Let me admit straight away, that I’m not a great football fan; I’ll also admit that the title to this post is just a little hyperbolic! Football as a Conversation Starter Now, I may not be a great football fan,Read more…
Clarifying Globalization
Clarifying Globalisation Urbanism is commonly understood as the philosophy of how a city culture affects the behavior on the greater population of the nation and the world. It is closely linked with globalization and the forces that are at workRead more…
Notes on Partnerhisp from the World Cup
15 Notes on Partnership from the World Cup Coming from Argentina I had to find a way to insert the World Cup in this subject (!). These days the eyes of the world are upon South Africa, and so itRead more…
Scripture and the Global South Church
The Bible and the Global South Church I would like to share some basic reflections regarding the engagement of the Southern and Eastern Church in the Bible Translation Movement. Please note that my considerations of the church of the SouthRead more…
Where the Stranger Is Not Strange
In this issue we discuss a compelling and urgent topic: Glocalized Evangelism. “Glocal” is a new term combining global and local. Simply put, it communicates that the nations and cities of the world are increasingly inhabited by peoples from manyRead more…
Glocalization from a Norwegian Perspective
For the Professionals? From the early nineteenth century, mission societies were the bearers of mission from Norway to the non-Christian nations. Norwegian mission in terms of missionaries and funds for mission became the world champion when compared to the sizeRead more…
Demands of the Kingdom of God & Ethnic Diversity
God is the one who established diversity. Galatians 3:28 reminds us that “…there is no Jew nor Greek, no male nor female, no slave nor free. We are all one in Christ Jesus.” According to James Breckenridge and Lillian Breckenridge,Read more…
Bridge Peoples: The Role of Ethnic Minorities
It doesn’t take more than a trip to the grocery store to recognize that we live in a time of profound cultural change. Even our smallest hometowns are no longer mono-cultural. Instead, they are mixtures of people from a varietyRead more…
The Church as Glocal
We are living in a global world—the young generation, especially. We have a global culture. Most of us know Facebook, Michael Jackson, iPhone, Avatar, Nike. Brands are global. Movies are global. Artists are global. But still, the place where weRead more…
Glocalization, Diaspora Missiology, and Friendship
In five months, Lausanne Cape Town 2010 (CT2010) will be a fresh opportunity to think about creative approaches for relational forms of evangelism. One new paradigm to consider is glocalized evangelism at the intersection between global people movements and localRead more…