Reviewed by Dolores King-St. George, board member at South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary, president of King Communications, a leadership, marketing, and media agency, and president of GraceNetMedia, a media non-profit for Bible teaching and missions.
Review by Randy L. Jackson, PhD (missions), associate pastor of discipleship and missions at First Baptist Church of Milton, Florida, who served 18 years as a missionary with the International Mission Board.
Reviewed by Duane H. Elmer, professor emeritus of educational studies and international studies at Trinity International University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Reviewed by Daniel Topf (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary), missions coach with World Team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Paul Seung-oh An, dean of the graduate school at Youngnam Theological University and Seminary, has written a book in which he seeks to evaluate how much the World Council of Churches (WCC) contributes to “the healthy establishment and expansion of Christianity” (vii). The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, is not much.
Reviewed by Harry Harm, who has served cross-culturally for 38 years in North America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe and is now a consultant for innovation and strategic planning for the SIL Global Sign Languages Team in Dallas, Texas.
By Daniel W. O’Neill | Global health engagement is a key part of church planting efforts and an indispensable partner in meeting global goals for sustainable development. Health and healing can be experienced and, for the church, can remain as an essential pursuit – a sign of the presence of God, and a foretaste and anticipation of God’s intention for the reconciliation of all things in heaven and on earth
By Rebekah Naylor | In the twenty-first century is healthcare missions viable and strategic? Are we mandated to meet the physical needs of people? If so, what do healthcare mission strategies look like today? Going forward, should we expect new evolving avenues for effective healthcare missions in view of political and population trends?
By Neil Thompson | Healthcare missions has a long history in Christianity, which continues to grow and develop. But how did it begin, how has it changed, and where is it going?
By Joshua Bogunjoko | Medical missions, especially among least reached communities, seems difficult and the financial proposition absurd. Yet all people need healthcare. Healthcare missions is an open door to ministry which Jesus himself demonstrated as he met the physical and spiritual needs of people he ministered to. More missions organizations need to explore this opportunity alongside their other strategies.
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