Diaspora Missiology

Description

Cultural Change and the Church
For many years, cross-cultural missions were directed to people in the countries of their birth, generally in Majority World areas. Foreigners present among or around the intended focus of ministry were not viewed as part of mission ministry. However, diaspora missions intentionally focuses on these peoples.
Diaspora Missiology will help you understand the dynamics behind this accelerated movement of peoples from one region to another, and biblical principles and precedents that guide ministry today. This book also includes the application of social and communication studies, as well as actual cases of ministry to and with diaspora peoples. The chapters in this book show from the creation mandate in Genesis to the explanations of Paul in Acts 17, God meets individuals and nations in the midst of their journeys, alternately blessing, showing himself, and protecting his people through movement.
It seems that God is orchestrating global migration with a view to blessing humanity, populating his creation, and drawing people to himself. This book will aid us in understanding and interacting ministerially with the scattered peoples of the world.

Sujets

• Refugees
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780878089369
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Other Books in the EMS Series
No. 1
Scripture and Strategy: The Use of the Bible in Postmodern Church and Mission, David Hesselgrave
No. 2
Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions, Edward Rommen and Harold Netland
No. 3
Spiritual Power and Missions: Raising the Issues, Edward Rommen
No. 4
Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and the Conclusions, Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin
No. 5
The Holy Spirit and Mission Dynamics, Douglas McConnell
No. 6
Reaching the Resistant: Barriers and Bridges for Mission, Dudley Woodberry
No. 7
Teaching Them Obedience in All Things: Equipping for the 21st Century, Edgar Elliston
No. 8
Working Together With God to Shape the New Millennium: Opportunities and Limitations, Kenneth Mulholland and Gary Corwin
No. 9
Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium, Tom Steffen and Douglas Pennoyer
No. 10
Between Past and Future: Evangelical Mission Entering the Twenty-first Century, Jonathan Bonk
No. 11
Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-first Century, Enoch Wan
No. 12
The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions, Mike Barnett and Michael Pocock
No. 13
Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents, Gailyn Van Rheenen
No. 14
Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered, Tom Steffen and Mike Barnett
No. 15
Missions in Contexts of Violence, Keith Eitel
No. 16
Effective Engagement in Short-Term Missions: Doing it Right! Robert J. Priest
No. 17
Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies, Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock
No. 18
Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission, Dwight P. Baker and Douglas Hayward
No. 19
Reflecting God s Glory Together: Diversity in Evangelical Mission, A. Scott Moreau and Beth Snodderly
No. 20
Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century, Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, and Tereso C. Casino
No. 21
Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities, Craig Ott and J. D. Payne
No. 22
The Missionary Family: Witness, Concerns, Care, Dwight P. Baker and Robert J. Priest
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Diaspora Missiology: Reflections on Reaching the Scattered Peoples of the World
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Diaspora missiology: reflections on reaching the scattered peoples of the world / [edited by] Michael Pocock, Enoch Wan.
pages cm. - (Evangelical Missiological Society series; 23)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87808-045-8 (alk. paper) - ISBN 0-87808-045-7 (alk. paper) 1. Missions. 2. Church work with migrant labor. 3. Church work with immigrants. 4. Church work with aliens. I. Pocock, Michael, 1942-, editor.
BV2695.M5D53 2015
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Contents
Other Books in the EMS Series
About EMS
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
M ICHAEL P OCOCK
Introduction 2
E NOCH W AN
Part One: The Current Phenomenon of Global Diasporas
Chapter One : Global Migration: Where Do We Stand?
M ICHAEL P OCOCK
Chapter Two : Mapping the Diaspora with Facebook
T REVOR C ASTOR
