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Korean Immigrants And Their Mission : Exploring The Missional Identity Of Korean Immigrant Churches In North America, Sinyil Kim

ATS Dissertations

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Centripetal And “Centrifugal” Mission: Solomon And Jesus, Doug Matacio

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Mission Theology In The Old Testament: A New Paradigm, Cristian Dumitrescu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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A Call To Walk A Different Path, V. S. C.

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Salvation As Healing : John Wesley's Missional Theology, R. Jeffrey Hiatt

ATS Dissertations

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The Mission Of God: Unlocking The Bible’S Grand Narrative / Christopher J.H. Wright [Book Review], Cristian Dumitrescu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Internet Resources For Mission Theology, Cristian Dumitrescu, Bruce L. Bauer

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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The Mission Of God's People In The Old Testament, Jiri Moskala

Faculty Publications

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Developing A Contextual Theology Of Postcolonial Filipino American Diasporic Identity, Ferdinand C. Llenado

ATS Dissertations

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Participation: An Onto-Epistemology For A Theology Of Mission For The 21st Century, Peter Bellini

ATS Dissertations

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A Reformation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste: A Promising Theology For An Emerging Missional Church, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

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Czarist Missionary Contact With Central Asia: Models Of Contextualization?, David M. Johnstone

Publications from Student Life & Spiritual Life

Although the Western church knows little of these ventures, Russian Orthodoxy in fact has a rich missionary heritage. There have been instances of great courage, passion, and cultural sensitivity in Orthodox attempts to bring the Gospel to the Muslim peoples. I outline here some of the context and features of these missionary endeavors.

Corps Of Discovery: A Twenty-First-Century Contextual Missiology For The Denominational Church In The United States, Terri L. Elton

Faculty Publications

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The Fruit Of The Spirit And The Incarnational Nature Of The Missional Church, Michael J. Mercurio

ATS Dissertations

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Korean Christian Understanding Of Bok And Spiritual Maturity From Missiological Perspective, Sung Il Lee

ATS Dissertations

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A Cultural Analysis Of Cambodian Methodist Church Worship Services And Their Implications For Evangelism, Kevin Lowe Joo Oon

ATS Dissertations

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When Scholarship Goes South: Biblical Scholarship And Global Trends, Evertt W. Huffard

Restoration Quarterly

Huffard, Evertt W. (2006) "When Scholarship Goes South: Biblical Scholarship and Global Trends," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 48 : No. 2.

This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.

Parallel Structures: Challenges And Opportunities, Bruce L. Bauer

Faculty Publications

This article presents a case study of the Vietnam house-church movement, looking at the challenges and opportunities that often exist when security concerns and governmental persecution force the creation of a parallel structure through which God can work. The article suggests ways to maintain administrative linkage and supervision between parallel structures and gives several reasons why parallel structures may be necessary in our present sinful world.

A Critique Of The Urban Mission Of The Church In The Light Of An Emerging Postmodern Condition, Kleber De Oliveira Goncalves

Dissertations

The world is becoming an urban society. The urban expansion witnessed during the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first century is unprecedented in the history of the human civilization. Simultaneously, the Western world faces the paradigm shift from the modern era to a postmodern condition. Both movements have remarkable implications for the mission of the church in urbanized, postmodernizing societies. Shaped by the modern worldview, the church is now further ostracized by the postmodern condition.

While the literature of urban mission has grown in the past few years, very little consideration has been given to the particular issues and …

The Need For A Biblical Theology Of Holistic Mission, Wagner Kuhn

Faculty Publications

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Proclamation In Cross-Cultural Context: Missiological Implications Of The Book Of Daniel, Sung Ik Kim

Dissertations

This study attempts to explore the biblical foundation ofsalvific mission as revealed in God's purposes for the nations (missio Dei ) in the book of Daniel and to investigate the means that Daniel employed in his ministry as an overt missionary who was sent to witness to God's salvific purpose in the cross-cultural context of heathen kingdoms.

The main objective of this research is to validate the book of Daniel as a missionary document and show that its missiological implications are still relevant to present-day missions. Chapter 2 explores the salvific purpose of missio Dei in the book of …

Structures For Adventist World Mission In The Twenty-First Century, Gorden R. Doss

Faculty Publications

Christian denominations and mission agencies use different structural models for doing world mission. This article discusses four models and the ecclesiological and practical implications of each for Adventist world mission. The current structural model is analyzed and suggestions are made for adjusting it to better fulfill Adventist world mission in the contemporary context.

Faith Seeking Action: Missio-Ecclesiology, Social Movements, And The Church As A Movement Of The People Of God, Gregory Paul Leffel

ATS Dissertations

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Big Picture Curricula For Multiethnic Ministry, Tom A. Steffen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article will propose a storied, big-picture approach to multiethnic ministry. It will advocate curriculum that builds a cathedral rather than isolated rooms. Before considering story-based, big-picture curricula I will first look at how the multiethnic church, and other types of churches, relates to the dominate theological themes of unity and diversity.

Revisioning Baptist Missional Identity: Edgar Young Mullins' Theology Of "Soul Competency" And Contemporary Christian Mission, Stephen Gregory Smith

ATS Dissertations

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Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article adds to our continuing quest to understand how to minister effectively in a postmodern culture.

Church Growth Viewed “Through A Glass Darkly”, Eddie Gibbs

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In the Spring of 2000, Dr. Eddie Gibbs was installed in the Donald McGavran Chair of Church Growth at Fuller School of World Mission. His appointment followed the retirement of C. Peter Wagner from the chair in 1999. At his installation, Dr. Gibbs presented a paper, “Church Growth Viewed ‘Through a Glass Darkly,’” which is reprinted as the lead article in this issue of the JASCG.

Hong Kong And The 1997 Crisis: Danger Or Opportunity? : Strategies For Baptist Mission And Growth In A Climate Of Political Transition, Eddie Kin-Ming Ma

ATS Dissertations

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Perception And Response To Receptivity: The History And Growth Of The Wesleyan Church In The Philippines, 1932-1994, Robert Andrew Bickert

ATS Dissertations

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A Response To Dr. Litfin, Charles Van Engen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A response to Duane Litfin's (1995) "Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’s Analysis of a Core Criticism of the Church Growth Movement" (in this issue).