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{"title":"The genesis and evolution of church-planting movements missiology","authors":"Warrick Farah","doi":"10.1177/00918296221097652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221097652","url":null,"abstract":"While the dramatic growth of church-planting movements (CPMs) in non-Christian contexts around the world provides ample opportunity to explain their emergence and significance, a missiology of these movements is struggling to keep pace. This article argues that CPM is a unique feature in the field of mission studies that emerged in the later 20th century. Although it shares some of the same characteristics as the early Church Growth Movement discourse, CPMs today are a specific type of movement occurring mostly in least-reached Muslim and Hindu contexts. CPM missiology contains a number of features and unknowns which demonstrate that the discourse is both evolving and invaluable for how the global church understands mission.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"160 1","pages":"349 - 361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86341825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“The conversion of the missionary: A journey of the heart” pastoral reflection","authors":"Frank J. Caggiano","doi":"10.1177/00918296221124039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221124039","url":null,"abstract":"In his plenary talk “The Conversion of the Missionary: A Journey of the Heart,” Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport, identifies ways by which the church can engage in missionary outreach that will help transform the lives of those whom it serves. In a cogent analysis of our post-Christian secularized culture, Caggiano teaches that the worldview characterized by relativism about truth and morality often leads to the pursuit of power, possessions, and pleasure that do not bring fulfillment. In this context, the word “missionary” refers to every baptized disciple of Jesus Christ proclaiming the offer of salvation in Jesus Christ in a spirit of accompaniment. Faith is a lifetime journey of the heart toward Christ as defined by Saint Augustine, in his autobiography: “for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” Caggiano cautions that we cannot be a transformative presence in the world until we ourselves are transformed in Christ, which demands more than an intellectual assent, but a conversion of mind, heart, and will. He identifies the three spiritual qualities for ongoing personal conversion as a willingness to surrender to the Lord and his will each day, to be humble of heart, and to strive to be a joyful person and herald of the good news of the salvation that comes only in Jesus Christ.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"184 1","pages":"11 - 18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85652586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Andrew Meszaros (ed), The Center Is Jesus Christ Himself: Essays on Revelation, Salvation & Evangelization in Honor of Robert P. Imbelli","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/00918296221106809b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221106809b","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"27 1","pages":"446 - 447"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83561564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rachel Pieh Jones, Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/00918296221106809c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221106809c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"82 1","pages":"447 - 448"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83994231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Solidarity as slow conversion","authors":"S. Reynolds","doi":"10.1177/00918296221122709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221122709","url":null,"abstract":"How can insights from the international Slow movement deepen our understanding of moral conversion in the face of injustice? This article proposes an understanding of solidarity with the marginalized as slow conversion, that is, as ongoing conversion to the neighbor that is relational, costly, and enduring. After distinguishing “slow conversion” from what some have termed “epiphanic conversion,” I illustrate the distinction by contrasting two efforts to construct parish-based interracial solidarity in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston during the 1960s: the Roxbury Apostolate, a clergy mission to the inner-city developed from outcomes of a summer urban immersion trip for seminarians, and the St. Mary of the Angels Parish Pastoral Council, a participatory lay advisory board established after Vatican II. While the former initiative articulated a grander vision and more sweeping goals, it was the latter, more mundane structure that ultimately proved to be a source of relational, costly, and enduring solidarity between church and neighborhood. Slow conversion can thus be understood as the work not of a single moment of insight or encounter but the project of a lifetime, sustained over generations through community practices and structures.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"56 1","pages":"31 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90872922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"North Korean Christian refugee understanding of evil","authors":"Ryan Klejment-Lavin","doi":"10.1177/00918296221122706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221122706","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to describe how North Korean refugee understanding of evil can shape missionary practice in the Korean Peninsula. The central research question guiding this study was, how do North Korean Christian refugees describe evil based on their lived experiences? Using purposeful sampling and snowball sampling, data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 North Korean Christian refugees who were living in South Korea in 2021. The findings indicated that North Korean Christian refugees understand evil as the oppression of the vulnerable, primarily due to human activities, and as exemplified through governmental actions, human trafficking, and sexual violence. This study also discusses how North Korean Refugees understand evil in light of theology, specifically teleology and theodicy, and explores how their understanding resonates with historic Christian beliefs in Korea as found in the views of Augustine Chong Yak-Chong, Alexander Sayong Hwang, and Thomas An Chunggun. Furthermore, this study’s findings provide practical implications for Christian ministry and theodicy as well as the sensitization of practitioners who work with North Korean refugees, specifically, to encourage practitioners to subvert the oppressive narratives that North Koreans are responsible for the evil that befalls them, and to be aware that refugees may have been traumatized by their own compatriots.