Contextualization Can Be Messy

By John Devalve | My wife and I lived in a remote predominantly Muslim region of West Africa with few believers for more than a decade. Not long after we arrived, I faced a new challenge: contextualizing a rite of passage ceremony for a new community of Christ followers.
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This festschrift honors Phil Parshall and his contributions with reflections on his life, his writing, and contemporary thought on evangelism in Muslim contexts.
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