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		<title>Too Much Emphasis on Islam</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/04/12/too-much-emphasis-on-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a question I have been pondering lately. &#160; Is there too much emphasis on Islam in missiology? Let me state up front that I am NOT talking about too much of a focus on Islam in the church, particularly the North American church. I can only hope and pray that churches would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneers Statement on Contextualization</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/03/09/pioneers-statement-on-contextualization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pioneers recently adopted a &#8220;Statement on Contextualization&#8221; which provides insight into how the international leadership of the organization views contextualization. &#160;This statement will be heralded in some circles and maligned in others. &#160;Overall, though, I think it does a pretty good job of combining freedom with responsibility. I would love to get your feedback on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from the MN Vikings</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/10/11/leadership-lessons-from-the-mn-vikings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Brad Childress a genius?&#160; Maybe, just maybe. The usual visitor to this blog is looking to read about the church, missions, or organizational leadership.&#160; Well, Chillie is giving us a rare connection to organizational leadership which is just too rich to ignore. The Minnesota Vikings are &#34;all in&#34; this year.&#160; Next year they lose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terracotta Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/23/terracotta-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/23/terracotta-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; If you were Chinese, what religion is a better political option for you? Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam? &#160; Yesterday I had a conversation with somebody who has been living and working in China for the past ten years or so. We were talking about the incredible growth of the church there. I asked him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get an Oracle</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/14/get-an-oracle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/14/get-an-oracle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our organization has a wise, old, experienced oracle. I mean, we really, literally do. &#34;Uncle Jack&#34; is a legend in the world of global Christian organizations.&#160; For decades he worked with one of the two large umbrella associations to help their members be more effective.&#160; He was a founder of SEND International, one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poking Dead Bodies</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/06/17/postmortem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/06/17/postmortem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Conducting Post-Mortem Debriefs &#8220;Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&#8221; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#8211; George Santayana Intentional evaluation of your organization&#8217;s successful and failed efforts is crucial to improvement.&#160; Most of our best lessons can be learned by simple discussions about what went right and what went wrong. The &#8220;Post-Mortem&#8221; helps you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out in the Open</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/15/out-in-the-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#39;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not much new in mission strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/14/whatsnew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/14/whatsnew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been working on a project for training missionaries who are planting churches.&#160; This has led me to consider the history of missionary strategy.&#160; 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.&#160; Nevius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s ten o&#8217;clock.  Do you know what your missionaries are doing?</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/09/do-you-know-what-your-missionaries-are-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/09/do-you-know-what-your-missionaries-are-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; It is by Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo and is entitled, &#34;Recent Changes in Christian Approaches to Islam.&#34;&#160; it&#39;s a pretty good writeup of the history of the issue.&#160; It is critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liar! Liar!  The current missiological debate on contextualization rages on&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/05/liar-liar-the-current-missiological-debate-on-contextualization-rages-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/05/liar-liar-the-current-missiological-debate-on-contextualization-rages-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of communication happening on the &#8220;contextualization&#8221; 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.&#160; Others have been highly critical of this approach.&#160; This dialogue has a language all its [...]]]></description>
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