Enoch Wan. This paper will begin with defining key terms, followed by explanation of the importance and significance of missiological research in order to help Christian leaders be good stewards of resources and opportunity. Due to the brevity of this paper, only five branches of missiological studies (i.e. theory, theology, history, anthropology and strategy ofContinue reading “The Importance and Significance of Missiological Research – Christian Stewardship in Leadership”
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The Flaw of the Excluded Middle
Paul G. Hiebert. Western world view has a blind spot that makes it difficult for many Western missionaries to understand, let alone answer, problems related to spirits, ancestors and astrology. Dr. Hiebert here brings us a reevaluation of these problems from a Biblical perspective which challenges some of the assumptions of Western theology and opensContinue reading “The Flaw of the Excluded Middle”
A Hybrid World: Diaspora, Hybridity, and Missio Dei
Reviewed by Juno Wang. A Hybrid World addresses the growing reality of hybridity among people on the move in the twenty-first century, a reality that brings opportunities and also challenges for the mission of God. The book is mainly a compendium of papers from a hybridity in diaspora mission consultation held in 2018, sponsored byContinue reading “A Hybrid World: Diaspora, Hybridity, and Missio Dei”
Rooting for Rivals: How Collaboration and Generosity Increase the Impact of Leaders, Charities, and Churches
Peter Greer, Christ Horst, and Jill Heisey. Christ-centered faith-based organizations have a unique opportunity to link arms and collectively pursue a calling higher than any one organization’s agenda. This book reveals how your ministry can multiply its impact by cooperating, rather than competing.
The Church and Its Vocation: Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology
Michael W. Goheen. This volume presents Lesslie Newbigin’s ecclesiology to a new generation about the church in a pluralistic world. Michael Goheen clearly articulates Newbigin’s missionary understanding of the church and places it in the context of Newbigin’s core theological convictions.
Christ the Reconciler: A Theology for Opposites, Differences, and Enemies
Peter Schmiechen. Schmiechen first analyzes the dysfunctional state of America’s churches – with their capitulation to modern culture – and then argues convincingly that the church can be renewed only through the recovery of Christ’s gospel of reconciliation.
The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei
Stanley J. Grenz. The author constructs an ongoing conversation involving biblical texts, the theological heritage of the Christian tradition, and the contemporary historical/social context. He develops a communal understanding of the imago dei in the face of the demise of the centered self. Grenz delineates the biblical/theological foundation for a new social conception of the divine imageContinue reading “The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei”
U.S. Census Bureau
The mission of the Census Bureau is to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. https://www.census.gov/
Tokyo 2010 Global Mission Consultation
The Tokyo 2010 Global Mission Consultation & Celebration–From Edinburgh to Tokyo, was held in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the past and embrace the future. The Consultation was hosted by the Japanese Church and sponsored jointly by Asia Mission Association, Cross Global Link, Global Network of Mission Structures, and Third World Mission Association. A total ofContinue reading “Tokyo 2010 Global Mission Consultation”
Global Missiology
“Global Missiology was established in 2003. It has always been an open access e-journal to enable the widest availability possible of mission researchers’ work. Global Missiology – English is one of several language versions, each with its own unique contents.” http://www.globalmissiology.org/
Relational Realism for Christian Ministry 關係論與基督教事工 