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"9 1","pages":"103 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84226090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The conversion of a missionary: A missiological study of Acts 10","authors":"D. Whiteman","doi":"10.1177/00918296221117711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221117711","url":null,"abstract":"This missiological study of the interaction between the Apostle Peter and the Roman Centurion Cornelius in Acts 10 demonstrates that missionaries need two conversions. The first conversion is a spiritual conversion to Christ to combat our egocentrism. The second conversion is to cross-cultural understanding and awareness to cleanse us of our ethnocentrism. Peter had to undergo a cross-cultural conversion to combat his ethnocentrism against Gentiles before he was able to lead Cornelius and his entire household to faith in Christ.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"19 1","pages":"19 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79254129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of associational life in the development of social capital: Theoretical considerations for Christian NGOs engaged in development initiatives","authors":"Lindsey A. Huang","doi":"10.1177/00918296221116583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221116583","url":null,"abstract":"Relying on social science and missiological research, the purpose of this article is to discuss theoretical considerations of associational life as a strategy of Christian NGOs involved in development initiatives in majority-world countries. Research has revealed the unintended consequences of NGOs as well as the complexity of local community dynamics where NGOs work. It is also well known that religion plays an important role in the functioning of society. Therefore, while Christian NGOs working in majority-world countries are not immune from the same challenges as secular NGOs, by recognizing and understanding the value of religion, Christian NGOs may be better equipped than their secular counterparts to incorporate this aspect of social life into their development activities.","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"36 1","pages":"156 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85627918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ASM Lifetime Achievement Award for Dan Shaw","authors":"D. Whiteman","doi":"10.1177/00918296221117699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221117699","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"46 - 48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84659470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor’s notes","authors":"Leanne M. Dzubinski","doi":"10.1177/00918296221115918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221115918","url":null,"abstract":"This issue of Missiology contains three groupings of articles. The first four articles analyze important missiological ideas that have developed and changed over time. As societies change, missiological ideas also need to change to remain relevant and effective. First, Andrew Tompkins reviews the stories of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph to uncover missiological principles and applications from the narratives. After examining the meaning in the original context, he offers suggestions about how the implications of their stories might work in present-day societies. Next, Richard W. Cogley presents his analysis of an unpublished, seventeenthcentury manuscript written by a Puritan minister interested in evangelizing indigenous peoples. While his reasoning sounds odd today, the document offers a fascinating glimpse into the thinking of previous centuries of missionaries. Third, Magnus Robinson revisits the concept of the “child of peace” from Luke 10, addressing some previous critiques and offering an updated understanding of the concept for twenty-first-century mission work. Last in this section, Warrick Farah traces the history and development of terminology around church-planting movements (CPMs), showing how the concept has developed, stretched, and sometimes changed course over time. The second group of articles presents practical findings from studies of presentday contexts. Each study examines a particular context and then offers implications for those sharing the gospel in that setting. To start, Robert Holmes and Eunice Hong present the findings from interviews with expatriates who lived in North Korea. They explore perceptions of Juche and offer suggestions for those seeking to explain the gospel to North Koreans. Next, Matthew Aaron Bennett argues that to overcome challenges in communicating Jesus’ crucifixion to Muslims, the starting place must be “why Jesus’ death would matter in the first place” and that the book of Hebrews is a helpful place to begin those explanations. Third, Kelly Michael Hilderbrand presents the results of his study of conversion among Buddhist-background believers in Hawaii. Each of these articles addresses questions of worldview and how best to communicate the gospel in each setting. Last are two articles focused on mission strategy. First, Phil Zarns delves into communication strategies. He describes how language that “others” people by characterizing them as “in” or “out” becomes an obstacle to sharing the gospel, and uses examples from Jesus’ encounters with people to suggest different ways of talking and thinking. In the current political climate his call to consider language is clearly 1115918 MIS0010.1177/00918296221115918Missiology: An International Review research-article2022","PeriodicalId":43205,"journal":{"name":"Missiology-An International Review","volume":"106 1","pages":"309 - 310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79316712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}