Reason Missiologically
Cross-cultural mission work requires that we learn to think missiologically. How does God’s Word impact the local culture? And how can the local culture reflect God’s character and adopt His principles into their local cultural setting? What worldview assumptions will impact how the Gospel is understood? And how can we present the Good News in a way that is both relevant and compelling to those we are serving? These and other questions are ones we must wrestle with as we introduce people from other cultures to a life-giving relationship with Jesus. Whether you’re new to contextualization or consider yourself a pro, we hope you will find these resources helpful.
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Embracing God’s Heart for Immigrants and Refugees
By Joseph Kidder and Boubakar Sanou Several years ago, my [Joseph’s] brother and his family came to the United States …
The Jesus Method in Action: A Martinican Woman in Madagascar
Based on an interview by Oscar Osindo, Associate Director, IWM For many, the opportunity to explore a culture different from …
Sharing Christ with the Buddhists
Christians have often found it difficult to share the gospel with Buddhists. Buddhists have often found it difficult to become …
Your Values and Culture
In all we do we are guided by our values. However, individuals and cultures differ on what they value as …
Conquer Your Cultural Stereotypes
Our culture determines what feels normal, right, and real to us, and what we take for granted. When asked why …
Learning Culture: 5 Implications for Missionaries
Most aspects of culture are learnt in early childhood before you know how to reason. You learn everyday things like …
Two Main Reasons why you Should say “yes” to Mission
Many people think we should leave people in the world alone and not bother them with Christianity. Others would argue …
3 Effective Ways to Reach the Unreached
As great as challenges are outside the church, the people of God also face challenges inside the church. Take for …
The Different Reasons We Get Involved
Motives are very important. In fact, they are the driving force behind most of what we do in life. Examining …
The Word From the Streets
Many of you are living and working in cities. The rest of you really can’t escape the cities, even though …
Mission By Any Means
Is it important for the church today to encourage, value and support various kinds of professionals in its missionary enterprise? …
Be Willing to Be a Miracle to See a Miracle
The boarding announcement blared over the speaker system informing me that my flight to Calgary, Canada, would now begin. No …
THE REMNANT MISSION: TO REVEAL AND PROCLAIM GOD’S GLORY
God has commissioned His remnant people to be partners with Him in mission. The three angels’ messages (Rev 14:6-12) outline …
Children and Discipleship
As a church we believe that we were placed here on earth at this time to know God and to …
The Gospel in Non-Western Clothes (Syncretism part II)
In the last blog, I raised the question of how to deal with practices that mix Christian with non-Christian elements. …
Syn-cre-tism (sin’ kre tiz’m)
Syn-cre-tism (sin’ kre tiz’m) n. 1. The combining, uniting, or reconciling of disparate beliefs. 2. The indiscriminate mixing of religions. …
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Webinars
At the Institute of World Mission, we have a passion to help Adventist missionaries grow as disciple-makers.
Our hearts go out to the many missionaries who become frustrated when traditional approaches (including proof-text Bible studies) fail them in oral, storytelling cultures.
We have prepared a webinar to help you combat this challenge.
Do we all read the Bible in the same way? Do we all glean the same insights from the Bible? To what extent does our culture impact what we see in the Scripture? What implications does this have to life and service of a missionary?
One of the five key goals for the Institute of World Mission is to help Adventist cross-cultural employees and missionaries think biblically about missions and its needs.
