We've been on the road in the States for five weeks and haven't had a chance to keep this blog up. (It's been difficult to keep the personal site updated!) Here are a few mission-related tidbits -- a digest from my other blog.
• Regular on Guam is now $4.92 ~ Link
• The debate continues -- should we be sending short-term or long-term missionaries? I guess it all depends on what we want to accomplish. If we want our people to get a broader and fuller perspective on what it means to be a part of what Christ is doing in the world short-term is worth every penny. But if we're trying to give our people a sense that they're doing all it takes to live out the great commission we're mistaken.
I don't have anything definitive to say regarding the over-all contribution of short-termers -- but I know that in our situation the short-termers from both Europe and North America have made a valuable contribution to the work of PIBC. Perhaps it's all about context. ~ Link
• Jens Schulz, our friend and PIBC colleague, finished his last assignment to complete his MBA studies. Congratulations!
• John Morehead has an important review of Rodney Stark's work on the sociological considerations in The Rise of Mormonism. ~ Link
• Gary Walter was elected and installed as president of the Evangelical Covenant Church at the annual meeting of the Covenant. Bruce and Katy Dockter, from our church in Turlock, were also commissioned as short-term missionaries to work in Mexico. In the picture a group is praying around Katy. Can you see Cheryl in there? ~ Link• The new mission reversal in Germany -- thriving immigrant churches reaching out to Germans. God is so unconventional when it comes to his mission. ~ Link
• South African Theological Seminary, my favorite online seminary, has just introduced a structured Master of Theology (MTh) degree in biblical studies. Programs in pastoral ministry and pastoral counseling are in the pipe. Up to this point their masters programs have been research based (the established British model for master's work). This new additional approach will be more familiar to those who have studied in an American-style school. ~ Link
• Three of our PIBC graduates were ordained in Palau a few weeks ago. ~ Link
• Brigada, the weekly email newsletter for those involved in international ministries, has switched formats and can now be read as a blog. I've already added Brigada to my Google Reader. ~ Link
• Everyone wants to talk about the church boom in China ~ Link
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