The New York Times is now covering the contextualization issue, you can read it here. Like one would expect from the secular press, they don't really get the whole picture. However, it is further evidence that missionary issues that have been primarily fought in academic circles and in the hushed conference rooms of missionary get-together [...]
I have been working on a project for training missionaries who are planting churches. This has led me to consider the history of missionary strategy. I am concluding that we constantly repeat the same mistakes, over and over. In 1899, John Livingston Nevius was asked to speak on missions to the forming Korean church. Nevius [...]
I am sad to write that the government of Morocco has expelled over 30 foreigners who were all in the country with legitimate jobs and residence permits. Many of them were doing humanitarian work which contributed to the well being of the country. A number of different nationalities, who worked for many different organizations, were [...]
Today I was sent a link to an excellent overview on the current state of affairs regarding contextualization by Christians in their outreach to Muslims. It is by Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo and is entitled, "Recent Changes in Christian Approaches to Islam." it's a pretty good writeup of the history of the issue. It is critical [...]
There is a lot of communication happening on the “contextualization” front. For some years, some missionaries have been using ministry forms which are highly indigenous in nature and rely on sources from within other religious traditions to make their case. Others have been highly critical of this approach. This dialogue has a language all its [...]
