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Died. Chae Ok Chun, 78, Korean Protestant mission scholar, educator, and administrator, April 14, 2016, in Seoul. After missionary service in Pakistan, she became a professor and dean of Ewha Woman’s University Graduate School of Theology. She was the founder and executive director of the Institute of Islamic Studies in Korea (now known as Torch […]

Died. Timothy Yates, 80, Anglican mission scholar, teacher and author, January 16, 2016, in Sheffield, England. With degrees from Cambridge and Uppsala, and Anglican ordination, he served several parishes in England, was a tutor at St. John’s College, University of Durham, and was director of ordinands for the Derby diocese. Since 2006 he was a

Died. Ted W. Ward, 85, professor of education and missions, ministry consultant, and noted seminar leader, on January 9, 2016, of complications with diabetes and renal failure. In 1956, Ward was appointed professor of education and curriculum research at Michigan State University, where he taught for thirty years. He focused on educational development and had

OMSC board member Timothy Chiu and his wife, May, are NYPD auxiliary officers Rev. Dr. Timothy Chiu, a native of Hong Kong who joined the OMSC Board of Trustees in June 2014, enjoys leading an innovative Chinese online theology school, writing “everyday insights in relation with God,” and serving his community as an auxiliary officer

Since coming to New Haven on August 3, South Koreans Chun Lee and Sook Yun, who is called Suzy, say they have discovered a transforming depth of community life at OMSC, an unexpected benefit that is vastly different from the fast-paced lifestyles and hectic apartment-living pace they keep when at home in Seoul. “We never

W. Jay Moon Seventy percent of the world’s population cannot or chooses not to read! This astounding observation prompted the rise of the orality movement to help missionaries understand and reach oral learners. This article summarizes the recent orality movement by addressing questions that have arisen related to orality, such as: How far-reaching is this

Todd M. Johnson, Gina A. Zurlo, Albert W. Hickman, Peter F. Crossing In 2014, Latin America passed Europe as the continent with the most Christians. In 1900, Europe had six times as many Christians as Latin America. Looking ahead to 2025, however, Latin America is likely to be surpassed by Africa with 628 million in

Michèle Miller Sigg In late October 2015, approximately sixty scholars and graduate students converged on the School of Theology, Boston University, from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Great Britain, and various universities in the United States and Canada to present papers and discuss issues related to the theme of African Christian biography. Representing an intersection of

Memoria Indígena Conference: Indigenous Spirituality and Identity of Missions Drew Jennings-Grisham Thirty people from eleven countries, representing twelve indigenous people groups and other nonindigenous peoples, gathered September 11–13, 2015, in Lima, Peru, to discuss the history of missions to, with, and from indigenous groups and churches in Latin America. The majority of participants were indigenous

Daniel J. Nicholas What happens when megachurches—defined as churches with at least 2,000 attendees in weekly worship—focus their considerable financial and personnel resources onto the world stage? How do megachurch pastors, leaders, and members evaluate their own effectiveness in fulfilling the world mission mandate? What role, if any, should a megachurch’s denomination or its parachurch