Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology

by Sadiri Joy Tira (Editor), Tetsunao Yamamori (Editor)

Overview

The twenty-first century is marked by mass migration. Massive population movements of the last century have radically challenged our study and practice of mission. Where the church once rallied to go out into “the regions beyond,” Christian mission is currently required to respond and adapt to “missions around.” As a result, leaders in this field have been developing diaspora missiology to provide a missiological framework for understanding and participating in God’s redemptive mission among peoples living outside their places of origin. In this volume, experts in diaspora missiology from across the globe analyze the development of missions to migrants and add to our understanding of the contemporary church’s opportunities and responsibilities for mission amongst diaspora groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783688166
Publisher:	Langham Creative Projects
Publication date:	07/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	714
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sadiri Joy Tira is the Lausanne Movement's Senior Associate for Diasporas. Sadiri serves as Vice President for Diaspora Missions for Advancing Indigenous Missions (AIM) as well as Diaspora Missiology Specialist at the Jaffray Centre for Global Initiatives at Ambrose University and Seminary (AUS), Calgary, AB, Canada.Tetsunao Yamamori is Senior Fellow of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture of the University of Southern California. He is also President Emeritus of Food for the Hungry International, and was International Director of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2004-2006, remaining active as its Senior Advisor. He has written and edited two-dozen books

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Preface to the Revised Edition
3. Preface to the First Edition
4. Introduction
5. Section 1: Phenomenological Realities and Trends of Global Diaspora
6. Section 2: Biblical and Theological Foundation for Diaspora Missiology
7. Section 3: Towards Strategic Directions for Diaspora Missions
8. Section 4: The Mission of the Church in Global Diaspora
9. Section 5: Regional and National Case Studies in Diaspora Missions
10. Section 6: Issues in Global Diaspora Missiology
11. Section 7: Glossary, Appendices, and Ministry Resources

Editorial Reviews

This volume puts out a clarion call to the global church about a critically important mission need and strategy. You truly cannot understand the full picture of global mission without understanding diaspora missiology.

--Michael Oh, PhD
Global Executive Director/CEO,
Lausanne Movement

I warmly welcome and highly recommend this comprehensive study on a globally relevant topic. This timely volume is a missio Dei viatorum at its best, focused on diaspora from a full-fledged biblical perspective while taking into account the migrant phenomena in their global diversity.

--Peter Kuzmic, PhD, Dr. Theol.
Distinguished Professor of World Mission and European Studies,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

This collection of essays presents diaspora realities as a prominent scenario for the missio Dei in our days. The exploration of the present-day global diaspora experience with the missiological opportunities and challenges it poses for the church, is informative, challenging and encouraging.

--Elizabeth Sendek
President,
Fundacion Universitaria Seminario Bîblico de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia

This compendium couldn't come at a more compelling time in history, when peoples are being scattered in unprecedented numbers. This is a much needed and timely pioneer work, assembling a multitude of authoritative voices, which is academically rigorous, but brought alive by practical field case studies.

--Cindy Perry
South Asia Regional Director,
Development Associates International

This compendium comprises a kaleidoscope of rich biblical and theological insights. Where else in one volume can one find such a breadth of global voices speaking to the critical challenges and opportunities of ministry to, through and beyond the diasporas?

--David Bennett, PhD
Global Associate Director for Collaboration and Content,
Lausanne Movement

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