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The Three Horizons: Culture, Integration and Communication

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  • David J. Hesselgrave

What is the role of context and contextualization in the communication of the gospel? The paper takes a look at and evaluates different contextualization theories.

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The Culture We Need

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  • Gerald M. Bilkes

This article looks at the relationship between contextualization, culture and mission work. Do we need to contexualize our message in order to practice effective mission work?

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The Missionary Approach to Muslims: L. Blosser on "Contextualization"

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article discusses the topic of mission work and evangelism, specifically in relation to muslim people. How much should missionaries adapt to the culture of the people they are preaching to?

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Doing Theology from a Missionary Perspective

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  • John Bolt

This article looks at the missionary context and the importance of theology in missions.

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Postmodern Apologetics & Evangelism

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  • David Robertson

This article is about postmodernism and the message the church has in this time. The author discusses reality, radicalism and relationships, and also the challenges postmodernism poses to the church, church planting and evangelism.

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Presenting the Gospel to Muslims

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  • Victor Atallah

This article is about missions to Islam.

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Evangelism

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  • Carl R. Trueman

This article is about evangelism in our postmodern era. What do we have to watch out for bringing the gospel in this day and age?

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (4): A Self-Supporting Church

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  • Jason L. Kortering

The goal of mission work is to create indigenous churches which become self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. This article looks at the aspect of a self-supporting church. The relationship between the sending church and the mission church is crucial, especially when it comes to money. The author points out errors from the past, but also gives directives for creating a self-supporting church.

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (3): A Self-Propagating Church

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  • Jason L. Kortering

The goal of mission work is to create indigenous churches which become self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. This article looks at the aspect of the indigenous church being self-propagating, discussing the importance of location, ability to speak the local language, developing instructional material in the local language, good books, training each believer to witness, and the training of children.

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (2): A Self-governing Church

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  • Jason L. Kortering

The goal of mission work is to create indigenous churches which become self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. This article looks at the aspect of the indigenous church being self-governing, providing six things to consider in relation to church government.

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (1)

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  • Jason L. Kortering

What is an indigenous church? This is the question every missionary and sending church is asking. This article looks at the history of mission work during the colonization era and points to how things were done wrong. The author also discusses what it means to be an indigenous church.

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Raising the Par in the Parley

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  • Theodore Hard

This article is about mission and culture, and making contact with unbelievers in a mission context. Muslim mission is also discussed.

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Christian Missions to Islam and Western Culture

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  • Bassam M. Madany

This article is about missions to Islam, Islam and the Western culture, the danger of secularism in missions.

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Alarming Trends in Christian Witness to Muslims

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  • Leon F. Blosser

This article looks at contextualization in relation to evangelism and mission work directed toward Muslim individuals.

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Christian Missions to Islam and Western Culture

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  • Bassam M. Madany

This article is about missions to Islam, Islam and the Western culture, the danger of secularism in missions.

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Church Facing Global Challenge of Islam

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  • Bassam M. Madany

This article is about the Christian missions and the Islam faith. The author also discusses Islam and the Western culture, and the effect of secularism on missions.

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The Decade of Evangelism in a Multi-Cultural Society

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  • John Root

This article discusses the nature of Britian as a multi-cultural society, and then discusses how the Church of England can practice evangelism toward this society.

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Christian Identity in the African Context: Reflections on Kwame Bediako's Theology and Identity

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  • Keith Ferdinando

The African church has become a major influence in Christianity. An important contributor of international reputation is Kwame Bediako, a scholar from Ghana.

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Global Society: Challenges for Christian Mission

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  • Vinoth Ramachandra

Ramachandra sets the challenge of contemporary Christian discipleship and mission in the context of our changing political, economic and cultural context. He presents a vision of the gospel and the Church of Christ as the true universalism in the context of globalization.

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