From Migrants to Missionaries

From Migrants to Missionaries
Author: Benjamin Simon
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2010
Genre: African diaspora
ISBN: 9783631598429

The denominational plurality in continental Europe keeps growing. The churches of African origin are of increasing number. Seeking for a new identity in their new home, the concept of Diaspora and the question for legal issues get important for their identity. To what extent is their identity determined rather by seclusion or openness? Are the churches missionizing amongst Germans and are there ecumenical relations? What are the characteristics of such a new identity? How does it develop? By analyzing three different types of churches of African origin in the German context, especially by examining their sermons, the author demonstrates how those churches develop in a missionary direction and how they can become ecumenical partners.

Refugee Diaspora

Refugee Diaspora
Author: Sam George
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0878080872

God is at work among refugees everywhere. Will you join? Refugee Diaspora is a contemporary account of the global refugee situation and how the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ is shining brightly in the darkest corners of the greatest crisis on our planet. These hope-filled pages of refugees encountering Jesus Christ presents models of Christian ministry from the front lines of the refugee crisis and the real challenges of ministering to today’s refugees. It includes biblical, theological, and practical reflections on mission in diverse diaspora contexts from leading scholars as well as practitioners in all major regions of the world.

Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot

Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot
Author: Leonard Van Tighem
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2007
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN: 1552381897

Using valuable primary source material, most of which is previously unpublished, and some of which has been translated from the Flemish-Dutch and French, editors Mary Eggermont-Molenaar and Paul Callens introduce the Van Tighem brothers to today's reader. Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants, and Blackfoot: The Vantighem Brothers Diaries, Alberta 1875-1917, contains the transcribed diaries of brothers Leonard and Victor Van Tighem, Belgian Catholic missionaries in Alberta between 1874 and 1917. Leonard, an Oblate priest, served in a number of parishes in southern Alberta, some of which he helped establish. Victor, a member of the Belgian Van Dale congregation, served on the Peigan and Blood reserves, in the southern part of the province. Their diaries are interspersed with letters from family and friends and letters and articles by contemporary bishops and fellow priests and lay-brothers. The Van Tighems' diaries offer a fascinating glimpse of life during Alberta's early settlement and growth -- the immigration boom, the development of Lethbridge and the Peigan reserve, railroads, the mining industry, and the impact of World War I are all part of the historical backdrop of the brothers' diaries.

People Disrupted

People Disrupted
Author: Kim Jinbong
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0878080783

Migration has been a major source of change and a central feature in human development, but the sheer magnitude and relentlessness of migrant movements in recent decades defy easy analysis. The Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum desires accountability in Christian world mission. This volume is the outcome of the multinational case studies and responses presented at KGMLF’s 2017 consultation held in Sokcho, Korea, on the subject “Migration, Human Dislocation, and Accountability in Missions.” The studies presented deal with significant issues in Christian mission and address the case of North Korean migrants, the sufferings of Iraqis fleeing from war, African refugees, Syrian refugees in Lebanon, overseas Filipino workers, the situation of refugees in Europe, and other refugee cases.

Strangers Next Door

Strangers Next Door
Author: J. D. Payne
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-08-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830863419

Christians in the West are living among some of the least-reached people groups in the world and have the unprecedented opportunity to share the gospel with them. Here J. D. Payne introduces the phenomenon of human migration to the West and discusses how the Western church ought to respond.

American Society of Missiology Volume 4

American Society of Missiology Volume 4
Author: Robert A. Danielson
Publisher: First Fruits Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781621716709

The digital copies of these recordings are available for free at First Fruits website. place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruits Introduction xi Robert Danielson New Missions in a New Land: Korean-American Churches and Overseas Missions 1 Dae Sung Kim The Migrant Mandate: Missiology, Immigration, and the Local Church 13 Matthew Blanton Korean-American Churches and Evangelism: An Immigrant Church as Evangelistic Community 37 Dae Sung Kim Imagination and Artistic Human Expression - Toward a Beginning Theology 51 Byron Spradlin Promoting Dignity, Community, and Reconciliation among Refugees Through Diverse Musical Expression 59 Mark W. Lewis Missiology of Public Life as Resiliency 75 Geoff Whiteman

Blessed Migrants

Blessed Migrants
Author: Samuel Lee
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2008-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0595504086

For the millions of people who reside outside their native countries, Blessed Migrants shares God's strategy in reaching the changing world through teaching Abraham's four everlasting promises. Dr. Samuel Lee, founder of Jesus Christ Foundation Churches and an international outreach ministry, answers a personal calling to help migrants understand the important role they play in the kingdom of God and to encourage revivals in their hosting nations. By discussing the history of migrants through Biblical stories, he illustrates how today migrants can becomes an instrument of love and a blessing to others-literally transforming themselves into modern-day Abrahams, Josephs, Jacobs and Ruths. Dr. Lee also focuses on the biblical conditions that must be realized in order for current migrants to be blessed and how a Christian migrant can successfully interact with other cultures and host nations. Several migrant-exporting nations are described including the Philippines, Africa, and Korea. Abraham was a migrant and pioneer of faith who dutifully followed the Lord's command. The blessings he received from God still to this day remain inspiration for migrants who want to make a global impact through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Asian Migrants and Religious Experience

Asian Migrants and Religious Experience
Author: Brenda S.A. Yeoh
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2018-07-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9048532221

Typically, scholars approach migrants' religions as a safeguard of cultural identity, something that connects migrants to their communities of origin. This ethnographic anthology challenges that position by reframing the religious experiences of migrants as a transformative force capable of refashioning narratives of displacement into journeys of spiritual awakening and missionary calling. These essays explore migrants' motivations in support of an argument that to travel inspires a search for new meaning in religion.

God's Message to Missionaries and Immigrants

God's Message to Missionaries and Immigrants
Author: Luiz F Cardoso
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781716598883

There are more missionaries, migrants and refugees in our world today than any previous time in our planet's history. That is part of the modern globalized world and won't change anytime soon. So, the big question is, how can people thrive and not just survive when crossing cultures? Is there a way that people could experience an easier adaptation in another place, language and culture? And can we find in God's word any guidance for people experiencing a new culture? In God's message to missionaries and immigrants, Luiz F. Cardoso draws on years of real-life cross-cultural experience and solid theological exploration to help us discover God's principles for crossing cultures and thriving in a new land.