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Author : Michael Nai-Chiu Poon
Publisher : ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD
ISBN 13 : 9814305235
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Church Partnerships in Asia written by Michael Nai-Chiu Poon and published by ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD. This book was released on 2011 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brepols Publishers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503586649
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (866 download)
Download or read book The Church of the East in Central Asia and China written by Brepols Publishers and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers on the history of Christianity along the Silk Road and in pre-modern China, pushing back the frontier of knowledge in a fast developing new area of research.00The diffusion of Christianity along the Silk Road from Iraq and Iran to China in the pre-modern era has attracted scholarly attention in the West since the discovery of the famous Xi?an (Nestorian) Monument c. 1623. This initial discovery was dismissed as a?Jesuit forgery? by Voltaire, Edward Gibbon and many other scholars of the Enlightenment. However, its authenticity has been more than vindicated by the discovery of genuine (Nestorian / Jingjiao) Christian texts in Chinese from Dunhuang and in Syriac, Sogdian and Old Turkish from Turfan (Bulayïq) at the beginning of the last century. The discovery of a second major inscription which included part of a Chinese Christian (Jingjiao) text already known to scholars from Dunhuang, and the recent re-discovery of several Dunhuang Christian texts in a Japanese library, has removed any lingering doubts about the authenticity of the texts recovered from Dunhuang. The surviving material spans almost a millennium from the introduction of Christianity along the Silk Road in the sixth and seventh centuries through the Mongol period and beyond.
Author : Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474439845
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Christianity in South and Central Asia written by Kenneth R. Ross and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference volume covers every country in South and Central Asia, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.
Author : Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830834605
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Partnering with the Global Church written by Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new Urbana Onward minibook, Nikki Toyama-Szeto and Femi Adeleye look at how we can partner across cultures to address tricky issues like power, finances, transparency and trust, and develop new models for ministry that reflect the servant heart of God.
Author : Peter Cha
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830875425
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Growing Healthy Asian American Churches written by Peter Cha and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian American church is in transition. Congregations face the challenges of preserving ethnic culture and heritage while contextualizing their ministry to younger generations and the unchurched. Many Asian American church leaders struggle with issues like leadership development, community dynamics and intergenerational conflict. But often Asian American churches lack the resources and support they need to fulfill their callings. Peter Cha, Steve Kang and Helen Lee and a team of veteran Asian American pastors and church leaders offer eight key values for healthy Asian American churches. Drawing on years of expertise and filled with practical examples from landmark churches like Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, NewSong Church and Lighthouse Christian Church, the book provides soundly biblical perspectives for effective ministry that honors the Asian American cultural context. Insights from such pioneering leaders as Ken Fong, David Gibbons, Grace May, Wayne Ogimachi, Steve Wong, Nancy Sugikawa and Soong-Chan Rah make this an essential guide for Asian American church leaders wanting to help their congregations achieve health and growth. Produced in partnership with the Catalyst Leadership Center, a resource organization for Asian American church ministry.
Author : William D. Taylor
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645082504
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Kingdom Partnerships for Synergy in Missions written by William D. Taylor and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church/missions community must move beyond superficial fellowship and simple networking to true partnerships, cooperative ventures, and the sharing of resources. This will result in synergy - a phenomenon where the output is greater than the sum of its parts. Twenty-two missions leaders from around the world speak candidly to these issues and call us to reflection, relationship and engagement without which the nations of this world will not be discipled for Christ.
Author : Luther Jeom Ok Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498231942
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Doing Diaspora Missiology Toward "Diaspora Mission Church" written by Luther Jeom Ok Kim and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050, Pew Research Center reported that "The nation's population will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and fully 82% of the growth during this period will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their descendants." This shows that it is essential to study and understand how our mission, especially in the context of the USA, called the nation of immigrants, will respond to this huge mobility of immigrant diaspora. So far, there has been emphasis on doing diaspora missiology; however, there is no practical implications and application in local church setting. Now mission is next door, which implies that the ministry of the local church should be emphasized for 21st contemporary mission. This book provides detailed frameworks and methods of diaspora missiology within local churches, called 'diaspora mission church.' According to the Bible, all human beings are theologically and spiritually diaspora, irrespective of ethnicity, because they were banished from the Garden of Eden, and scattered around the world in God's judgment. Now, they walk toward the encounter with Jesus Christ, preach the gospel as the seed of Kingdom, and finally move toward heaven.
Author : W M Syn
Publisher : Genesis Books (Armour Publishing)
ISBN 13 : 9815060503
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)
Download or read book On Being The Antioch Of Asia written by W M Syn and published by Genesis Books (Armour Publishing). This book was released on with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has Singapore been living up to its call as the Antioch of Asia? What happens when churches carry out their missions programs without partnering with missions organisations? Is it healthy for churches to apply popular trends or ideas in missions across different cultural fields? In On Being the Antioch of Asia, W. M. Syn speaks to 60 missions leaders and pastors about the health of mission practices in Singapore's churches. While churches seem to be embracing Singapore's call to be the Antioch of Asia by sending out more missionaries, their lack of partnership with missions organisations and short-term strategies has also led to a host of problems that are negatively affecting the Singapore mission system. This book examines the effectiveness of popular trends and ideas in missions, highlights areas that need strengthening, and proposes a new model of missions partnership between local churches and agencies in order to enable Singapore to fulfil its call as the Antioch of Asia effectively.
