Read my post-congress reflections upon return from Korea, focusing on some of the stories, strategies, and stumbling blocks that made up my experience on the other side of the planet, with 5000 other delegates. … More Lausanne 2024 in Seoul: Partnership in Evangelism and Justice for a Troubled Planet
What might be accomplished at a global conference on Christian ministry on our planet today? Here are some thoughts I have just before I left for the congress in Seoul, Korea. … More Challenges and Opportunities at Lausanne 4 Global Mission Congress in Korea
A generic letter to a student from a developing country seeking to come to Canada for their education. Consider it a word of caution calling for prayerful discernment. … More A Letter to Graduate Students Coming to Canada from Developing Countries
Here we present personal stories of Christians in China’s universities–testimonies from students, professors, and from those in the diaspora. China has a longer relationship with Christianity than you might guess… … More Faith in China’s Universities: Students, Professors, and Growing Global Networks
This is the story of one student in the M.A. (Biblical Studies) program we sponsor with scholarships at The University of The Gambia. We are helping teach students to be Christian teachers in their country. … More Student Profile: Sang Gomez, The Gambia, Bible Teacher in Training
Notes from my visit to Sierra Leone, West Africa. I give specific details from the first meeting of Christian scholars interested in working together across the country in league with the international Society of Christian Scholars, with which Global Scholars is a partner. … More The Christian Scholar’s Role in an International Academic Movement: Sierra Leone’s Scholars Unite!
Here I give my first impressions of life in Banjul, The Gambia. The Muslim context is readily apparent, and I reflect on what Christian education can mean in a place like this. … More Notes from Gambia: The Islamic Context of Christian Education
We give thanks to God and to a persistent scholar whose faithfulness in the task of book-making has opened up channels for the expansion of Christian ministry in Africa – through the training of new ministry leaders. This is the story of the development of a Greek language textbook for Africans to learn the original language of the New Testament. … More An Arduous Journey: The Making of an Appropriate Tool for Biblical Literacy in Africa
A few notes from our vacation in Hilton Head, South Carolina and our education in the history of racism. The kids were out of school, but learning in a different way about their world and our calling as Christians. … More A Holiday of Racism: Education Beyond the Classroom
Why do we sing so many songs produced by Hillsong in our churches? I did some investigating, asking lay people and experts on the value of these songs, and put it all in the context of recent scandals in this church. Is there nothing else we can sing? … More Discordant Notes on a Scandalized Hillsong Music Industry: When Praise Becomes Performance
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