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Asian Missions Advance asian 42 missions advance ISSN 2234-3423 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ASIA MISSIONS ASSOCIATION January 2014 NEW YEAR: NEW MISSION OPPORTUNITIES Happy 2014! After its 11th Triennial Convention, AMA has stepped up in making disciples a priority for every mission and The Lord is to be praised for giving us another year! ministry. Just like the apostle Paul used letters to pursue With the new year comes new success, opportunities the spiritual maturity of his disciples, we hope the Asian and challenges. We pray that our Lord, whose passion is Missions Advance will be one of the instruments to for His people to fulfill His mission, will guide us with achieve such vision and priority. His wisdom to carry on the cause of His cross. So let’s learn more as we read more. All of us wish for a brand new year to start afresh. I’m happy to announce that several new faces have joined us Timothy K. Park, as contributors who will share new insights and ideas to Editor our mission and ministries thru the AMA bulletin. CONTENTS First is Leiton Chin, whose article describes the International Student Ministry. After attending the 1 New Year: New Mission Opportunities recently concluded 11th Triennial Convention of the Timothy K. Park Asia Missions Association, Chin saw how AMA and Asian churches are able to play a big role to evangelize 2 International Student Ministry: A Most Strategic and disciple this exciting young group. The SilkRoad Yet Most Inexpensive Global Mission Opportunity Arises in Asia Report brought us to a new area as a mission field. The Leiton Edward Chinn author shared with us his strategy and vision so that we can help pray for them. From SilkRoad, Dr. Caleb 8 A Report on Silk Road Missions Kim brought us to the African context and discussed the Life Hong Anthropological Insights for Gospel Communicators in African-Muslim Contexts. Additionally, Dr. Melba 13 Anthropological Insights for Gospel Padilla Maggay shares through her article Integral Communicators in African-Muslim Contexts Mission, the need for both proclamation and presence, Caleb Kim on the relationship of evangelism and social action. With 16 Integral Mission: What's It All About? the tragedies happening around us, this article comes Melba Padilla Maggay very timely to reeavluate our ministries. 20 Is Evangelism Ever a Sin? Ethical Evangelism in As you read on, you will also find interesting experiences a Watching World of Dr. Marvin Newell in Indonesia, while he was serving as a missionary, regarding attitudes towards evangelism. Marvin J. Newell Dr. Suraja Raman writes about the Parable of the 22 A Model of Compassion in Ministry Prodigal Son as a Model of Compassion in Ministry, and Suraja Raman Dr. Yong Seong Cho shares about two kinds of missions: Boat Type vs. Sailor type. 24 Boat Type Mission vs. Sailor Type Mission Yong Seong Cho Our Editorial Assistant Damples Dulcero-Baclagon gives a detailed recollection of the 11th AMA Triennial 26 The AMA 11th Triennial Convention: Convention. For those who missed the chance to be An Observer's Recollection present, read on and it will be as though you were there. Damples Dulcero-Baclagon More participants also shared their reflections on the unforgettable assembly of mission and church leaders 31 Reflections: AMA 11th Triennial Convention and missionaries in Asia. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRY: A MOST STRATEGIC YET LEAST EXPENSIVE GLOBAL MISSION OPPORTUNITY ARISES IN ASIA Leiton Edward Chinn SEEING THE REALITY THAT “THE 21ST CENTURY the EduCity at Iskandar in Johor, the Songdo Global BELONGS TO ASIA” University (Seoul) and the Jeju Island Global Education City of Korea. Hong Kong and Sri Lanka have ambitious More and more strategists and leaders from all plans for educational hubs as well. In the meantime, professional sectors, are joining the chorus of the early Japan seeks to draw international students through its core of futurists of the 20th century, who foresaw the reputation as the leader of the Times Higher Education eclipsing rise of the greater Asia-Pacific region, as Asia University Rankings, with the highest number surpassing the United States and the West to “own of top institutions (University of Tokyo placing 1st). the 21st Century”. This reality is not only the obvious Among the top 100 universities, Japan has 22, Taiwan acceleration of economic ascendency, technological 2 17, and China 15. advancement, research and development spending, and population growth, but also includes the significant A third element at the AMA 40th Anniversary influence of impacting the future leaders of the world, Convention in Korea, that indicates a growing by both sending Asian students abroad, and also the awareness of Asian missiologists of the ripe opportunity receiving of growing numbers of international students, for ISM in Asia, is Dr. David Lim’s paper: Asian Mission scholars, and researchers in the region. Movements in Asia Today, presented at the convention and also printed in Asian Missions Advance #41, A ministry among International students, scholars, October, 2013, stating, “Special