Author : Carole Rakodi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429825102
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Religious Organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia written by Carole Rakodi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the links between religion, states, social welfare and social change in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Building on the author’s previous analysis of how religious beliefs, practices and values influence social behaviour and relationships, especially within families, this book focuses on the organisational characteristics of religions and societies. The book considers how Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist organisations working in different contexts express the religious values of charity and compassion in practical activities to improve social welfare. Drawing on extensive empirical research, the book maps the organisations involved, identifying the factors that explain their choice of activities, sources of funding and modes of organisation, and highlighting similarities and differences between the religious traditions. It considers the involvement of religious actors in school-level education, as well as in international humanitarian relief and reconstruction, and addresses the claim that religious organisations have distinctive features that give them comparative advantages. Finally, the book reviews research on the roles of religious values and organisations in resisting or promoting social change, focusing on women’s movements, especially their campaigns for changes in family law, and the quest for social and legal recognition for sexual and gender minorities. The book’s wide coverage of two subcontinents in the Global South and several important religious traditions will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of sociology, international development, religious studies, anthropology and area studies, as well as to those engaged in policy and action who are looking to improve their understanding of the complex social, cultural, political and religious contexts in which they work.
Author : Samuel Cueva
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783689307
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Mission Partnership in Creative Tension written by Samuel Cueva and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Cueva has refined his concept of ‘partnership in mission’ by advocating the use of reciprocal contextual collaboration in this important contribution to scholarly reflection on contemporary missiology. Referencing historical, theological and functional aspects of how mission has been carried out, as well as analyzing its impact on the evangelical movement, the author identifies that mission always develops with positive and negative tensions. Emphasizing an understanding of current missions which include traditional, networking and emergent models, and how they can be combined, interconnected and interchanged, the author proposes a fresh model that ensures the suitability for every mission context.
Author : Felix Wilfred
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199341524
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia written by Felix Wilfred and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread misconceptions and interpretations of Christianity in Asia. They analyze how the growth of Christian beliefs throughout the continent is linked with the socio-political and cultural processes of colonization, decolonization, modernization, democratization, identity construction of social groups, and various social movements. With a particular focus on inter-religious encounters and emerging theological and spiritual paradigms, the volume provides alternative frames for understanding the phenomenon of conversion and studies how the scriptures of other religious traditions are used in the practice of Christianity within Asia.
Author : Roman Malek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000435113
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Jingjiao written by Roman Malek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume were mostly first presented at the conference "Research on Nestorianism in China. Zhongguo jingjiao yanjiu 中國景教研究" held in Salzburg, 20– 26 May 2003. Like the conference, the volume explores the subject of "Nestorianism" (jingjiao, "Luminous Religion") in a variety of aspects. The material of the present collection is organized in five parts. The first part presents different aspects of the past and current research on jingjiao. The second part discusses jingjiao in the Tang dynasty, especially the question of the "Nestorian" texts and documents, their authenticity and theology. The third part deals with the "Nestorian" inscriptions and remains from the Yuan dynasty, especially from Quanzhou. Part four is dedicated to questions of the Church of the East in Central Asia and other historically relevant countries. The last part of the book presents a "Preliminary Bibliography on the Church of the East in China and Central Asia" prepared especially for this volume.
Author : Jonathan S. Barnes
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620322420
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Power and Partnership written by Jonathan S. Barnes and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the concept of partnership between churches in the Global North and South has been an ecumenical goal for well over eight decades, realizing relationships of mutuality, solidarity, and koinonia has been, to say the least, problematic. Seeking to understand the dynamics of power and control in these relationships, this work traces the history of how partnership has been lived out, both as a concept and in practice. It is argued that many of the issues that are problematic for partnerships today can find their antecedents during colonial times at the very beginnings of the modern missionary movement. For those interested in pursuing cross-cultural partnerships today, understanding this history and recognizing the use, as well as the misuse, of power is crucial as we seek genuine relationships of care and friendship in our fractured and divided world.
Author : Chris Sugden
Publisher : OCMS
ISBN 13 : 9781870345262
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Seeking the Asian Face of Jesus written by Chris Sugden and published by OCMS. This book was released on 1997 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy Tseng
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0981987818
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Asian American Christianity Reader written by Timothy Tseng and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is an interdisciplinary collection of scholarly and religious articles about Asian American Christianity. Its four sections -- contexts, sites, identity, and voices ? offer in-depth understanding of both Catholic and Protestant traditions, practices, theologies, and faith communities. It also highlights diversity and complexity across lines of gender, generation, denomination, race and ethnicity in Asian American Christianity.
Author : Kang San Tan
Publisher : Wide Margin
ISBN 13 : 0956594387
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Understanding Asian Mission Movements written by Kang San Tan and published by Wide Margin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of Asian mission poses important questions to the global Church: How can we best relate to these burgeoning Asian mission movements? What can we learn from them? What models of partnership, mutual support and resourcing are appropriate-on both sides? This book presents the papers from three Asian Mission Consultations held at Redcliffe College in Gloucester between 2008 and 2010, which brought together mission leaders and practitioners from Asian and non-Asian missions to interact with these questions.
Author : Jukka Helle
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004509658
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church written by Jukka Helle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the Asian Catholic bishops have received and put into practice the reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council. With a good reason the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference can be described as Asia’s continuing Vatican II.
