Global Mission Conference

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Volunteerism in Missions The Role of Short Term Missions in a Long Term Missions Strategy - Weinstock The Role of Short Term Missions in a Long Term Missions Strategy - Armstrong Is it Worth It?

Globalization, Global changes, Anthropology of Globalization and of a flat world are all themes which affect every aspect of the world and time in which we live. These changes whether they are just a popular trend or whether they are indicators of greater changes to come are causing many to rethink paradigms of transnational organizations including mission organizations which deal directly with people in a variety of social situations. Mission organizations are forced to address how an increasingly interdependent world is changing the dynamic of mission organizations themselves. While these dynamics do indeed have a great impact on sociological, financial and structural implications of organizations on a global scale, the anthropological issues of individuals and local culture are essential aspects which missions cannot overlook.

The purpose of this conference and the papers which have been written is to address how the Mission of God is carried out by the Body of Christ in this context. Our particular focus is on the role of the Church of the Nazarene. 

The committee which has worked on the organization of this conference (Dr. Randy Beckum, MNU, Dr. Howard Culbertson, SNU, Dr. Bill Selvidge, NTS, and Dr. David Wesley, NTS) realized that there are many ways that this issue could be addressed. We have decided to work toward something that would bring the Academic Missiologists to the table together with informed missionaries and mission administrators to work toward a creative dialectic between theory and practice of mission. 

You will notice that the papers are divided into three main sections. The first section deals with the growing dynamic of Short Term Missions, the second section deals with the changing roles of missionaries, and the third deals with holistic missions.

The Global Missions Conference was organized by the Center for International Studies at Nazarene Theological Seminary on March 30, 2007 in before the Global Theology Conference held in the Netherlands March 31 - April 4.

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The Role of Short Term Missions in a Long Term Mission Strategy

The Changing Role of Missionaries in a Flat World

Managerial vs. Holistic Missiology: Is Balance Possible?

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R. Franklin Cook

16 Resources

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  • English
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Gustavo Crocker

8 Resources

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  • English
  • French
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Howard Culbertson

18 Resources

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  • English
  • Italian
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Robert Donahue

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  • Religion - Christianity
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  • English

Charles Gailey

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  • Religion - Christianity
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
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