INTRODUCTION The 20th century has witnessed tremendous progress and transformation through the rapid development of advanced technology and high speed of information expansion and exchange. Due to this progress, the planet earth has been termed by many as a “global village” where its inhabitants are living in such close proximity that it is impossible to…
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RELIGIOUS FORECAST IN BANGLADESH
HISTORY OF ISLAM IN BANGLADESH Bengal was the land of Hindus. Islam came to Bengal through the contextualized approach of Sufi Pirs. Later during the Mughols, economic and social privileges like tax exemption was given to the converts to Islam from Hinduism. Islam preached equality in the Hindu society under the challenge of caste system….
Editorial: BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS
Timothy K. Park “. . . . I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Cor. 9:22) The Apostle Paul, a great model for missionaries, confessed that he became all things to all people so that by all possible means he might save some….
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM’S COMMUNIST CONTEXT
This paper will first present the context in which the Vietnamese Communist Party came into being in the North of Vietnam and its governing system of the entire country after it took over the South in 1975. The next part will review briefly the Vietnamese Protestantism and the forms by which the churches do their…
THE STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTION OF MEDIA IN AFRICA
The following media ministries: Bible translation and Scripture use; Communication (radio, audio scriptures, television); and use of Films have different focuses that play particular roles in contributing to the unfinished task of discipling nations in Africa. Much work is being done here, some of the work being done in Southern Africa is highlighted. BIBLE TRANSLATION…
CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN ASIAN CONTEXT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Many nations in Asia and Africa won their independence from the super strong imperialists in the 20th century. These countries also have been through times of political convulsions under the military regimes and historical transitions to democracy. The wounds of these nations from the past, especially from foreign exploitations are not completely healed….
THE ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
INTRODUCTION (1) The founding of the nation of Israel (1948). (2) Israel’s recapturing of East Jerusalem from Jordan (1967). (3) The reconstruction of the third Jewish Temple on the temple grounds of Jerusalem (future). According to the Christian Zionism based on dispensationalism. All of the above: (nos 1,2, and 3) are all fulfillments or preparatory…
COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL IN NEPAL
INTRODUCTION Looking at the history of Christianity in Nepal, we would likely find a Portuguese Jesuit person named Father Juan Cabral entered Nepal in 1628. King Laxmi Narshing Malla (1620-1641) presented Cabral with a Tamra Patra (a copper plate) and gave him permission to preach Christianity in Kathmandu valley. This is the first recorded Christian…
DEVELOPING DISCIPLE MAKING SELF-THEOLOGY THROUGH INTEGRATING EVANGELISM & MISSION: TOWARDS SHAPING CHRISTIANITY IN ASIA TRULY ASIAN AND BIBLICALLY GLOBAL
I. INTRODUCTION Why Christianity is still regarded as “western” religion though the center of Christianity has moved into the majority world that includes Asia? It is because westernized Christian theology has not yet answered some of the Asian questions about God in deeper level. It is also because modern Christian mind assumed that ministries based…
EDITORIAL: Calling, Faithfulness, and Prayer
Hebrews 3:1-2 “Therefore holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest, whom we confess. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.” Our God is a missionary. God can work independently, but works in cooperation…