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Interserve resolutions on mission in the Arab World |
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In a conference of leaders in Church and mission in the Arab World, organized by Interserve, these ‘resolutions’ were adopted for arranging relations between sending church, mission, and receiving church. >>download this article.
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John Stringer speaks about his own ‘search’ in respect to the relationship between church and mission. He argues that in mission, the church ‘on the receiving end’, should have an important say in strategizing, personnel selection, etc. >>download this article.
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Partnership is in our DNA |
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Paul-Bendor Samuel, the international director or Interserve, describes how in his organization, partnership with the church has always been a crucial matter. He believes ‘partnership’ is part of the DNA of Christians. >>download this article.
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Blessing to send missionaries to the Arab World |
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Harpert Tromp explains how it has been a blessing for his own sending church to be related to missionaries in the Arab World. His mission-oriented church has about 10% of its adult membership abroad. >>download this article.
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The American church and mission in the Arab World |
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Whether you like it or not, the American churches will continue to send their people to the Arab World. We must therefore help the Arab churches understand what drives these missionaries. That is, in short, what Doug Van Bronkhorst argues. >> Download the article .
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Authentic interdepedence in the mission of God |
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Kevin Bird pastors a Baptist church in Australia. He explains what true partnership between churches in the ‘Western’ world and churches in the Arab world entails. It does not mean that he is allowed to preach in the Arab world if he brings a sack of money along… >>download this article.
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How should sending and receiving church relate? |
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Dr Hark Yoo Kim is professor of Intercultural studies at Hapdong Theological Seminary (Seoul, Korea). He argues that mission must focus on theological education of new churches. Only theology should form the interface between missionary and receiving church. >>download this article.
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The unique role of Koreans in mission |
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Oh, those Koreans… Dr Matthew Jeong is the director of Interserve in Korea. He did groundbreaking research about the image of Koreans in the mission field. His paper contains wise advise for better understanding and better relationships. >>download this article.
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Key factors why Palestinian Muslims became Christians |
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Ant Greenham researched 22 Palestinian converts to the Christians faith. Why did these Muslims decide to become Christians? Greenham lists key factors that were important in their conversion stories. Interesting to see how different each path to Christ has been. >>download this article.
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Jesus is the Son of God, and He is so from eternity |
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David Abernathy discusses the paper that we published previously by Rick Brown et al. Abernathy argues that the orthodox Christian view of the Trinity is at stake, and challenges Brown’s suggestion that the historic Trinitarian view is unbiblical. >>download this article.
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In defense of the Insider Movement in Bangladesh |
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A Bangladeshi Believer from Muslim Background (BMB), ‘Babul’, and the Korean-American rev. Douglas Shin, disagree with an attack on the Insider Movement by the Bangladeshi BMB Edward Ayub. They paint a more positive picture of the Insider Movement in Bangladesh. >>download this article.
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Did Naaman go back to to worship Baal? |
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When Naaman was healed, the prophet Elisha sent him back to his pagan country and religion. Therefore, when Muslims find Christ, they can go back to Islam. Wrong, says John Span. In this exegetical article, he explains why such usage of the story is unacceptable. >>download this article.
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The meaning of oikos (house) in the Bible |
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The Greek word oikos, meaning house(hold), has been used as a conceptual model for the Insider Movement as well as many other Christian movements. John Span does careful exegesis of the term and argues that the Bible also demands radical spiritual change. >>download this article.
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Common Path Alliance, not the way of God |
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Douglas Pirkey challenges the Common Path Alliance. ‘Are these people really Christians’, is what he wonders. He accuses some mission agencies of heresy. Quite a challenge, but does he have a point? He certainly has a clear opinion. >>download this article.
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Book review: American Evangelicals in Egypt (Heather Sharkey) |
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Adam Simnowitz wrote this book review of Heather Sharkey’s American Evangelicals in Egypt. The book is a thoroughly researched account of the American Mission in Egypt. Simnowitz likes the book, and advises all of us to read it. >>download this article.
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Book review: The God who hates (Wafa Sultan) |
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Wafa Sultan wrote a book titled The God who Hates. She believes that the only hope for a better Arab World is in an adaptation of Islam. Many Christians like what she says, but do not forget, she rejects all religion, the Christian faith included. Book review by Adam Simnowitz.>>download this article.
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Complete Issue of St Francis Magazine 6:1 (February 2010) |
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This is the complete St Francis Magazine 6:1, with all its 16 articles.>>Download the magazine.
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are downloaded and, we assume, read and used. This issue of St Francis Magazine 6:1 (February 2010) has two central themes. One is the relationship between Church and Mission. The second is Insider Movements, or C5.
