LOP #55: The New People Next Door

Read the LCWE’s initial paper on diasporas –  Lausanne Occassional Paper No. 55:  The New People Next Door.  This is an important background document as we approach Cape Town 2010 where and when many Lausanne III participants will discuss the issueRead more…

The Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology

The Lausanne Diaspora Educators Consultation held in November 2009 (Seoul, Korea) gathered theological educators and representatives from theological institutions to formulate the“Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology” summoning the Whole Church of Jesus Christ, including its missions agencies and its academiesRead more…

The Ends of the Earth: Two Isolated Communities

  If you have been following my two previous posts: The Flying Community (March 15, 2010), and The Floating Communities (April 27, 2010), I have another scenario for you.    I learned from my first geography class that there wereRead more…

Diaspora Churches Mushrooming Everywhere

The amazing work of God in the last two years in seeing millions of diaspora people get to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through church planting is unprecedented in history. I am a witness in the planting ofRead more…

The Floating Communities

Before the creation of airplanes, there were boats and ships! Like planes, ships are evolutionary machines. They have gone from small boats to super tankers, from fishing boats to cruise ships, from tug boats to container ships, from sail boatsRead more…

Diaspora

I am one of the 3% Diaspara currently living in Atlanta, GA, USA. When I first came to USA in 1978 it was hard to find an Indian in USA but NOW you’ll find them in every airport, airplane, busRead more…

Fellow of Redcliffe College, Gloucester

My big area of interest is Postcolonialism and mission, and I would be interested to know – with a view to further discussion – whether there were others working in this field. I have recently published a book titled BeyondRead more…

Fellow of Redcliffe College, Gloucester

My big area of interest is Postcolonialism and mission, and I would be interested to know – with a view to further discussion – whether there were others working in this field. I have recently published a book titled BeyondRead more…