Category: Asian Missions Advance #Back Issues
The Restoration of the Whole Gospel and the Contemporary Reformation
The year 2017 celebrated the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation. How can the spirit of the Reformation be restored in the Church of Korea which has become secularized and lost its life? The Reformation inspires us to return to the fundamentals of the gospel. We are going to look at the direction that a…
Creative Access Mission – Indigenous Training in Chinese Church
INTRODUCTION According to Operation World edited by Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk, Asia is still the most populous and the least-evangelized area of the world (2001:39-41). Among the East Asian countries, more than 80 percent of the population resides in creative-access regions (Prescott 2001:3-4). “Creative-access regions” are countries where there is a political barrier to…
Five Keys to Personal Support Raising
“I want to serve God and be obedient to His leading in my life, but I don’t want to RAISE SUPPORT.” IF YOU’VE SAID OR THOUGHT THESE WORDS, YOU’RE NOT ALONE. In Fact, most People living a donor-supported lifestyle will admit that, at one time or another, they’ve probably had feelings much like this. Growing up…
Inter-Disciplinary and Integrative Missiological Research: The “What,” “Why” and “How”
INTRODUCTION This paper will begin with defining key terms, followed by explanation of the “what,” “why” and “how” of inter-disciplinary and integrative missiological research. Hopefully Christian scholars of multiple disciplines will collaborate in conducting research and Christian leaders will become better stewards of resources and opportunities by making informed decision based on validly collected data…
MINISTRY REPORT: Frontiers Philippines
GOING WITH GOD TO THE FRONTIERS God’s work for us today is towards the many, large people’s groups who are still unengaged (a population where there is no viable, sustainable gospel witness in their midst) because very few are willing to go and proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God. Thirty five years…
MEmooc is launched by the EAST-WEST CENTER FOR MISSIONS Research & Devemopment
MEMOOC Mission Education Massive Open Online Courses (memooc) is dedicated to educating people of God to become effective and productive missionaries. memooc.net / ewcmooc.org memooc is an open mission education community for all. memooc provides mission education to Christians of all ages, any time, any place, free of charge. memooc is committed to developing and…
BOOK REVIEW: Eastern Voices, Vol. I: Insights, Perspectives, Visions from Kingdom Leaders in Asia
This is an important journal that must be read by all who are concerned for the evangelization of Asia, the largest continent (more than 60% of world population) yet still the least evangelized continent in the world. It contains 14 testimonials of Asian church leaders who have courageously envisioned and launched ministries that overcame traditional…
THE NEED AND POSSIBILITY OF A MISSIONAL NGO
“Are there needs and possibility to have a strategic mission-minded NGO?” The Bible and the present reality demand the needs and possibility of a missional NGO. In this paper, we will look at the Bible’s concerns for the salvation of soul, and the transformation of the whole being and its necessity and possibility to have…
CHURCH-TO-CHURCH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP:A CASE STUDY OF HOW A HAITIAN CHURCH IMPACTED A U.S. CHURCH’S UNDERSTANDING OF MISSIONS
INTRODUCTION Church partnerships in missions are nothing new. For example, the U.S. churches and organizations have continued to work with the Haitian church (and other organizations) for many years, most recently following the devastating earthquake in 2010. Many churches actively support missions, particularly through short-term teams. After all, sending people on short-term trips to support…