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Exploring Opportunities for Christian Ministries in Areas of Egypt without Churches
No full textEgypt is a large country of 100 million people, consisting of twenty-seven governorates, which are divided into cities, towns, villages, and sub-villages. The number of these areas, which are known in Egypt as administrative divisions, is about 34,000. There are about 3500 churches in Egypt representing all the Christian denominations, distributed in about 800 of these areas. There are many villages and sub-villages in Egypt that are without Christian ministry, in spite of the fact that Christians live in these villages. Egyptian laws prevent worship outside of churches, though they may allow worship in a Christian non-governmental organization but without the practice of the sacraments.
My research is a study to explore the opportunities to establish Holistic Christian Ministries—that is the key of this study—in the areas that have Christians but are without Christian ministry.
The Introduction describes the research. Part I is the Literature Review that establishes the research framework by identifying the key aspects of indigenous culture that can facilitate establishing these ministries, explores three models that apply to this ministry, and finally, addresses the barriers and opportunities that facilitate establishing Holistic Christian Ministry. Part II utilizes interviews, focus groups, and participant observation, with analysis, to recognize the actual needs of people in these areas and the status quo of churches close to these areas. Part III establishes a strategy supported by Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, with the local churches near these areas and others partnerships, using the findings of the research to mobilize the work in these areas with a timetable. Finally, the Conclusion focuses on using research output to establish Holistic Christian Ministry in the target areas and to motivate all the local churches to understand their role to be witnesses to the kingdom of God
A Strategy for Starting Missional Communities in Singapore through Bivocational Ministry
Full text linkThe purpose of this project is to develop a strategy for starting missional communities in Singapore through the work of bivocational personnel. To achieve this, a new work was started with the intention of reaching non-Christians, bringing them into community and discipleship, developing them as leaders and empowering and releasing them to form new missional communities. Special attention was made on spiritual formation, community life together and a transformative leadership process of developing leaders who replicate themselves.
The context of Singapore is one in which Christianity has enjoyed great success. Singapore churches generally embrace a missiological theology but this outlook is being eroded as churches grow and are becoming institutionalized. It is the intention of this project to reclaim the centrality of mission, remove any clergy-laity divisions and return the church to a form of team-based, egalitarian leadership structure with distributed authority.
While the goal of replicating the community was not successful and the community disbanded after two years, the insights gleaned are helpful for future efforts at starting missional communities. One key lesson learned was the need to pay attention to cultural and societal norms in Singapore. These include Singapore being a collective society, the influence of Confucianism, high power distance index and desire for structure, organization, and planning in the mentality of the people. In addition, the home setting may not be the most ideal place for maintaining and growing missional communities in Singapore. Now understanding community sizes and sustainability, the goal should be to aim for a size of fifty people within two years of community formation. On the other hand, to ensure the continuity of bivocational leadership in the community, it is recommended that the community not be allowed to grow beyond 150 people before multiplying
Fuller Magazine, Issue 015, 2019 - Technology
Full text linkSince 2014, Fuller Magazine has been published for the global community of Fuller Theological Seminary. The sections of Story, Theology, Voice, and Departments are to reflect the life of Fuller in all her permutations: this is who we are, what we are talking about, and who we are becoming together. The editorial content of FULLER magazine reflects the opinions of the various authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the views of Fuller Theological Seminary.
Table of Contents
STORY
12 Art in Place by Jerome Blanco
16 A Home in the Intersection by Aaron Dorsey
22 Shifting the Power by Joy Netanya Thompson
28 The World in a Room by Michael Wright
36 Theology for a New Day by Jerome Blanco
THEOLOGY
44 Introduction by Kutter Callaway, Guest Editor
46 The Yes (to Technology) in Our No (to Social Media) by Kutter Callaway
52 High Tech/High Touch: Sharing, Expressing, and Crafting Wisdom for Our Age by Erik Aasland
56 Telos, Technology, and Thriving by Pamela Ebstyne King
64 Parenting in Today\u27s Digital Playground by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin
67 Accessibility and Technology as Hospitality by Bethany McKinney Fox
70 Natural-Born Cyborgs: Can Technology Supersize Christian Life? by Brad Strawn and Warren Brown
74 Re-membering the Dis-membered by Phil Allen
VOICE
80 Voices on Vocation
86 Voices on Hope
DEPARTMENTS
8 From Mark Labberton, President
92 Future of Fuller
94 Recent Faculty Books and Publications
96 Benediction
97 About Fullerhttps://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/fuller-magazine/1014/thumbnail.jp