Impacting Eternity: A Practitioner’s Guide for Sustained Movement Expansion
The literature addressing Jesus movements is narrow, crowded, and prone to repetition. However, Robert M. Reach’s latest volume attempts to move beyond compelling testimony and lists of multiplication factors to consider the overlooked issues of movement structure and sustainability.
Are Discovery Bible Studies the Best Way to Do Discipleship in Muslim Contexts?
By S.J.Spyker | Many strongly recommend a particular method of inductive Bible study – Discovery Bible Studies (DBS) – for work among Muslims. Based on many years of personal experience and interviews with others working with Muslim women in the Middle East, Spyker queries whether this is the best approach for discipling Muslim women. She promotes developing discipleship tools which are specific to needs rather than relying on a pre-developed program.
Five Practical Ways Churches can Care for Missionaries
By Patrick Hasty | This article provides pastors and missions teams with practical steps to support their missionaries. It outlines five things that churches can do: start the care process early, be proactive in relating to missionaries, allow missionaries to share their burdens, establish care teams, and be ready for critical moments.
The Cost and Value of Being Present
By Cherry Gunther | It can cost a lot of money to be a missionary or to support missions. Other costs include loss of time with family and the stress of adjusting to unfamiliar places. These are the costs of being present with people so they can meet Jesus. Learning to appreciate Jesus’ presence that others bring to us, and the costs others pay, can help us in what we do.
Staying Isn’t Always Good and Leaving Isn’t Always Bad
By Sue Eenigenburg | Many who commit to become missionaries imagine permanently settling in another country for many years. However, a characteristic of cross-cultural mission work is its unpredictability. Sometimes, the stresses of missionary life make it hard to stay. Yet, at other times, some stay for the wrong reasons. Sue Eenigenburg some helpful tips for working out whether to stay or leave well.
Impacting Eternity: A Practitioner’s Guide for Sustained Movement Expansion
The literature addressing Jesus movements is narrow, crowded, and prone to repetition. However, Robert M. Reach’s latest volume attempts to move beyond compelling testimony and lists of multiplication factors to consider the overlooked issues of movement structure and sustainability.
Local Arts in Polycentric Missions
By Héber Negrão | The landscape of global Christianity is shifting, and this is impacting global mission. The arts have always been critical to mission, but how we use them has changed from a bring it – teach it to a find it – encourage it approach. As engagement with local arts are embraced, Christianity is becoming more deeply rooted in the world’s diverse cultures.
Training in the Arts and Christian Mission
By Roch Ntankeh | Is the future of mission work painted in the colors of cultural diversity? The arts are gaining recognition as a powerful tool for Christian mission worldwide, but training in the arts remains scarce. Yet if training in the arts and mission can be developed to be flexible to varying contexts, the resulting shifts could revolutionize the spread of the Gospel.
Beyond Telling: Embodied Gospel Communication
By Lydia Hreniuc and Robin Harris | Studies in neuroscience and adult learning affirm the value of cultural, relational, and emotional means of knowing that extend beyond rational cognition. The arts are therefore a potent form of communication that allow all of us – not only those with special training as artists – to construct concepts and narratives that shape our lives and reflect the truth of the gospel. They provide a more holistic approach to gospel transmission that propositional telling strategies on their own miss.
Toward a Theology of Arts and Mission
By James R. Krabill | Artistic expressions are reshaping Christian mission and worship globally. As global churches increasingly contextualize their faith, the arts emerge as a powerful tool that increases spiritual depth and provides a more holistic understanding of the Christian experience.