In Current Issues in Missions (MI102), Tim Sisk discusses the changing world situation since the beginning of the Modern Missions Movement in the mid-nineteenth century, and introduces the new mission opportunities and approaches these changes have created. He explores the impact and implications of globalization and the shift of the “Christian center” from Europe and European derivative cultures to the southern hemisphere. Sisk also introduces contemporary debates regarding appropriate contextualization, the relationship between evangelism and humanitarian relief, and issues of justice.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
Transforming and Transitioning World Missions
The Changing World
2m
The Difference a Hundred Years Makes
4m
From Edinburgh to Cape Town
3m
Growth in Global Christianity
5m
A Snapshot of Global Christianity
5m
20th-Century Changes in Global Christianity
3m
Whose Religion Is Christianity?
4m
The Impact of Globalization
4m
The Changing Global Context
3m
The Changing Missionary Movement
3m
Emerging Leaders in Global Missions
4m
Changing Roles for Western Missionaries
7m
21st-Century Paternalism
6m
Listening to the Global Church, Part 1
5m
Listening to the Global Church, Part 2
6m
Transforming Missionary Training
4m
The North American Church’s Future Role in World Missions
3m
Tent Making and Business as Mission
Introduction to Business as Mission (BAM)
4m
Exploring Trends behind Tent Making and Business as Mission
5m
Reasons for and Models of Tent Making and Business as Mission
5m
Biblical and Historical Examples of Tent Making and Business as Mission
7m
Understanding the “T” Scale
6m
Positive Aspects of Tent Making and Business as Mission
4m
Negative Aspects of Tent Making and Business as Mission
6m
The Effect of Affluence on Mission
3m
Attitudes toward Affluence
5m
Barriers to Mission Created by Affluence
6m
Living in Intentional Simplicity
5m
National Missionaries and Short-Term Missions
National Missionaries from Indigenous Churches
1m
Positive Characteristics of National Missionaries
3m
Cautions regarding Use of National Missionaries
4m
Evaluating Support of National Missionaries
5m
Short-Term Missions
2m
Challenging Some Short-Term-Missions Presuppositions
4m
Listening to the Hosts
4m
Cautions regarding Short-Term Missions
5m
Potential Benefits of Short-Term Missions
3m
Your Role in Short-Term Missions
4m
Ethics in Missions
Run, Walk, Limp, Fall, or Finish Well
4m
Ethical Guidelines and Guard Rails
4m
Areas for Ethical Consideration
4m
Theological Issues in Missions
Theological Drift?
4m
Views Held on Hell and Salvation
5m
Defining “Hell” from Scripture
6m
Do Theological Views Diminish a Passion for Evangelism?
3m
Is the Problem Solely Theological?
6m
Spiritual Conflict and Missions
Models for Spiritual Conflict
4m
The Mass Marketing of Spiritual Warfare
3m
A Warning and Some Observations
7m
Animism and Secularism
5m
Territorial Spirits
6m
Evaluating Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare
5m
Demonization and Deliverance
3m
Encounters with Demons in the New Testament
4m
Avoiding Demonic Influence
3m
Dreams and Missions
The Underappreciated Importance of Dreams
5m
Dreams in the Bible
3m
How Dreams and Visions Are Used by God
3m
Current Research on Dreams Leading to Conversion
3m
Contextualization
Contextualized Mission to Muslims
3m
Defining Contextualization
3m
Contextualization or Syncretism?
8m
Contextualization in Scripture
7m
Guidelines for Contextualization
6m
Contemporary Evangelism and Contextualization
7m
Cautions regarding the Insider Movement
5m
Words and Deeds
Finding the Balance
2m
Three Approaches to Words and Deeds
4m
A Brief History of the Debate
3m
An Evangelical Debate
5m
The Primacy of Evangelism
5m
The Local Church in Mission
Can “Small” Succeed Where “Big” Fails?
3m
Christ, Church, and Kingdom
5m
Changing World, Changing Missions
2m
Appendix: Screencasts
Previewing Global Theology Resources
5m
Search for Articles on Missional Scripture Reading
5m
Basic Search on Protestant Clergy-Laity Dualism
2m
Starting a Study on “Hell” Using the Bible Word Study
4m
Performing a Morphology Search on Jesus’ Use of “Gehenna”
3m
Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Study Demons
3m
Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Find Dreams in the Bible
3m
Researching Contextualization in the Lexham Bible Dictionary