiology: Reflections on Reaching the Scattered Peoples of the World

Co-edited-by Michael Pocock and Enoch Wan. A publication with selected presentation papers during the Diaspora Missiology EMS conference in 2014.   The contents include the global diasporas phenomenon, theory and models of missiology, biblical and theological guidelines, strategy and models, case studies, and the way forward. 

Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission

By J. D. Payne. The book not only provides much statistic information about global migration, it also tells migration histories from Biblical time to present era, diaspora stories and case studies.  It is written to educate Western readers that God is the one behind people’s movement, and churches need to partner for diaspora outreach inContinue reading “Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission”

The Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology

LCWE Diaspora Educators Consultation 2009. This is a declaration to global churches about the results from this consultation for what have been affirmed, acknowledged and appealed on diaspora missiology.  This declaration is essential for diaspora missiology, missions, and ministry.   It acknowledges God’s work and the role of churches in missions and diaspora missions.  It affirmsContinue reading “The Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology”

Crossroads of the Nations: Diaspora, Globalization, and Evangelism

Edited by Jared Looney. This book addresses diaspora missiology in urban contexts for the challenges North American churches are facing because of globalization.  It is published through a series of urban mission in the 21st Century monographs.  The author calls for reaching the nations with the currents of globalization and urbanization.   The strategies and approachesContinue reading “Crossroads of the Nations: Diaspora, Globalization, and Evangelism”

Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible

Co-authored-by Arthur F. Glasser, Charles E. Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland, and Shawn B. Redford. This book offers an overall biblical and theological sound study with in-depth approach about the Kingdom of God and church’s mission.  The authors not only explore the Kingdom of God in sequence from Genesis to Revelation, but also cross-reference throughoutContinue reading “Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible”

Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations

Edited by Bruce Riley Ashford, this publication is to understand the church’s mission to the nations from a biblical and theological framework in four parts.  The first part is God’s mission which is to redeem the fallen people for his glory and his Kingdom.  The Church’s mission is the second part which begins with humanityContinue reading “Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations”

Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches

The author, Graham Hill, aims to help Euro-shaped cultural churches become a global missional church which is to be salt, light, and a city locally and globally by engaging in global missional dialogues to learn from the Majority World.  Being salt is to increase our saltiness through glocalization conversations.  Being light is to renew ourContinue reading “Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches”

Diaspora Missions to International Students

Co-authored-by Drs. Enoch Wan and Dennis Bradford. The distinctive approach for international student ministry is integrative of two paradigms, i.e. diaspora missiological paradigm and relational paradigm.

Relational Missionary Training: Theology, Theory & Practice

Co-authored-by: Drs. Enoch Wan and Mark Hedinger. Reality is based on relationships between created beings and Creator Beings. Mission work is about human beings who are in relationship with God introducing yet other human beings to Him. God’s purpose is relational. Our calling in mission is relational and training for mission also needs to beContinue reading “Relational Missionary Training: Theology, Theory & Practice”