One of the most accomplished mission leaders of our lifetime died in June 2020 – Dr. David J. Cho. His life is a story of deep commitment to the Lord and profound engagement to the spread of the Gospel. Few in the West noticed his passing. I have recorded at least two interviews with Dr….
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MR. MISSION, MY MENTOR
My name is Dr. Jacob Nahuway. I am from Indonesia, the founding and currently the Senior Pastor of Mawar Saron Christian Church in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have been a preacher around Indonesia and around the world and has been claimed as one of the 100 most influential preachers in Indonesia by rubrikkristen.com. I acknowledged that…
DR. DAVID J. CHO, HIS LEGACY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH MISSION MOVEMENT, AND FRATERNITY WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR AFRICAN NATIONAL INITIATIVES (MANI)
Dr. David J. Cho was to the Global Mission Movement, David Yonggi Cho was to the Church Growth Movement. In fact, Dr. David J. Cho played a major role in championing the cause of the Two-Thirds World Missions efforts and was among the leaders from Asia, Africa, and Latin America that brought to limelight what…
DR. DAVID J. CHO AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE THIRD WORLD MISSIONS
FIRST MEETING WITH DR. DAVID J. CHO I first met Dr. David Cho in 1989. I was privileged to be among some forty delegates from Asia, Africa, and Latin America who met at the Western Theological Seminary in Portland, Oregon from May 1-5, 1989, to formally constitute the Third World Missions Association (TWMA). The meeting…
AMA: MAKING MISSIONS MORE EFFECTIVE
*Dr. David J. Cho and Dr. Dale W. Kietzman when they were alive were best friends. They met in mission and found out they were born on the same year 1924. Dr. Kietzman and Dr. Cho met in 1971 and after that meeting, they have done countless missions together. Their passion is mission and their…
LET US RESTORE THE WAY OF APOSTOLIC MISSION IN THE MISSION OF 21ST CENTURY
*This paper was presented by the late Dr. David J. Cho at the 2006 Triennial Convention of the Asia Missions Association in Turkey. We are running his paper as a tribute to the man who pioneered international mission in Asia particularly South Korea. This paper shows the thoughts and ideas of Dr. David J. Cho…
MY GRANDFATHER’S “ORDINARY” LEGACY
There were many moments when I should have noticed how special and different he was. Moments like when I thought, “Why is my grandpa’s friend’s name up there?” when I saw Billy Graham’s quote up on my high school classroom wall. Moments like, when I asked about a big rock on display in the living…
BOOK REVIEW: A HYBRID WORLD Diaspora, Hybridity and Missio Dei
In Canada, where I live, international migration accounted for 82.8% of all population growth (in Canada) during the first three months of 2019. The report further states, “in this context, population growth in Canada will probably rely increasingly on international migration.” Census 2016 reported 37.5% of the under-fifteen population are first-generation immigrants or have at…
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DR. DAVID J. CHO
Dr. David J. Cho (Mr. Mission) has gone to be with his Heavenly Father at his eternal home. I imagine that he must be enjoying his life in heaven and fellowshipping with his beloved ones in Christ. Although we are sad that we can no longer see him, it must be a great joy for…
CORONA VIRUS, URBAN SLUMS AND PRAYER
Lately I have been part of numerous discussions about the impact of COVID-19 on urban slums in the developing world. According to the UN-Habitat 2016 report: In our world, one in eight people live in slums. In total, around a billion people live in slum conditions today. This does not only amounts to a rather…