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…
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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…