Since moving from Toronto to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (my home city from 1984-2008) in September 2011, Millwoods Town Centre Mall has become my favorite place for relaxation, exercise, shopping, meeting friends and new people. Millwoods Town Centre is located inRead more…
Manila International Missions Conference (MIMC) 2011: A Case of Regional Indigenous Missions
From August 17-20, 2011, 540 delegates representing 17 nations convened at the Elijah School of Global Mission (ESGM) in Taytay, Rizal, outside Manila. Notably, the attendance has doubled from the previous year (MIMC 2010) when 255 delegates participated, representing nineRead more…
More Diaspora Readings
Recently, I had coffee with the former President of the American Society of Missiology, Dr. Miriam Adeney, at Starbucks in City Centre, Doha (Qatar). Yes we were in Qatar and in Doha. There are several Starbucks outlets there; most ofRead more…
Diaspora Readings and Intellectual Invasions
In my recent post ( 03.11.2011) I briefly mentioned that an increasing volume of literature related to Diaspora and Christian missions is emerging. I know of several evangelical theologians, missiologists and Christian socio-economists who are vigorously researching and writing articles.Read more…
Is there an Egyptian Diaspora? Or just a Coptic One?
Is there an Egyptian Diaspora at all? Or is there a just a Coptic One? Jennifer Brinkerhoff has listed “several features common to diasporas” based upon the work of international relations scholar Robin Cohen.
Nuestra vocacion: Semejantes a Jesucristo
“Designó a doce, a quienes nombró apóstoles, para que lo acompañaran y para enviarlos a predicar y ejercer autoridad para expulsar demonios” Mr. 3:14-15 Jesús ejemplificó lo que es el discipulado cristiano. Marcos registra el primer elemento en esta preparación:Read more…
BAM in a Box: Accelerating the Impact of Business as Mission
One can identify 3 essential activities which have helped to catalyze and grow the global Business as Mission (BAM) movement: 1. Developing the concept, 2. Spreading the concept and 3. Applying the concept. Of course one cannot credit just oneRead more…
Realizing the value of the Lost Sheep: Addressing the issue of Church Dropping in Kenya.
During the last year of my theological training at Scott Theological College, I had an opportunity to study church growth at some level. I recall one of the class assignments where we were required to carry out research on aRead more…
From church planting success to genocide
In just 100 years, this country went from ‘unreached’ to ‘churched’, with approximately 90 percent of the population attending church as members. It is the ultimate success story in the history of Christian mission – if the success criteria areRead more…
Darrin Patrick’s “Over-Contextualization” Misses the Point
[The following article was something that I posted earlier on my blog. It was intended as a rebuttal to an article by American church-planting pastor and author Darrin Patrick. Patrick had posted a piece that demonstrated a deficient understanding onRead more…