The Scandal & Promise of Global Christian Education

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Of all the things missionaries are engaged in, aren’t schools of any sort the least questionable?Wrong, whether you are talking about schools in general or about ministerial training...

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The New Evangelical Universities Feature

The New Evangelical Universities

A dynamic new element in mission lands

Universities, one might argue, form a system of interde­pendent links involving both sovereign states and economic institutions in the exchange of stu­dents, professors, ideas, technology and...

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Christian Universities as a Mission Strategy Feature

Christian Universities as a Mission Strategy

Recovering the Lost Vision

In the mid-19th century, a Scottish crofter’s son named Alexander Duff made the case for Christian higher education as a means of evangelization in India. Timothy Richard, a Welsh Baptist converted...

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What’s Wrong with 4,000 Pastoral Training Schools Worldwide? Feature

What’s Wrong with 4,000 Pastoral Training Schools Worldwide?

There are three drastic drawbacks pervasively embodied in pasto­ral training both at home and abroad. These are so serious that it is sad yet fair to say that the seminaries and Bible schools of...

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Pitfalls of Student Selection in Leadership Training in Russia Feature

Pitfalls of Student Selection in Leadership Training in Russia

In the 1990 s pastoral training ministries were springing up all over the former Soviet Union. The high-speed installation of the various modes of training had a feel of urgency promoted by at...

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Jesus’ Model of Education Feature

Jesus’ Model of Education

Jesus was able to influence a hand­ful of disciples who became church and mission leaders by means of a truly holistic approach to leadership training. What Jesus did in his ministry is often...

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Patterson’s Principles Feature

Patterson’s Principles

In many settings, the drive to supply information has not been matched with a drive to influence the formation— the character development—of the learner. These excerpts from George Patterson’s...

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Patterson’s Principles Feature

Patterson’s Principles

In many settings, the drive to supply information has not been matched with a drive to influence the formation— the character development—of the learner. These excerpts from George Patterson’s...

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Equipped, or Drilled? Feature

Equipped, or Drilled?

Pastoral Training in the Third World: Illustrations from Africa

Christianity in Africa is faced by a fearsome obstacle. While on the one hand new believ­ers are eager to spread the news of God’s gift of salvation, at the same time the churches provide very...

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Missionary Trainers Take the Next Step Feature

Missionary Trainers Take the Next Step

Richmond, VA 
One hundred forty-five mission­ary trainers from around the world met for three days in early January, at the International Mis­sionary Board of the Southern Baptist’s Missionary...

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Debt and Training Further Reflections

Debt and Training

Can we break patterns and assumptions?

When we think of training on a global level and its impact in vari­ous situations around our globe, we may not often think of debt. After all, many of the schools around the world are funded by...

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