All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.” (2 Cor 5:18-20)
THE AGONY OF A DIVIDED KOREA
June 25, 2020 will …
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THE BRIDGES OF GOD: Exploring the Strategic Significance of Near-Cultural Mission
INTRODUCTION
In 1974, Ralph Winter introduced the paradigm of his now famous e-scale. The idea behind the scale is that there are degrees of cultural distance which separate reached peoples from unreached peoples. The most extreme distances are categorized as E3, which would be like a Norwegian taking the gospel to the pygmies in the Congo. …
MIGRATION AND MISSION: The Asia Missions Association’s 13th Triennial Convention
In 2013 it was in Incheon, S. Korea. In 2016, it was in Manila, Philippines and this year 2019, it happened in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The 13th Triennial Convention of the Asia Missions Association was held in Thailand last November 11-15, 2019 with the theme MIGRATION AND MISSION taken from Acts 8:4.
Chiang Mai City, a …
EDITORIAL: MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION
“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.” (2 Cor. 5:18-19)
People try to avenge the sins of others …
MISSIONARY CAREER TRANSITION
Today, Missionary Career Transition is an urgent task that needs to be addressed not only by individual missionaries, but also by the Korean Church as a whole. Recently, we have witnessed an increased number of missionaries who have been expelled from their mission fields. Not only that, uncontrollable circumstances such as family death and sickness, …
PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP (GAP & EUL) AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT IN CAMBODIA.
INTRODUCTION
Mark Knoll, in his book, ‘The new shape of world Christianity: How American experience reflects global faith,’ states that Korean evangelical Christianity has been over-influenced by American Christianity. Jonathan Bonk also states that “The Korean church’s famous stress on formulas for numerical growth and the resulting corporatization of ecclesiology has given rise to serious structural …
AN OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES, MIGRATION, MINORITIES AND MISSIONS IN HONG KONG, PLUS OUR PRAYER NEEDS
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT
Although it is becoming increasingly common to see the terms ‘refugee’ and ‘migrant’ used interchangeably in media and public discussions, there is a crucial legal difference between the two. Confusing them can lead to problems for refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as misunderstandings in discussions of asylum and migration.
Refugees are specifically defined and …