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Asian Missions Advance, We Are Timothy K asian 51 missions advance ISSN 2234-3423 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ASIA MISSIONS ASSOCIATION April 2016 GLOBALIZATION AND MISSION The world in which we live has become a global Church in Seoul, Korea, introduces us to the lives village through the development of communication and works of the foreign missionaries who gave and technology. Barriers built by ideologies and their lives for the coming of the Kingdom of God in cultures have been broken down by modern tides Korea. Dr. Masakazu Suzuki and his wife Barbara, of globalization. Mission today has become a multi- co-pastors of Mizuba Community Church, tell us ethnic enterprise and is no longer a “one-direction about the current situation and future of the Japanese mission,” but rather is mission “from everywhere to church. Dr. Suzuki emphasizes that for the healthy everywhere.” Globalization has had a great impact on growth of the Japanese church, Japanese Christians the lives of missionaries and on their mission strategies must become true disciples of Christ and acquire whether they admit it or not. The new world requires a new theology and methodology of mission. us to have a new understanding of mission, as well as For the dynamic coming of the Kingdom of God to equip ourselves with new strategies and attitudes. in Asia and in other parts of the world, we need The Asia Missions Association (AMA) will hold its to become true disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ 12th Triennial Convention at Greenhills Christian and correctly understand the will of the Lord Fellowship (GCF) in Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro for the world. We also need to know how to Manila Philippines on April 18-22, 2016. The theme communicate the gospel effectively in our changing for the 12th Triennial Convention of AMA Manila and globalized world, and to learn from the Lord ’16 is “Globalization and Mission.” The Word of and from one another. May the Lord speak to us God does not change, but the environment that the through the 12th Triennial Convention of AMA Word is to be preached is constantly changing. The and may we become faithful servants of God. Church has the responsibility of proclaiming the Timothy K. Park, Editor unchanging Word of God to a changing world. To do CONTENT this, we must not only have correct understanding of the message of God, but also of the changing world. 1 EDITORIAL: Globalization and Mission In this 51st issue of Asian Missions Advance, we are Timothy K. Park running some AMA special articles thru the work 2 ASIA MISSIONS ASSOCIATION: of Ms. Damples Dulcero-Baclagon who overviews Throughout 11 Triennials the history of AMA and the themes of previous Damples Dulcero-Baclagon triennial conventions of AMA, and Dr. Minoru Okuyama, one of the AMA Honorary Chairmen, 10 AMA, I, and the Japanese Church: in his article “AMA, I, and Japanese Church”. Dr. Minoru Okuyama Alex Smith, a veteran missionary to Thailand, 12 Leadership Development for 21st Century discusses the issue of leadership development Asian Mission: Buddhist Contexts in the Buddhist context and draws from his rich academic knowledge and field experiences. Dr. Alex G. Smith Smith emphasizes the leadership development 22 Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery model of Jesus and Paul and how an apprentice type Ho Ook Song leadership model is a good model for followers. JAPAN AND MISSION: Looking at the Pastor Ho Ook Song, a former missionary to China 28 Present and the Future and the pastor in charge of Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery of 100th Anniversary Memorial Masakazu Suzuki & Barbara Suzuki AMA SPECIAL ASIA MISSIONS ASSOCIATION: THROUGHOUT 11 TRIENNIALS A Run Through of What Happened in the Past 11 AMA Conventions Damples Dulcero-Baclagon The Asia Missions Association, a unique event in cooperation with Korea International Mission and organization in the history of Christianity for missionary orientation and research in Seoul, if and mission in Asia, the first of its kind, started by possible. Asians in 1973, nurtured and shared by mission • To examine carefully, through research and leaders and missionaries from Asia and all other cooperation with the National Association and continents until today. It’s been 43 years and it COFAE, the relationship between East and West continues to accomplish what it started for, from the missionary enterprises. Seoul Declaration, to commitments, affirmations, re- affirmations and more declarations, AMA continues This was how the plan for AMA began! to aspire to make world missions a movement truly In the 2010 Jakarta AMA Convention, it was reported strategically effective and culturally acceptable. that the 200 missionaries pledged in 1973 was already Sometimes AMA was slow, sometimes fast, but achieved in 1974. More than the expectations of the real thing is it never stopped to hope for the mission leaders, there are currently 20,000 Korean betterment of Christian missions in Asia and the missionaries alone serving in 169 