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In March 2003 a symposium of Christian leaders was held in Mongolia on the topic “Distinctively Christian . . . Distinctively Mongolian.” This title was especially intriguing because it uniquely captured many of the issues concerning the tension between contextualization and syncretism.
During the seminar, all speakers were asked to lay the ...
Christianity in North America is in free-fall, and people wonder why.
David Olson of the American Church Research Project states that in 1990 only 20.4 per cent of the population attended church on any given weekend. In 2000 the percentage had dropped to 18.7 percent and in 2005 ...
[Copyright ©1996 by Gailyn Van Rheenen — excerpt from Missions: Biblical Foundations & Contemporary Strategies (Grand Rapids: Zondervan)]
Developing a strong movement of God in a new city or ethnic area requires the accomplishment of three essential missiological tasks. First, initial evangelism must lead to planting new ...
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