What kind of people do we need in M work? Recently I had sent out a brief questionnaire in order to get feedback on recruiting and preparing the “right” kind of people for M ministries. Of the 240 people onRead more…
Is unethical missionary activity a problem? What constitutes unethical religious persuasion? How can we prevent and resolve such conflicts?
The activities of people promoting various religions and worldviews have frequently given rise to conflicting views. On the one hand such activities can in some cases violate the human rights of the target group or contravene the ethical standards governingRead more…
What is Care and Counsel as Mission?
Author: Bradford M. Smith, Chair, Lausanne Care and Counsel as Mission Interest Group (LCCMIG) The Lausanne Care and Counsel as Mission Interest Group—the newest initiative within the Lausanne family of working and special interest groups is asking the question, “WhatRead more…
Calling for Pioneers – again
This year we have conferences/consultation/congress in several places -Tokyo, Edinburgh, Capetown.. ( & more) We search and discuss about many issues in mission. We seek where the new frontiers are. We are concerned about new generation. How do we raise up newRead more…
Missionary Activities and Human Rights: Recommended Ground Rules for Missionary Activities
This document is the result of a project on missionary activities and human rights at the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion and Belief (the Oslo Coalition). With human rights as a basis, the project aims to contribute to preventingRead more…
Diaspora – A Hidden Link to ‘Everywhere to Everywhere’ Missions
The era of Christian Mission, as we have known it, is over! What I mean is mission from ‘West to the Rest’ is a thing of the past. We are living through a new era in missions – everywhere toRead more…
10 things I learned about Student mission at Sydney University
EU students went chalking all over campus 1. Go crazy with publicity The EU staff and students peppered the campus with advertising: helium balloons, hoodies, t-shirts, facebook invites –my favourite is chalking – which as it was explained to meRead more…
The Necessity of the use of Indigenous Languages for purposes of Sustainability
This recently published article looks at the necessity for the use of indigenous languages for enabling sustainable development. Its use of missiological and theological terminology has been of necessity minimal to allow publication in a secular journal, but it hasRead more…
To Be an Earth-Keeper is to Be My Brother’s Keeper: Care of Creation.
(Adding my voice to those of Scott Sabin, Las Newman, Ken Gnanakan, Rod Green and others…) I am someone who values a sense of wonder. There is an immediacy and simplicity to wonder that points me to my Creator andRead more…
Muddled Methods
From a blog previously posted at ChinaSource. Short term, second career/retirees, non-resident, itinerant, indigenous, career… so many different ways and approaches for trying to bring transformation across cultural barriers. I certainly have opinions—very strong ones!—on which of these methods areRead more…