countries. (http:// whole world. www.christianpost.com/news/korean-world- To remember the Asia Missions Association and its mission-conference-celebrates-milestone-of-20000- experiences, accomplishments, and hopes in the past, korean-missionaries-worldwide-79015/) From 1974, here is a recollection of what AMA was throughout 11 Asian countries began to see that they were not triennials: mission fields alone. They realized that they also are a force in missions, a sending body and a rich resource THE BEGINNING to help finish the Great Commission! The year 1973 marked the beginning of the idea on THE 1975 INAUGURAL CONVENTION “NEW FORCES OF MISSIONS”, emerging from Asia. The All Asia Mission Consultation held in The All Asia Missions Consultation in 1973, through Seoul, Korea from Aug. 27-30,1973, had called for “the its call to form an Asia-wide missions organization formation of an Asia-wide organization of missions to paved the way for the formation of the Asia Missions provide necessary coordination for sending, receiving Association. The inaugural convention of the AMA and placing Asian missionaries in the mission fields.” was held on Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 1975. With delegates Included also in the 1973 Statement are the words “We and participants coming from 16 different nations, are compelled by the Holy Spirit to declare that we they discussed and exchanged ideas for world shall work towards the placing of at least two hundred missions. And from this inaugural convention, new Asian missionaries by the end of 1974.” And it the Seoul Declaration 1975 was proclaimed. One was also resolved that a Continuation Committee point worth noting from it is this statement:“There consisting of seven persons, Dr. David J. Cho, Dr. are significant potential mission forces emerging Simeon Kang, Dr. Philip Teng, Dr. Petros Octavianus, from various countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin Rev. A Furuyama, Rev. Theodore Williams, and Dr. America. We realize the urgency to mobilize and Chandu Ray, were appointed to carry the following train these forces.”This is the purpose that has called functions: into being the Asia Missions Association, and as a means to achieve the training goal; AMA actualized • To encourage and assist in the formation of the foundation of the East-West Center for Missions National Associations in every country in Asia, Research and Development. Located in Seoul and later consisting of group of spiritually minded, transferred to its training center, the Pauline House mature Christians, who will act as advisors to which was in Kyonggi province, Korea. EWCMRD the Christian churches, missions and agencies for adopted to its program, the existing Summer Institute receiving, placing, sending and commissioning of World Missions Training program held every Asian missionaries. summer to train missionaries before sending them to • To work in close cooperation with the mission fields. A training curriculum for missionaries Coordinating Office for Asian Evangelization for was also created to provide an integrative language, providing liaison and necessary information for cultural, physical and financial preparations for these autonomous National Associations. Asian missionaries. Several people who have enrolled • To work for the establishment of a Center for Asia In SIWM and the EWC missions program are now 2 ● asian missions advance AMA SPECIAL functioning as influential church and mission leaders associations to AMA from India, Indonesia, Japan, the in their countries and even the world. Philippines Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil and other countries. The affiliations of other organizations THE 2nd AMA CONVENTION with AMA have also expanded to other countries of South America and Africa. Due to the enormous tasks and challenges needed to accomplish, after the Inaugural convention, the 2nd THE 4th AMA TRIENNIAL CONVENTION Triennial Convention was shortened into 1 day and became a consultation to the AMA members and From October 6-12, 1986, the 4th Triennial Convention officers as well as delegates from other countries. of the Asia Missions Association was held in Pasadena, It was held in Singapore on November 6, 1978, in CA, USA under the theme “The Facts Of Mission conjunction with ALCO. Its theme was “Strengthen Today And The Path For Mission Tomorrow.” This and Lengthen” The short convention did not create a convention opened the opportunity to re-evaluate the statement but rather agreed to continue accomplishing progress of AMA in the spiritual warfare, in terms of the 1975 AMA declaration. One good thing that numbers and effectivity of strategies. This convention happened later was, one of its participants, Dr. Panya did not focus on Asia alone, it also included the Baba of Nigeria, was encouraged and inspired to missions in other continents like Africa, Europe and initiate the formation of Nigeria Evangelical Missions the Americas. Association. NEMA now has a strong influence and The AMA 4th Convention delegates and participants leadership in Nigeria and African missions.
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