Missions To, Through, and Beyond the Diasporas
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released an important report on the religious affiliations of international migrants. I sent out a few tweets linking readers to Pew’s site and the fascinating interactive maps. If you have not seen them, you need to check them out HERE and HERE. 214 million international migrants [...]
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Regional International Migration Trends
In my last post, I shared 5 of the key global migration trends of 2011 according to the “World Migration Report 2011“. Regional overviews are also found in this document. Gone are the days of missions being geographically defined. We presently live in an age where the lines are blurred between domestic and international. What [...]
Missions in Reverse?
I had told my students not to be surprised when it happened to them. Now while I had not personally experienced it, I had been waiting for the day when it would happen to me. Finally, it occurred–I got to meet my first, real-live foreign missionary! Not a big deal? Probably not. But this one [...]
More on Diaspora from Cape Town 2010
While I am still catching up on my Cape Town 2010 video viewing, I watched this six minute plenary presentation by Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira on the Great Commission opportunities resulting from the movement of peoples across the globe. You need to watch this clip. Dr. Tira reminds us that such opportunities are set before [...]
Diaspora Presentations at Cape Town 2010
I want to take this post to continue to provide you with information on the topic of diaspora missiology. If you are new to the topic, check out the Migration topic link on the left sidebar or search this blog for “Diaspora Missiology”. Drs. Enoch Wan and Sadiri Joy Tira have been on the leading [...]
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Interview with Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira from Cape Town 2010
On Wednesday of this week in Cape Town, Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira, gave a presentation on the topic of Diaspora. The booklet “Scattered to Gather: Embracing the Global Trend of Diaspora,” was distributed. You can get a copy of the pdf HERE. This is a very informative document on the issue of Diaspora and the [...]
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