This project is a recommendation of missio Dei theology as a true and authentic way for a small local church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod, in New Hyde Park, New York, to do ministry and mission within its context. It is a proposal, therefore, for thi…
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The North American church is on the edge of a precipice. The majority of churches are in need of revitalization. As churches turn inward and focus on their own personal preference, needs, and spiritual growth the church loses sight of their partnership and fellowship in the miss…
This dissertation examines the first three decades of a missionary encounter that began under the auspices of the Congo Inland Mission (CIM – later renamed as Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission [AIMM]) in Belgian Congo. As Africans, North Americans, and Europeans entered into relati…
The number of men in the churches across the UK is generally in decline. Christopher Wright and other scholars have been keen advocates for using a missional hermeneutic to read the Bible. When applying a missional hermeneutic to the whole Word of God, it is clear that God sends…
This dissertation is aimed at increasing the practice of verbal gospel proclamation among Christ followers. Part I lays the foundation for a theological understanding of mission and evangelism. It is here where I examine the practice of evangelism as it pertains to missional eng…
The problem is Christian school principals, teachers, and parents perceived the implementation of Christian practices by the principal based on the school’s mission statement to achieve an authentic Christian school culture differently. The purpose of this qualitative explorator…
The interpretation of Paul’s command to imitate him in the New Testament has been widely and variously understood. This work uses close attention to the Hellenistic Jewish context of imitation in Paul’s world and the Latin and Greek epigraphic evidence to demonstrate that imitat…
The world seems to be facing rapidly increasing cycles of disruption, challenges, and disorder. In the face of these challenges, mission leadership is stretched to adapt, trying to catch up with the pace of change and provide wisdom and action that helps navigate these challenge…
The Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, record God continually revealing his plan of salvation to his people and through his people. As Luke records in Acts 2 it was Spirit baptism that constituted the Church and caused it to missionize the world. When one closely examines t…
This book addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of study by taking as its starting point the early eighteenth century Anglican initiatives in colonial North America and the Caribbean. It considers ho…
This book addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of study by taking as its starting point the early eighteenth century Anglican initiatives in colonial North America and the Caribbean. It considers ho…
In this paper the author explores the national approach to mission in Bulgaria. Forty five Bulgarians, active in sharing their faith in Christ, were interviewed with respect to their theology of mission. Exposure to cross-cultural missionaries over the past 100 years has provide…
Among Malaysians today, there is a vibrant and growing presence of Malay Christians. This study examines their socio-religious life and identity vis-à-vis their family, the ummah, state, church and some aspects of globalization. To do so, adult male and female Malay Christians i…
How did Christianity make its remarkable voyage from the Roman Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent? By examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antique Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, central Asia, and Iran, this book contemplates the social rela…
In the sixty years following the Spanish conquest, indigenous communities in central Mexico suffered the equivalent of three Black Deaths, a demographic catastrophe that prompted them to rebuild under the aegis of Spanish missions. Where previous histories have framed this proce…