TEE in Asia: Empowering Churches, Equipping Disciples

by Hanna-Ruth Van Wingerden (Editor), Tim Green (Editor), Graham Aylett (Editor)

Overview

The church in Asia is growing with unprecedented speed, raising new challenges in the realm of effective, contextualized discipleship. Can this growing church nurture biblical training that is relevant to the contexts, communities, and livelihoods of its believers?

In this immensely relevant book, the Increase Association shares its practical wisdom on how to utilize Theological Education by Extension as "Tools to Equip and Empower" all believers for kingdom work. TEE in Asia provides a foundational understanding of TEE's history, theological underpinnings, and methodology, while casting a vision for the expanding role of TEE in the twenty-first century. Filled with testimonies from church communities throughout Asia, this book provides concrete examples of TEE's effectiveness in a wide variety of contexts and the innovative work of the Increase Association which connects, strengthens, and represents the national TEE movements. It invites the reader to partner with God's work through prayer and tangible action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839730658
Publisher:	Langham Global Library
Publication date:	02/28/2021
Series:	Icete
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

HANNA-RUTH VAN WINGERDEN is Communications Coordinator for the Increase Association. She served in Central Asia for four years with the GZB, a Dutch mission organization, and has been involved in English language education since 2010. She has a master's degree in history from Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

TIM GREEN has been using TEE to serve the indigenous church in Asia and the Arab world for over thirty years, including as General Secretary of the Increase Association from 2015-2021. He holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

GRAHAM AYLETT is General Secretary of the Increase Association, Vice-Chair of the Trustees of SEAN International, and a member of the Asia Theological Association's Commission on Accreditation and Educational Development. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Preface: About Increase
3. To the Reader
4. Acknowledgements
5. Abbreviations
6. Part A: Explaining TEE
7. God's Mission and Ours
8. Intentional Discipleship
9. Equipping Disciples and Leaders through TEE
10. Intelligent TEE Course Design
11. The Worldwide Spread of TEE
12. Part B: TEE In and Around Asia
13. TEE in Asia Today
14. First-Generation Christians
15. Thailand: Growing Together in Christ
16. Bangladesh: Life Building Course
17. Mongolia: A New Identity in Christ
18. Central Asia 1: The Parched Land Will Be Glad
19. Central Asia 2: Investing in Young Believers
20. Discipling the Diaspora
21. Central Asia 3: Migrant Mission
22. Hmong: Scattered in Diaspora
23. Malaysia: One Nation, Many Languages
24. Diaspora: Discipling the Nations
25. Christians under Pressure
26. Nepal: Moving Mountains
27. Vietnam: God Can Work in Any Circumstance
28. Indonesia: Shine Your Light
29. Pakistan: Thriving under Pressure
30. Building Stronger Churches
31. Philippines: Inspiring and Supporting Believers
32. Papua New Guinea: Contextualized Training for Church Leaders
33. India: Training Believers of All Levels
34. China: Equipping Leaders to Train More Leaders
35. Arab World: Developing Leaders for Church Growth
36. Channels of Transformation
37. Cambodia: Holistic Mission
38. Russia: Hope in the Midst of Challenges
39. South Korea: Transformation Through Discipleship
40. Part C: Innovation in TEE
41. Exploring New Horizons: The Increase Association
42. Equipping and Supporting TEE Group Leaders
43. Creating Twenty-First Century TEE Courses
44. Exploring Digital Opportunities
45. Integrated Learning Pathways
46. Partnership with Residential Institutions
47. Expanding the Reach of Diaspora TEE
48. TEE: Looking to the Future
49. Bibliography
50. TEE for the Twenty-First Century - A List of Recent Works
51. The Editors and Authors

Editorial Reviews

TEE exemplifies a model of theological education that is intentionally missional in its purpose and design. Thus it truly equips disciples and empowers churches to serve God's mission in the world. This book not only explains the TEE philosophy and methodology but also demonstrates the impact of TEE training on learners, their churches, and their communities through the testimonies it contains. What an encouragement it is to read stories of the rapid growth of churches, especially in the difficult places, through TEE groups. TEE is definitely a gift to us in Asia!

Theresa Roco-Lua, EdD

General Secretary, Asia Theological Association

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We live in exciting times, with unprecedented growth of the church across Asia. The need for quality leadership calls for approaches that not only provide solid biblical training but also holistic development. TEE in Asia: Empowering Churches, Equipping Disciples presents us with both theological and theoretical foundations for quality, church-based training with practical examples and stories that bring to life what God is doing in the region through the ministry of TEE. A must read for anyone serious about furthering a strong and growing church in Asia and beyond.

Perry Shaw, EdD

Former Professor of Education,

Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon

Author of Transforming Theological Education

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I wholeheartedly endorse this much-needed book. It is easy to read, accurate, and has a useful reference bibliography. The book gives a basic but comprehensive understanding of how TEE works. But more importantly, it shares the thrilling results through personal testimonies of how the lives of thousands of individuals and churches have been transformed and empowered by studying and living God's word through TEE. My hope and prayer is that this book will inspire many more churches to consider and use Tools to Equip and Empower in their ministries.

Rev Terrick J. Barratt

International Director, Study by Extension for All Nations (SEAN)

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