January 2022 / 74th
1. PARTNERSHIPS IN MISSIONS
[Roland M. Octavianus, Theresya M. Leiwakabessy]
Christian service starts with the assumption that the world in which we live is basically good because God made it and sustains it. Nowadays, the world is changing very fast and due to factors such as globalization, political issues, the rapid social cultural changes, and the recent years due to corona virus disease, the world hits with pandemic issues, increasing challenges to mission in limited access and context. Christian individuals like us, as well as institutions, agencies, churches, and para-churches, need to have a biblical understanding of what it means to be brothers and sisters in the family of God in doing His missions. Hopefully this understanding will lead to partnerships to fulfill God’s “Great Commission” to the sharing of resources as well as collaborative efforts. For this article to be in the 74th issue of Asian Missions Advance bulletin, is also considered to be a testimony of mission partnership…
2. MISSION PARTNERSHIPS FOR EFFECTING INSIDER MOVEMENTS
[David S. Lim]
China Ministries International-Philippines (CMIP) has specialized in forming mission partnerships with seven organizations in order to attain its major goal to effect “Insider (or Kingdom) Movements” (IM) through the use of the non-extractive “disciple multiplication movement” (DMM) strategy in China and beyond. As CMIP’s founder and president since 1994, I believed that cooperation with other mission organization is the best way to do missions. I hope this article can inspire readers to learn from our practice of using mission partnerships to maximize the potential for bigger impact in mobilizing more reapers into the harvest…
3. SYMBIOTIC PARTNERSHIP IN NATIVE MISSIONARY TRAINING MINISTRY BETWEEN THE PAUL MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
[Seung Il Lee]
This study asserts that symbiotic partnership between foreign mission agencies and local churches determines the vision and capability of the missionaries they send. This assertion is based on the native missionary training program of The Paul Missions International (hereafter TPMI), which started in 2005 in the Philippines. It will be argued here that apportioning of integral values as well as mutual trust should be the major element behind this symbiotic partnership. This will be shown through the analysis on the partnership between TPMI and Filipino organizations…
4. CORONA PANDEMIC AND MIGRANT MISSIONS
[Chong Pae Kim]
The coronavirus pandemic has brought changes to Singapore’s churches and migrant missions. We would like to examine the change in the mission environment in the context of the coronavirus pandemic by studying the case of migrant missions among the Thais in Singapore. Singapore is a multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural country that gained independence from Malaysia in 1965. As a city-state, it achieved social stability and economic development through many factors, one of which is racial harmony…
5. JUSTICE THAT RESTORES, JUSTICE THAT HEALS
[Reynaldo S. Taniajura]
Crime is a violation of people and relationships. It creates obligations to make things right. Justice involves the victim, the offender, and the community in a search for solutions which promote repair, reconciliation, and reassurance (Howard Zehr). Restorative justice is a process of resolving conflicts in a manner that reduces recourse to the justified use of force (Wesley Cragg)…
6. REGIONAL NEWS
[Asian Missions Association]
INDIA MISSIONS ASSOCIATION, PHILIPPINE MISSIONS ASSOCIATION, KOREA WORLD MISSIONS ASSOCIATION…
