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103 Entries found for Keyword(s) "contextualization"
All Things are Yours
…contextualization in terms of possessio rather than of conversion and repudiation seems a helpful first step towards affirming in a fresh way the multi-cultural nature of the gospel and of its call for all peoples to surrender to Christ within their own heritage. “The nations will walk by the light…
Localization and Globalization
…contextualization. The global community, often on compressed time schedules, has little time to take context seriously. And, if they do not take the time and effort to know the context, how can they be expected to speak clearly into it? What they know about their own faith experience might have…
…Contextualization: Theory and Practice in Bangladesh." Unfortunately, because of the context, the article in Christianity Today may appear to suggest that my position criticizes Rick Brown and all others who are seeking alternatives to a taboo expression "Son of God." This is not true, as a careful reading of my…
Resources for Students and Student Mobilizers
…contextualization to honor and respect other cultures. http://frontiers.org/ipact Campus Crusade for Christ offers more than 150 unique summer projects, many of which are overseas. Some are 10 weeks long, others just a week. You might be reaching out to college campuses or engaging unreached groups. http://gosummerproject.com/ Maybe you’re not ready…
Remembering a Life Well-Lived: Tributes from Around the World
…contextualization, Messianic believers, Jesus mosques, and Hindu followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are concepts being pursued, and millions of new believers have emerged from these cultures with a non-traditional Christian expression. I remember some 12 years ago, Robyn and I travelled by car from Pasadena to San Diego with…
What God do Muslims Worship?
…contextualization.info/rickbrown.) It should be noted that Muslim scholars do not like to admit that the Arabic of the Qur’an has loanwords, and they suggest that the name Allah is derived from the expression al ’ilah, meaning “the God,” with the article of uniqueness. The word ’ilah is related to the…
Muslims Who Believe the Bible
…contextualization, they are contextualizing different things. One group is seeking to contextualize their brand of Christian religion, while the other is seeking to contextualize collective discipleship to Christ. So each sees the other as deficient and sometimes as threatening. Personally, I think there is a place for both in God’s…
Editorial Comment
…contextualization” (employing the language and culture as far as possible) is the name of the game! And that’s Biblical. Post-Biblical forms in the church are certainly to be evaluated, but not by their degree of correspondence to Biblical forms (principles, yes) for that is ecclesiolatry—and to a missionary it is…
What’s Happening in the Global Perspectives Family?
…contextualization. For instance, in Korea the focus is on mobilizing students who are potential missionary candidates, but in Nigeria the target audience is church and mission leaders. We brainstormed on how to advance the movement in different contexts – for example, how to simplify materials originally written for well-educated, native…
Editorial Comment
…contextualization no panacea?; Is observance of the law a help in Muslim outreach?; How anthropology became the number one study for Evangelical missionaries; reviews of The DaVinci Code and The Purpose Driven Life; Editorial comment on Science and Insanity; Stunned Into Silence; Face to Face. The latter is a plan…
Letters
…Contextualization, available online. Please especially read these articles: God’s Amazing Diversity in Drawing Muslims to Christ Should Muslims Become “Christians”? Jesus in Samaria: A Paradigm for Church Planting Among Muslims First-Century Jews and Twentieth-Century Muslims Messianic Muslim Followers of Isa
What Do We Need to Learn from Thai Folk Buddhists
…contextualization from which we can learn much. But what can be learned from Thai Folk Buddhists themselves? Four areas are suggested: 1) the need for a wholistic approach, 2) communication must involve all major signal systems, 3) a recognition that the major barriers to allowing Christ to fully enter into…
Missions at the Edge: Moving Past Cultural Christianity
…contextualization and adjust their diet accordingly may grow a beard and don local clothes, but the actual practice of their faith often does not communicate holy living to onlooking Muslims. Such missionaries generally do not pray liturgically in a particular direction, they do not perform ritual ablutions before prayer, and…
An Initial Response to TIME
…contextualization” by missionaries who represent Jesus with integrity and excellence in all spheres of life. See previous issues of our magazine, Mission Frontiers (www.missionfrontiers.org), to read more about our positions on such issues. We welcome the opportunity to clarify our own opinions and to join others in the evangelical Christian…
The Case for a Global Inter-Missions Network
…contextualization, the gospel and social concern, missiological issues, etc.), the practical issues that directly affect operational issues are what concern many mission agencies. For example, no mechanism exists on a global level (and only rudimentary ones at the regional level) to address the following scenarios: A Norwegian mission looking for…
Are God and Allah the Same?
…contextualization, actually one example among many intentionally carried out by Muhammad. Finally, right from the start it is clear he believed and taught that he was a prophet preaching the same faith as the Jews and Christians. Though he deviated much more from Christianity in the end, he never contradicted…
India
…contextualization,” he says. The attempt to grapple with the issues of caste and culture and acculturation in relation to the Gospel is certainly not a new development for India. Indeed, since it is difficult to find any time in the history of Christians in India when this has not been…
Resources to help you find your place in the journey
…contextualization? Start a discussion. There's even a place for you to finally publish that poem you wrote about poverty and hope. This is a website that you and your peers design. It's totally interactive and completely tailored to your interests. The more you use it, the closer you get to…
Letters
…contextualization I believe it is important to have people that are fully aware of the culture. If you were to truly seek the truth about drums and ceremonies you would realize that they are used in connection with calling upon spirits. ... I have asked repeatedly where in Scripture there…
MF Behind the Scenes
…contextualization apply regardless of the location. The major question for us is whether we have the courage to learn from our mistakes and apply mission field principles here close to home. Amsterdam 2000Continued Global Progress in Reaching the Unreached Peoples We have just returned from attending Billy Graham's Amsterdam 2000…