Tag Archives: Diaspora Missions

Marginality of Visible Minorities in Canada: A Missiological Study

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 uniformContinue reading “Marginality of Visible Minorities in Canada: A Missiological Study”

A Portrait of the Burmese Americans in the United States: Statistical Report 2024

Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA). Burmese migration to the United States has been shaped by various historical and political factors. The significant waves of Burmese migration occurred in different periods. Here in the United States, the Burmese are descendants of at least three documented waves of migration to the United States over the lastContinue reading “A Portrait of the Burmese Americans in the United States: Statistical Report 2024”

Beautiful Feet: Following Christian Missionary Footsteps

Edited by Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira allows you to dive deep into a compelling philosophy of global missions, using engaging missionary stories to guide you to a greater understanding of how impactful missions work can be when done well. In Beautiful Feet, Dr Sadiri Joy Tira has woven beautifully together contributions from multi-disciplinary researchers and missions practitioners,Continue reading “Beautiful Feet: Following Christian Missionary Footsteps”

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”

World Development Report 2023

The World Bank. World Development Report 2023 proposes an integrated framework to maximize the development impacts of cross-border movements on both destination and origin countries and on migrants and refugees themselves. The framework it offers, drawn from labor economics and international law, rests on a “match and motive” matrix that focuses on two factors: how closely migrants’Continue reading “World Development Report 2023”

MIGRATION SPHERE: DEVELOPING THE “RECEIVING FAITH” THAT WELCOMES SOJOURNERS

Today, over 1 billion people are on the move. The total estimated 281 million people living in a country other than their countries of birth in 2020 was 128 million more than in 1990, and over three times the estimated number in 1970. Europe and Asia each hosted around 87 and 86 million international migrants,Continue reading “MIGRATION SPHERE: DEVELOPING THE “RECEIVING FAITH” THAT WELCOMES SOJOURNERS”