mention must be given and researchers is a highly strategic component of the to the Diaspora ministries, especially to international broader “Diaspora Missions” vision, that is gradually workers and students...Many ministries to international being embraced by the Church since the 2004 Lausanne students have also seen great results as their converts Forum in Thailand. The platform of the 2004 Forum returned to their homelands after graduation to start included Diaspora & International Students Ministry ministries there”. (ISM) as a new feature of the Lausanne agenda. The composite theological and practical missional recommendations, of the joint Diaspora/International Students Issue Group of the 2004 Forum, is contained in "A ministry among International the freely downloadable Lausanne Occasional Paper #55 at http://www.lausanne.org/en/documents/lops.html. students, scholars, and researchers is a highly strategic component of the SEEING THE RISE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM AND TO ASIA broader “Diaspora Missions” vision, Participants of the AMA 11th Triennial Convention held that is gradually being embraced by the October 7-11, 2013, at the brand new State University of Church since the 2004 Lausanne Forum New York, Songdo/Incheon, Korea campus, caught a glimpse of the newly emerging “glocal” (global but local) in Thailand." world mission reality of Asia. During meal times, sitting across the dining room were a couple tables filled with international students who comprised a large percentage While the stage is being set to attract more international of the first group of students (there were only 34 Korean students to Asia, from both outside of Asia and very graduate students in technology and engineering in the 1 much also from within Asia, it is critical to acknowledge very first class launched in March, 2012). and plan for the continuing flow of students from Asia, But it was not only the presence of the international to within Asia and to other regions of the world. students, but the campus itself, that represents the The majority (52%) of the world’s foreign students future of internationalized higher education in Asia. originate from Asia.3 The UNESCO Global Education SUNY in Korea is one example of the recent phenomena Digest 2009 reports that Asia has half of the top 10 to competitively build educational hubs in the region sending countries of international students with by having big name universities from North America, China, India, and Korea leading the way, followed by Europe, and “down under”, establish branch campuses. Germany, Japan, France, the U.S., Malaysia, Canada, Early leaders in the race to modernize and market and the Russian Federation. Students from China, globalized degrees through educational hubs are India, and Korea comprised 49% of the international the Singaporean brand, “Global Schoolhouse”, the Malaysian KLEC (Kuala Lumpur Education City) and 2. Japan Tops Inaugural The Asia University Rankings, 1. Asia's Burgeoning Higher Education Hubs, International Professionals in International Education News. April 11, 2013. Educator, NAFSA: Association of International Educators; July/August 3. Regional Globalism and International Higher Education in 2012. Asia, Yenbo Wu, August, 2012. 2 ● asian missions advance students in the U.S. in 20124 , and when you factor in Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to appropriately the large numbers from other Asian countries, the total minister in the context of their overseas employment. of Asian students in the U.S., easily exceeds 50% of the The Philippine Missions Association anticipates that international student population. the Philippine Missions Mobilization Movement (PM3) will be their flagship program and its “best contribution China’s governmental initiative to send 30 male students 7 to the harvest force for God’s global harvest” . Imagine abroad in 1872, and to transition into the Modern Era the tremendous impact if Asian churches and ministries by that small band of returnees from America in 1881, is prepared their students going to another country for well documented in China’s First Hundred by Thomas E. cross-cultural ministry both for the host national students LaFargue. It is fascinating to note that those committed as well as among other fellow international students. returnees suffered undue mistrust and misunderstanding This strategy has not yet been tried on a major scale in being perceived as foreigners returning home. Yet they and awaits its implementation. Christian international persisted amidst personal cost and sacrifice in service students should consider, prior to leaving home, the to the betterment of their nation. Now a 130 years later, providential and God-purposed privilege to study in most of the current group of nearly 236,000 Chinese 5 another country, and seek the Lord’s guidance to be a students in America will eventually return and also student missionary. This stewardship of future Christian experience some of the same returnee challenges as that international students being inspired and equipped for pioneering group.
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