Every mission, missionary and mission leader should lay emphasis on a continued and consistent effort in their work. Mission work must continue to the next level, whether in the field, leadership or strategy. In each level, the common attitude motivating each one daily should be, “I am here by God’s divine appointment, in His keeping, …
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DID ROLAND ALLEN FORESEE DIASPORA MISSIOLOGY?
INTRODUCTION
Roland Allen advocated the “Spontaneous Expansion of the Church,” the Spirit-directed growth of the Christian faith beyond the control of expatriate missionaries. A century later “Diaspora Missiology” has emerged as a way of promoting God’s work among people living in settings new to them. This study examines continuities and discontinuities between Allen’s vision and what …
RE-UNIFICATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA AS TOLD BY THE BIBLE
PROLOGUE: THE BROTHERHOOD MUST BE RECOVERED
I, the writer, am a pastor who ministered in Uzbekistan from 1997 to 2004, in Kazakstan from 2005 to 2015 and currently serving as coach for North Korea’s youth with disabilities soccer team. I accompanied the team 4 times to the Asian Para Games, 2 times to the Paralympic Games …
A CRITIQUE TO THE MISSIOLOGY BASED ON COMMON GROUNDS BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY & ISLAM
Edward Ayub formerly known as Mohammed Ayub was born in a Wahhabi Muslim family and trained as a practicing Muslim. He heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ during his university life in 1982 from a Muslim convert whom Ayub and his friends persecuted. But God has called and changed him in 1984. Since then he …
IMPRESSIONS, THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS BANGLADESH MISSIONS ASSOCIATION
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
Rev. Edward Ayub was invited by AMA leaders to attend the 11thTriennial Convention of the Asia Missions Association (AMA) held in South Korea in 2013. Due to his trip to the USA, he could not attend. Dr. Timothy Kiho Park, the Head Chairman of AMA and Dr. Steve Eom, the General Secretary of …
THE FOUNDING OF BANGLADESH MISSIONS ASSOCIATION (BMA)
PREAMBLE
The Bangladesh Mission Association’s foundation stone has been laid and its first step was taken with a great hope to bring Bangladesh Church into foreign land. We are passing through a very crucial moment where economical insolvency, social and political unrest and spiritual warfare are rising each and every moment. Therefore the important individual and …
EDITORIAL: Bangladesh Missions Association
Welcome to the 55th issue of Asian Missions Advance! We have good news to share with our readers about the birth of Bangladesh Missions Association (BMA). After decades of prayer and effort, BMA has been founded. It has been a long journey to arrive to this point of the birth of BMA. Since the Asia …
NATIONAL REPORT: CHRISTIAN MISSION IN THAILAND
Prawate Khid-arn
Thailand means “land of freedom”, one of the South East Asian “Tigers”. Never colonized, in the 19th century, it negotiated land for freedom to keep out of the clutches of Western colonialism.
Religion in Thailand is varied. There is no official state religion in the Thai constitution, which guarantees religious freedom for all Thai citizens. …
WORSHIP AND MISSIONS
Benjamin R. Baclagon
Jesus was on a mission. He had gone to the land of the Samaritans. “He had to go through Samaria.” (John 4:4) Why? He was seeking out this lonely Samaritan woman, in need of salvation, needing to know who Jesus was. By verses 13-15 of John 4, the Lord had presented to this …
VIRTUAL CHURCH AND MISSION
Steve Kyeongseop Eom
“Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.” (John 4:20-21)
Sociologists and futurists say that the changes the …