Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Ram Gidoomal in collaboration with the Resource Mobilization Working Group as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Mobilizing Resources for WorldRead more…
Holistic Gospel Impact on Prosperity Gospel
One characteristic of different cultures is that they can understand terms differently. I certainly consider the above terms (prosperity and holistic gospel) as a case in point. In my limited time in sub-Saharan Africa, I have found that to talkRead more…
A sketch on the mobilization of the Latin American
The Evangelical Latin American Church has grown quickly in the last 50 years. The nationalization of the leadership in the first half of the century and the emergence of national churches in the 30s, were decisive factors for the developmentRead more…
The Rich Find Reassuring
I am sharing a document about Old and New Testament Teaching Which the Rich Find Reassuring of Paul Davies (All Nations – UK). Paul and Wilma Davies were several years in Argentina and were de great help for missions movement Red Misiones Mundiales (COMIBAMRead more…
Evaluating Faithfulness
I’d like to start a conversation around the theme of evaluating faithfulness. The tension I’d like us to focus on (at least to start with) is the tension between the needs of donors and implementers in areas that require innovation. Read more…
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I love the “Beauty of Partnership” Study Guide
Last month, Werner Mischke passed to me a copy of his new yet-to-be-published book, “The Beauty of Partnership Study Guide: Standard Edition.” It’ll be published by MissionOne directly, and it’s a tribute to several innovative and relevant focal points. IRead more…
The Blessings Of The Other
A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ Samuel Escobar raised one of the main challenges of migration, which is the acceptance of the ’other’—the one different from us. Migrants, as the ’other,’ are often regarded as threatsRead more…
Getting Alongside
Is mission something done by people from the West using Western resources, or is it someone that anyone can do who is a Christian whether or not they have contact with Western donors? I think this is an important question.Read more…
The 5 letter taboo word in world mission …
There is a 5 letter word that is worse than a swear word for many Christians and many if not most people involved in world mission. It is the elephant in the room of many mission discussions although few willRead more…