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103 Entries found for Keyword(s) "contextualization"
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…
Horizon Five: DeWesternization/DeContextualization DeWesternization Tomorrow
…contextualization. Take a look for just one second at the actual global record. It is not too early to recognize that the largest growing edge of Biblical faith is not Jewish Orthodoxy, not Roman Catholicism, not Eastern Orthodoxy, not German Lutheranism, not Anglicanism, not American "mainline" denominationalism, not Evangelicalism, not…
Mongolia
…contextualization and have exhibited no real desire to plant indigenous churches in Mongolia. They are of the mind that what has worked well in Korea will work all over the world if only everyone would follow suit. But that is not the way God is working. The Koreans are exceptionally…
Asia Mission Congress II
…contextualization, church multiplication, team dynamics, field partnerships, national leadership development and relating to the existing national church. This was unique to the congress as it sought to emphasize the role of the sending church. Perhaps an exception to this was a session on missionary care. Research for this session had…
Mission Training File: Next Step
…contextualization, technology, cooperation with global partners, and accreditation. <World Christian Foundations Seminary in a Suitcase> Gain an M.A. or complete a B.A. from a regionally accredited Christian school wherever you live. Gain the essentials of a seminary education with a global and missiological perspective. For more information: M.A. Level Steve…
An Interview with An Indian Christian In A De-Westernized Ministry
…contextualization in that sense. Rather we are seeking to make the Gospel appropriate to the Hindu through lifestyle evangelism. A: How can our Perspectives course be adapted profitably for Indian Christians? Should we mobilize Christians in India to use a non- standard approach to missions? If they use a Western…
Must the Faith Get Out of Control?
…contextualization which penetrated the common culture of the Irish and changed a whole society from top to bottom--or maybe better from bottom to top--in ways that hadn't happened, he says, since the days of Paul. His historical work corroborates Ralph Winter's thesis in Mission Frontiers in amazing ways. Every cross…
GCOWE Mission Executives Meeting
…contextualization and de-Westernization. Missionary Attrition Bill Taylor of the Missions Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship started off the discussion with an introduction of the recently completed 3 1/2 year survey of mission agencies concerning the attrition or decrease in the number of missionaries and its causes. He revealed that…
Does God Take Degrees Seriously?
…contextualization to contemporary culture?). And from around the world: Restricted access countries are more and more requiring "missionaries" to have accredited degrees. The university tradition is highly (too highly?) respected in almost every country. "Degree mania" is evidenced by the littering of degrees on the letterheads of some third world…
Proceed With Caution Part 1
…contextualization are essential if the majority of the Indian communities are to come to know the love of Christ. The propagandist approach to evangelism and publicity of the religious needs of Indian society is causing more harm than good to the cause of the Gospel and for those who live…
What Hath Our Western Money and Our Western Gospel Wrought?
…contextualization is one reason why the sycretistic, independent African churches are growing so rapidly today, numbering more than 81,000and growing at a rate of 850,000 members per year, according to David Barrett's report in 1986. These people have reacted to the Westernization of the gospel and returned to their traditional…
India’s Mission Leaders Speak to the Western Church
…contextualization are essential if the majority of the Indian communities are to come to know the love of Christ. The propagandist approach to evangelism and publication of the religious needs of Indian society is causing more harm than good to the cause of the Gospel and for those who live…
Let the Buyer Beware
…contextualization, and so on are challenges faced by Western and non-Western missionaries alike. To avoid the mistakes of the past and to increase their effectiveness, missionaries must have careful preparation and training. Specialized ministries in particular--such as Bible translation and medical work--demand extensive training, which normally does not come cheap.…
The Mystifying Transformation Of The Soviet Union
…contextualization is the order of the day. With care, all things are possible. Presently a host of agencies are gearing up to take advantage of the CIS's openness. Gradually cooperation and coordination are occurring between them. In this area strategies seem to fall into broad categories: Those designed to enable…
A Field-Based M.A. or Ph.D.
…contextualization, etc. The M.A. in Mission Mobilization is designed for those who sense God's call to work either full-time or part-time in the mission cause, but who appreciate the special urgency and strategy to be involved on the "Mobilization Front." They are willing "to go" but they sense God's leading…
AIMS Decade of Destiny
…contextualization of the Gospel as he has experienced it during 28 years with the Motilone Indians of the Colombian jungles. Dr. Jonathan Chao of the Chinese Church Research Center spoke on the suffering church and the cost of spiritual harvest in China. Terry Law, missionary behind the Iron Curtain, concluded…
Staff Make Contribution at Summer Project
…contextualization, its importance, problems associated with it, and practical applications for theological students. Keynote speakers are Dr. Arthur F. Glasser, associate professor at Fuller Seminary School of World Mission; Dr. Margaret Kraft, professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Biola University; Dr. Donald A. McGavrao, founder of Fuller School of…
News
…contextualization skills in Indian communities in Chicago. From July 28 through August 22 Deborah Fink will lead another session of Introduction to TESOL, identical in content to the course by the same name scheduled earlier in the summer. Following the TESOL course, on Saturday, August 23. Herbert Purnell and Pati…
Longing for the Golden City
…The author of this article would like to clarify that this work is C4, and all believers call themselves “Christians” or “Children of God.” There have been tremendous evangelistic breakthroughs among animistic Tribals, Chinese, nominal Christians, Hindus and now even Muslims, but there have been very few breakthroughs among the…
Why has the Church Lost “Face”?
…Once again I found myself in the same conversation. The missionary shook his head and said, “That’s fine if you want to talk about ‘face’ as a gospel ‘bridge.’ But, ultimately, you have to talk about ‘law’ if you are going to really share the gospel.” Why do people find…