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By Cody C. Lorance | Article
A compelling article has just come out in the Atlantic regarding the tragically high suicide rate among Bhutanese-Nepali refugees. I’ve been saying for a few years that this group has…
By Thomas Hieber | Article
“European countries becoming more ethnically diverse because of immigration is not a new phenomenon but churches and mission groups becoming more aware of migrants is something to be grateful for.”…
By Cody C. Lorance | Article
Today, I’d like to just provide an annotated list of some intriguing articles related to Bhutanese-Nepali refugees (in some cases more generally about refugees). I spend time regularly scouring the…
By Dr.Vimalasekaran | Article
Diapora Mission and its opportunities in Europe
By Thomas Hieber | Article
The sun was shining brightly as I stepped out of Athens ‘Evangelismos’ metro station on my way to the Pakistan consulate which is located in the very center of the…
By Darrell Jackson | Article
Darrell Jackson is Director of the Nova Research Centre & Lecturer in European Studies at Redcliffe College in Gloucester, England. He is Director of the Lausanne Researchers’ Network and Researcher…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
For those of you engaged in ministry among Bhutanese-Nepali refugees, I would appreciate your reflections on the missional implications of this benchmark. I have provided several very important considerations here:…
By Cody C. Lorance | Art - Performing
The following mantra has proved especially useful in soul care or pastoral ministry in addition to its value in corporate worship. The content of the mantra is taken from Galatians…
By Dr.Vimalasekaran | Article
There are many refugees in the world. By definition there are looking for a place where they can find a place of refuge - protection and provision. The Lord Jesus…
By Thomas Hieber | Article
…“Europe is the continent where we will have many opportunities to make a living and to support our families back home” is what I read again and again. Articles about…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Presentation
We are attaching here a PDF of a Christocentric Sraadha that we conducted in our area. Little explanation of this will be give here at this time. If you have…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Media
Just completed, here is our Dashain prayer book. The book will serve as a helpful guide to Nepalis who are seeking to follow the Lord Shri Jesus in a contexual…
By Steve Hayes | Blog
A group of Christian bloggers have had a synchroblog on Christians and the immigration issue. A synchroblog is when a group of people blog about the same topic on the…
By Sadiri Joy Tira | Blog
Twelve years ago, my family embraced an Arab family from Sudan. This family consisted of a widower with four teenaged children and his elderly mother-in-law. They arrived in Canada as…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
[FULL ARTICLE] This week, I explore the theological foundations for contextualization. The question of why we should pursue contextualization is typically answered in a very narrow way that emphasizes what…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Performing
The following series of three mantras provide a beautiful means of practicing corporate confession. It is challenging to master, but well-worth the practice. We use this series every week in…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Performing
Here is a very simple mantra that is spoken atonally. With a simple message, this easy-to-learn mantra is appealing to many followers of Jesus from Nepali or Indian cultural contexts. I…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Performing
Ours is a Christocentric Satsang in that we seek to magnify and give devotion to Prabhu Sri Yeshu (The Lord Jesus Christ) in all that we do. For this reason, every…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Performing
Ours is a Christocentric Satsang in that we seek to magnify and give devotion to Prabhu Sri Yeshu (The Lord Jesus Christ) in all that we do. For this reason, every…
By TriEak Parmeshwar Mandali | Art - Performing
Known simply as the “Ancient Prayer” (Pracheen Pratanah), the following mantra is used weekly in our Nepali and Hindi Christocentric Satsangs. You may have noticed that I have also included this…
