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Editorial Comment
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Dear Reader,
This time you must learn a new phrase: Insider Movements.
This idea as a mission strategy was so shockingly new in Paul’s day that almost no one (either then or now) gets the...
Missions in the 21st Century
Working With Social Entrepreneurs?
Tags: jesus movements, social entrepreneurs
The challenge is this: how to catalyze an “insider movement” to Christ in a society closed to traditional mission work? For this to happen, the gospel needs to spread through pre-existing social...
Contextualization Among Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists
A Focus on "Insider Movements"
Tags: contextualization, jesus movements
Much has been written over the past 25 years on the application of contextualization in ministry among Muslims. In 1998 I (John) wrote an article for the Evangelical Missions Quarterly in which I...
When “Christian” Does Not Translate
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I grew up as a Muslim, and when I gave my life to Jesus I became a Christian. Then I felt the Lord saying, ‘Go back to your family and tell them what the Lord has done for you.’” Such was the...
Translation Issues Relevant to Jesus Movements
Tags: islam, jesus movements, muslim, translation
Historical Debates on Translation Issues
The translation of texts is an ancient practice and the discussion and debate surrounding translation date back at least a few millennia. The ancient...