Diaspora Missiology Part 5-Refugees

The global problem of refugees should be a great concern to the Church.  In this 5th post in my diaspora missiology series, I want to raise your attention to this serious matter.  While I use my country as an illustration, over 50%Read more…

Diaspora Missiology Part 4-Students

In this 4th of 6 posts on diaspora missiology, I want to bring students to our attentions.  While I use my country as an example, who are the unreached peoples of the world that are coming to your country to study? Read more…

Diaspora Missiology Part 3-Interview with Joy Tira

In this post, Dr. Tira, who serves as the Senior Associate for Diasporas with the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, speaks about the importance of having a group attached to Lausanne addressing matters related to diasporas.  

Diaspora Missiology Part 2-What in the World…

This is the second part of a six-part series I am writing on diaspora missiology.  In this post, I look at the numbers of migrants according to the United Nations’ data.

The Prophetic Migrant

A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ Samuel Escobar offers three challenges to the church in his essay on migration: the challenge to show compassion toward migrants, the need to take a prophetic stance against unjust treatment ofRead more…

The Blessings Of The Other

A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’    Samuel Escobar raised one of the main challenges of migration, which is the acceptance of the ’other’—the one different from us. Migrants, as the ’other,’ are often regarded as threatsRead more…

The Heart Of The Gospel

A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ I first read Samuel Escobar’s timely article aboard a flight from Toronto, Ontario, bound for Edmonton, Alberta. Flying across Canada, a nation touted for its ’vigorous immigration policy’ and official MulticulturalismRead more…

Migration & Ethnic Conflict

  In 50 years as missionaries, my wife and I have become familiar with immigration laws and offices in the countries where we served: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the United States and now Spain. As recently as 2007, in Valencia, weRead more…

The Heart of the Gospel

Read: The Heart of the Gospel (on migration and ethnic conflict) A Response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Mission Fields on the Move’ at ChristianityToday.com