From Every Nation (Chris Howles)
Mission Hits #1 (July 2020)
Welcome to Mission Hits, a fortnightly blog highlighting stimulating and significant recent resources related to world Christianity, world church, and world mission.
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(1) General, (2) Video/Audio, (3) Digging deeper, and (4) Books.
GENERAL
(1) The Most Diverse Movement in History
(2) The church should not be homogenised
(3) How many missionaries are there in the world today
(4) Kenyan worship in lockdown
You have to enjoy this. The Guardian reports on Kenyans coming out onto their apartment balconies to join in a corporate worship service. Just imagining this in the UK...
(5) Searching for a Jesus who looks more like me
"As it turns out, at about that time, “God” as depicted in the form of Jesus Christ was beginning to look more and more like me. Only I didn’t know it." This New York Times article captures some of the different viewpoints involved in the issue of how we represent Jesus worldwide. Really interesting.
And one more quickly - a photographer who dressed up people of many different ethnicities as Bible characters. Fascinating and beautiful.
(6) The Pandemic Lockdown Is a Godsend for the Indian Church
Christianity Today article: "Because of this opposition, there has been a prayer movement that resulted in great unity among the national Christian community. Churches have begun to overlook their historical denominational divisions, bringing the Indian church to the cusp of revival"
(7) Christian reading from majority world authors
(8) 500 years of Protestantism
VIDEO/AUDIO
(1) Christians from 50-countries sing 'Amazing Grace'
(2) Missionaries Communicating back Home in Today's World
A 40-min podcast from American ministry 'Upstream Collective' for missionaries wanting to think hard about how they communicate with partners in their sending churches. Some great advice on effective use of social media.
DIGGING DEEPER
(1) July 2020 issue of 'Studies in World Christianity' Journal
(2) Jan-April 2020 issue of 'Round Table' - OMF Journal for Reflective Practitioners
(3) Partnering with the Emerging Chinese Missions Movement
BOOKS
(1) The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya (Emma Wild-Wood)
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Please note that I choose links to resources I find stimulating and/or significant. Posting a link does not mean I personally agree with everything there!