<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WernerMischke/contextualizing-the-gospel" title="Contextualizing the gospel" target="_blank">Contextualizing the gospel</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WernerMischke" target="_blank">Werner Mischke</a></strong> </div> Great presentation on Contextualization of the Gospel. Related Sites: Jackson Wu Blog Werner Mischke Blog
Successful missionaries, mission programs, and mission movements in Christian history seem to have four characteristics. They don't always have all three, there is a priority to them. Now some that have been numerically successful (such as the invasion and subsequent colonization and "Christianization" of South America) fail to meet the criteria of sound Christian missions, …
Missions tends to reflect the mindset of the missionaries, and the mindset of the missionaries tends to reflect the mindset of the churches they come from, and the mindset of these churches tend to reflect the surrounding culture. Since missionaries during the "Great Century" of Missions and into the 1900s, Christianity has had a triumphalistic …
If you haven't heard the song "Beautiful Fool" you might want to take a moment to look it up. It was popularized by Country artist, Kathy Mattea. However, the version I am familiar with is by its composer, Don Henry (also wrote "Mr. God" a funny but definitely instructive song). It is an ode to …
Continue reading Justinian Von Welz: “Oh, You Beautiful Fool”
What is the most important social unit in Missions? In fact, there are many social units that could be selected. First of all, however, what is a "social unit"? Noun An individual, group, or community, considered as a discrete constituent of a society or larger group. Here are some options for the most important social …
I am not an expert in theology, and probably will never be. However, I have been reading a book, "Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A New Interdisciplinary Approach" by Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger. The book is an attempt to deal with conflicts between psychological answers for human problems and theological answers for the same problems. The …
I have been teaching Missions History this term... one of my favorite subjects, although I am not sure whether I do a good job with it. It is hard to make history "come alive." But had a couple of interesting insights that came from the class... particularly from comments made by the students. There …
Continue reading Finding Ministerial Balance in Doing Missions
In the previous posts I have developed four categories of missions based on relation to violence and power. Of course the categories are dependent on how the terms are defined. For the purpose of the categories, violence has to do with acts that may be violent in a classic sense, but may also include methods …