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Book Review: Undivided Witness: Followers of Jesus, Community Development, and Least Reached Communities Edited by David Greenlee, Mark Galpin, and Paul Bendor-Samuel
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Mission Opportunities and Challenges
Full text linkThe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an infrastructure project proposed by China to improve transportation in Eurasia. This will bring both mission opportunities and challenges in the regions affected. God is perhaps giving Christians a unique opportunity for evangelism through this project which facilitates the movement of not just humans and products, but also the gospel
Book Review: A Testimony to All Peoples: Kingdom Movements Around the World Edited by Dave Coles and Stan Parks
Full text linkIdentifying Current Gaps in Church Planting Movements Research: Integrating First- and Second-Order Perspectives
No full textThe proliferation of church planting movements in least-reached peoples today provides an opportunity ripe for missiological research. Using the online application form for the Movements Research Symposium 2020 of the Motus Dei Network, this article identifies six gaps of understanding in the missiological discourse on movements: 1) Deepening TheologicalMissiological Descriptions of Movements, 2) Identifying Best Practices and Effective Movement Strategies, 3) Clarifying Issues of Ecclesiology – Practical, Theological, and Spiritual, 4) Training Movement Catalysts and Practitioners, 5) Highlighting Contextual, Sociological, and Holistic Features of Movements, and 6) Documenting Movements with Respect to Verification, Metrics, and Administration. However, issues of positionality make investigating these gaps difficult, especially considering the problematic insider/outsider dichotomy in research. Opportunities for integration of perspectives are suggested in a way that values a multiperspectival framework while prioritizing and empowering local research initiatives