Chapter Three : The Muslim Diaspora
M ARK H AUSFELD A ND J OSHUA F LETCHER (P SEUDONYM )
Part Two: Theory and Models of Diaspora Missiology
Chapter Four : Assessing the Value of Diaspora Community Input in Missiological Research
F RED F ARROKH
Chapter Five : Mission by and beyond the Diaspora: Partnering with Diaspora Believers to Reach Other Immigrants and the Local People
S TAN D OWNES
Part Three: Biblical and Theological Guidelines
Chapter Six : Diaspora Ministry in the Book of Acts: Insights from Two Speeches of the Apostle Paul to Help Guide Diaspora Ministry Today
L ARRY W. C ALDWELL
Chapter Seven : God s New Humanity in Diaspora: A Church of the Nations and for the Nations
D AVID S TEVENS
Part Four: Strategy and Models
Chapter Eight : Three Models of Acculturation: Applications for Developing a Church Planting Strategy among Diaspora Populations
D AVID R. D UNAETZ
Chapter Nine : The With of Diaspora Missiology: The Impact of Kinship, Honor, and Hospitality on the Future of Missionary Training, Sending, and Partnership
J ACQUES H BERT
Part Five: Case Studies in Diaspora Missions
Chapter Ten : Mission and the Palestinian Diaspora
A NDREW F. B USH
Chapter Eleven : The Ethiopian Diaspora: Ethiopian Immigrants as Cross-cultural Missionaries; Activating the Diaspora for Great Commission Impact
J ESSICA A. U DALL
Part Six: The Way Forward
Chapter Twelve : Organizing to Reach the Diaspora: A Case Study of The International Mission Board, SBC; Changing Its Overseas Structure from Geographic Components to Global Affinity Groups
J ERRY R ANKIN
Chapter Thirteen : Diaspora Missiology and Beyond: Paths Taken and Ways Forward
E NOCH W AN
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Figures
Figure 1: Muslim Americans
Figure 2: Predictable Sociological Process
Figure 3: Determinants of Group Identity
Figure 4: Four Acculturation Strategies
Figure 5: Emic Diaspora: The Jewish Diaspora
Figure 6: Etic Diaspora: Foreigners in the Land
Figure 7: Emic Diaspora as a Bridge to the Natal Land
Figure 8: Etic Diaspora as a Bridge to the World
Tables
Table 1: The Push and Pull Forces that Move People
Table 2: Muslim Population in NY
Table 3: Common Misconceptions
Table 4: Current Diaspora-natal Integration
Table 5: Types of Exogenous Networking
Table 6: The Landscape of Relational Networks
Table 7: Affinity Groups
Table 8: Diaspora Missiology
Acknowledgments
The editors wish to acknowledge the authors contributing to this volume and many others who presented papers related to the theme of diaspora missions during the regional conferences of the Evangelical Missiological Society in 2014. They also recognize the invaluable work of their administrative assistants, Karen Hedinger for Enoch Wan and Jennifer Bugos for Mike Pocock. Their assistance in standardizing the formats of diverse authors and chapters and aligning them in a single manuscript was invaluable. Thanks to the staff of William Carey Library for their patient and expert advice at every stage of the production of this volume, in particular, Melissa Hicks for her supervision of this project, Brad Koenig for copyediting, and Jeff Minard for managing William Carey Library.
Introduction 1
MICHAEL POCOCK
This book deals with what today is called diaspora missiology , an emerging discipline focusing on ministry to the millions of people who live and work in areas far from their birthplace. Missiology combines biblical and theological studies with insights from the social sciences including cultural anthropology, sociology, communication, and diagnostic tools. We should never let this discussion be coldly scientific, however, because we are dealing with human beings, marvelously made, but subject to many weaknesses and stresses. This is evident in the pictures we often see of people struggling for a better life. They move in a search of better opportunities, security, peace, education, or business. But to encounter the shalom that Scripture talks about, they need the God of peace in their lives.
Looking more like a soaked pile of clothes than a human being, he lies collapsed on the sands, waves lapping at his outstretched feet. He is alive, but barely. All the strength of his young life has been used up just to get here. Around him, other young men are staggering to their feet on land they have never trod before. Where is this happening? Who are these people? Is this the American side of the Rio Grande? The shores of Florida? The beaches of Italy or the Andaman Sea between Thailand and Malaysia where thousands of tribal people from Myanmar hav