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”
Tag Archives: Glocal Missions
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”
CALLING CHINESE DIASPORA CHURCHES FOR GLOCAL MISSIONS TO ALL
Juno Wang. Is God trying to tell us that glocalization is the time for us to reach the people in our diverse neighborhoods connecting local missions with global missions for his Kingdom and his glory? The Chinese diaspora churches need to recognize that it is God himself who brings the global diasporas to us (ActsContinue reading “CALLING CHINESE DIASPORA CHURCHES FOR GLOCAL MISSIONS TO ALL”
Glocal-Missions: Participating in God’s Mission in the 21st Century
Enoch Wan. Presented as part of the Global Center’s Annual Global Christianity Emphasis Week at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham Alabama
Book Review: Polycentric Mission Leadership
Sadiri Joy Tira. The thesis of this book is self-explanatory as the title portrays. However, for non-technical missiology readers. I want to briefly comment on the “Polycentric Missiology (i.e. Mission).” Missiologist, Allen Yeh of Biota University in California, first coined this term, meaning “missiology in the 21st Century is for Everyone to Everywhere” (2016). In otherContinue reading “Book Review: Polycentric Mission Leadership”
Book Review on Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World
J. N. Manokaran. Jay Moon and Bud Simon have done a remarkable study of effectively reaching people across cultural differences. Both authors were missionaries, in different countries from each other. They have drawn from their experience and carried out studious academic investigation in writing this book. This book is an insightful book for all Christians whoContinue reading “Book Review on Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World”
加州矽谷多族裔外展: 一位華裔移民對多族裔散聚人口外展的經歷
王以愛. 分享我以一位華裔自 2008 年至 2019 年對多族裔散聚人口外展的歷程 · 讓讀者一瞥可以接受如何的裝備,並且是為了神的國度而去參與環球本地化宣教(具有環球漣漪反應的本地宣教) ·分享取自我在學術研究和外展經驗的反思和宣教含意中所獲得的異象和外展方法的內容、原因和方式
World Migration Report 2022
IOM. Mobility was restricted by COVID-19 in 2020, but international displacement events increased. 89.4 million people lived in displacement (includes refugees,asylum seekers, displaced Venezuelans and IDPs), up from 84.8 million in 2019. https://worldmigrationreport.iom.int/wmr-2022-interactive/
Missions at Home and Abroad: It’s Not a Competition
God designs and orders the times and places where people will live so that they will reach out for Him and find Him (Acts 17). The United States, abroad, and on an airplane in between those two places – the mission of God is the same. http://globalfrontiermissions.org/category/diaspora-missions/