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Good News To The Poor: The Place Of Microeconomic Development In Discipling And Poverty Alleviation In Nairobi, Kenya, Philip Kairu Thuo

ATS Dissertations

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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 …

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

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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A Disciple-Making Strategy To Reach The Emerging Postmodern Generation, Miroslav Pujic

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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The Stairway To Heaven: A Critique Of The Evangelical Gospel Presentation In North America, Paul Brent Dybdahl

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Beyond The 10/40 Window: When All You Thought You Had To Do Is Not Enough, Bruce Campbell Moyer

Faculty Publications

There is always a danger in being overly focused on a task. When this happens, we can fail to see other tasks or parallel tasks that are equally demanding. This paper focuses on some other “windows,” beyond the “10/40 Window,” that also call for serious attention, concerted prayer, specialized training, their own unique strategies, and a variety of personnel/gifts.

Cultural Distinctives Of Anglo Churches, Will Raney

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The author provides insights that will help White Christians better understand their own culture and how it is changing.

Emerging Trends For Effective Ministry In The 21st Century, Bill Easum

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article challenges the reader to consider the “wormhole” effect on church growth.

Church Growth Through Indigenous Urban Church Planting In The Korean Nazarene Church, Ki Young Hong

ATS Dissertations

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A Strategy For Lay Involvement In Urban Evangelism And Geographical Advance In The Territory Of The North Mexican Union Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Mexico, David Velazquez

Doctor of Ministry Projects

The Global Mission thrust initiated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) in 1990 envisions a specific length of time for all the world to be covered with the SDA message. An important challenge of Global Mission is reaching the inhabitants of the cities. This project report contains a strategy for lay involvement in urban evangelism.

Part One of this project attempts to provide a theoretical framework by developing a theological perspective of the city, as shown in four areas:

1. An analysis of the phenomenon of urban growth around the world, as well as in Latin America and Mexico is …

Mission: Vol. 14, No. 7

Mission

Mission: Vol. 14, No. 7. The articles in this issue include: "The Church and the Disinherited: A Matter of Theology" from the Editor, "On Being Christian in an Urban Society: The Context of Urban Discipleship" by Vic Hunter, "Disciples House, London, England," "Civil Rights: How Far Have We Come?" by Andrew J. Hairston, "The Dynamics of Lasting Love: The Person-Centered and Synergistic Stages of Marriage" by Harold Straughn, "Political Religion in 1980: an Assessment" by Norman L. Parks, "Books" by Bobbie Lee Holley, and "Forum."