All theology is based on autobiography. All theology has its unique color and context, and so does my missiology. My missional focus for this article is transnational adoption in the larger context of the ministry of compassion.
A 2015 published Pew study on America’s changing religious landscape spanning from 2007 to 2013 indicates that the Christian population in the U.S. is shrinking from 78.4% to 70.6%, a 7.8% decline. This is in contrast with the world religions category, which saw an increase from 4.7% to 5.9%, a growth of 1.2%.
G. Wright Doyle, editor. Pickwick Publications, 2015. —Reviewed by P. Mary Ho, executive director, All Nations Family, Kansas City, Missouri. Mission history proves again that there are not too
David W. Shenk, Herald Press, 2014. —Reviewed by Edwin R. Zehner, lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Asian Studies, Walailak University, Thailand. David Shenk is an author with more than fifty
by Gary Corwin Recent events have raised the public profile of a question as old as Islam: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?” The news reports and
Bobby Bose, SAIACS Press, 2014. —Reviewed by Timothy L. Eckert, PhD Intercultural Studies, missionary to the FulBe of West Africa. The global situation is increasingly one where cultures and
The polls are in and the news is bad for the Church in America. Christianity is on the decline, Americans have given up on God, and the “Nones”—those who have no religious ties—are on the rise. It is indeed true that parts of the Christian Church in America are struggling, while a growing number of Americans are far from God.
Alan J. Roxburgh. InterVarsity Press, 2015. —Reviewed by Janet Silverthorne Walker, Pastor, National Wesleyan Church, DC Campus, Washington, DC. Denominations are faced with the ever constant need to determine
Why don’t you share some Christian songs in your language with me?” I asked some musicians on our way home from a worship event. As an ethnodoxologist, I thought the lack of enthusiasm during the event was due to the use of foreign songs. I naively assumed my friends would be thrilled to sing in their heart language.
Jayson Georges. Self-published, 2014. —Reviewed by Rick Kronk, scholar-practitioner, Christar, Inc.; adjunct professor of Missions, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, Minnesota. Just as people assume the cultural orientation of
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