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Advancing Models of Mission: Evaluating the Past and Looking to the Future

Advancing Models of Mission: Evaluating the Past and Looking to the Future

by Aminta Arrington, Kenneth Nehrbass and Narry Santos

Weighing Approaches to Finish the Task Christians have been reflecting on best practices for as long as they have been engaging in missions. Practitioners have developed diverse strategies to promote the spread of the Gospel—such as indigenous church planting, disciple-making movements, community development, dynamically equivalent Bible translati… Read more…

Life and Impact of Phil Parshall: Connecting with Muslims

Life and Impact of Phil Parshall: Connecting with Muslims

by Kenneth Nehrbass and Mark Williams

Missions Begins with Love Being a witness for Jesus in Muslim contexts is often difficult, complicated, and even discouraging. Over the past forty years, Phil Parshall, a leading authority on Muslim outreach, has demonstrated that making friends with Muslims—whether in the West or abroad—is where our witness usually begins. … Read more…

Christianity and Animism in Melanesia: Four Approaches to Gospel and Culture

Christianity and Animism in Melanesia: Four Approaches to Gospel and Culture

by Kenneth Nehrbass

In this book, Kenneth Nehrbass examines the interaction between traditional or animistic religion (called kastom) and Christianity in Vanuatu. First, he briefly outlines major anthropological theories of animism, then he examines eight aspects of animism on Tanna Island and shows how they present a challenge to Christianity. He traces the history of Christia… Read more…