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 Missiology Part 6-Migration to North Amer

In March 2009, I published an article with Lausanne World Pulse titled, “Immigration and North America: Who in the World is My Neighbor Anyway?”  I’ll provide you with the highlights below, so you can determine if you want to readRead more…

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.