Worship in Asia should not be tied to assumptions and values, imposed from the outside. Rather Christian worship in Asia should utilize rituals intended to ensure meaningful worship empowered by the Holy Spirit who enables people to be who God created them to be in the pluralist contexts Asian Christians find themselves. Beyond worship, the…
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KOREAN MISSION CHALLENGES IN THE PHILIPPINES and Opportunities for Korean-Filipino Mission Partnerships
The Korean missionaries started coming to the Philippines as early as late 70’s. They came with enthusiastic hearts to evangelize, plant churches and train pastors and missionaries. I give thanks to God for the sacrificial labors and generous investments that Korean churches, mission agencies and missionaries have made in advancing the Great Commission in the…
MINISTERS AS SERVANT LEADERS “DIAKONOS” IN SECOND CORINTHIANS
Biblical leadership is servant leadership. There is nothing more inconsistent than to separate the concept of Christian leadership from servanthood vis-à-vis the ministers of God/Christ whether in the OT or in the NT. The Bible clearly portrays leaders as servants—hence, servant leadership. This is made clearer by Jesus himself, who said: “The kings of the…
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DOING MISSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
CULTURAL ORIENTATION IN MANAGEMENT Culture can be defined in many ways. One way, as Brislin elucidates, can be explained as ‘an identifiable group with shared beliefs and experiences, feelings of worth and value attached to those experiences, and a shared interest in a common historical background.’ In working cross-culturally, it is evident that people who…
GOD BRINGS MISSIONARIES: MULTIRELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE WHO GO, RECEIVE, AND PRAY
God is passionate to fulfill His mission regarding His wayward world. Because of God’s zeal, those of us who participate in God’s mission are also zealous and passionate. Whether we financially support, send out, pray for, mobilize, or go as missionaries, we are compelled to do so with Spirit-empowered passion. God’s mission is characterized by…
CHRISTIAN MISSION IN THE RELIGIOUS PLURALISTIC URBAN INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
INTRODUCTION Doing Christian mission in the religiously pluralistic contexts of urban India has always been a challenging and demanding task. Religious plurality has always been an integral part of India and it continues to remain so even today. The land of India has been the birthplace of three major religions, namely, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism,…
A MISSIONS STRATEGY FOR LOCAL CHURCHES TO THE DIASPORA
If we were to combine all the International migrants, they would constitute a nation larger than the population of Brazil – the fifth largest nation in the world. How do we see all this through the lenses of global missions and world evangelization? Is the global church prepared for this phenomenological population shift? What strategies…
EDITORIAL: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES IN MISSIONS
God is a missionary God. To restore His rule in the world, God works actively, but he does not work alone. God calls people and works with them and through them (Gen. 12:1; 2 Pet. 2:9) We call the fifth book of the New Testament as ‘The Acts of Apostles’ or ‘The Acts of the…
WHEN THE SPIRIT MEETS THE SPIRITS: Book written by Julie Ma, Review by Teresa Chai
Julie Ma was on the faculty at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS) from September 1987-2006. She earned her PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. Presently, she serves as a Research Tutor in Missiology for the Oxford Center for Mission Studies (OCMS). She is also a faculty at Oral Roberts University. She is married to Wonsuk Ma,…
DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY AND LAUSANNE DIASPORA EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT WITH A CASE STUDY ON KOREAN DIASPORA MISSION IN EURASIA
INTRODUCTION In recent years, there have been various discussions among field practitioners and missionary theologians to define the missional significance of the diaspora phenomenon worldwide. The most significant of these were the academic conference for celebrating the centennial of the Edinburgh Mission conference in 1910, the Diaspora Division of the Third Lausanne World Evangelization Conference…