Introduction One of the inevitable phases human beings pass through on this planet is the time the wind of life howls dirges around them. It is a time when people easily admit the cruelty of life. During this time, all… Read More ›
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Gregorius Noster: An Ever-Needed Confession of Winsome Models for Evangelism Today
Introduction Many churches encounter intense pushback in their praxis of evangelism. For some, faith sharing is no longer a normal lived experience because they exist within a context where evangelism has been reduced to another E-word. This frustrating situation sometimes… Read More ›
Ernest and Phebe Ward: The Life and Legacy of the Pioneering Free Methodist Missionaries to India
Introduction Missionary biographies are integral and vital elements of history. The history of Christianity and Christian missions in India has many unknown, lesser-known, and uncelebrated missionaries as well as native Christian leaders whose stories are yet to be shared and… Read More ›
From Multiculturality to Interculturality: The Aim of Theological Education in the Global Context
“What exactly is interculturality?” It is important to acknowledge at the outset that this recently-coined terminology is still very unclear for many people. First and foremost, interculturality is not merely “internationality” or “multiculturality” whereby a community, which is comprised of… Read More ›
Exploring the Mission Theology of Donald Anderson McGavran: A Historical and Missiological Reflection
Introduction Widely acclaimed as “the Father of the Church Growth movement,”[1] Donald A. McGavran occupies a distinctive place in the history of Christian missions and missiological reflection. A magnum opus of missionary biographies, Mission Legacies,lists McGavran among the prominent mission theorists and strategists.[2] In this… Read More ›
Turbans and Individuals: A Christian Ethnographic Reflection on Understanding American Sikhs
Introduction In understanding Sikhs or Sikh religion, the topic of turban is unavoidable. Turbans, in the midst of other head coverings, soon caught my attention as I first arrived at the Gurudwara in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin my short ethnographic… Read More ›
Histology From Below: Historical Development, Global Trends, and Contextual Proposals: Part II
Christology “from Below”: Evaluation and Proposal As indicated earlier, our perception of reality is, to a large extent, a mediated perception. By “mediated perception,” I mean, we conjure known concepts and images to make sense of things and concepts that… Read More ›
Christology From Below: Historical Development, Global Trends, and Contextual Proposals: Part I
Introduction That Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb.13: 8) is a biblical truth that Christians of all ages affirm. Christians, from Jerusalem to Jakarta and from the first to the 21st century, worship the same Jesus. However,… Read More ›
Teaching and Learning as Inspired Dialogue: Implications for Cross-Cultural Teaching Ministry
Introduction The ‘Guru-shishya’ (lit. Teacher-student) relationship in the context of India is not only one of the most sacred and respected relationships but also considered an inevitable one for the attainment of the ‘Moksha’ (lit. emancipation from the cycle… Read More ›
Dichotomy Between Faith and Scholarship: A Reflection from Pakistan
Introduction The very first advice I got from many elderly and wise people when I was going to England to pursue theological studies was, “Do not let your higher studies murder your faith in God.” They also added that “the… Read More ›
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