02 Apr 2020: Leadership in Christian Perspective–Book Review
A refreshing and systematic look at servant leadership....
Ministry
24 Oct 2018: ADME On Cultural Intelligence
From its earliest days, the Church has struggled to be in the world but not of it. Controversies in Rome and Corinth over what Christians could eat or not eat. Paul attempting to appease Judean nationalists in the Temple and being arrested....
04 Apr 2018: Action Research Ethics for DMin Students
Research influences its context. While careful researchers try to minimize this influence by, for example, avoiding research contexts where researchers exercise authority over individuals or organizations, many DMin students develop research that is designed to influence a context in which they are in power over...
04 Apr 2018: The Future of DMin Education
It was a long evening. It was about a new, very well designed, cohort model DMin program that met the ATS Commission on Accrediting standards. There was keen interest in the program being offered in a population area in a nearby state that was separated...
06 Mar Great Commission, Great Compassion – Book Review
"Ultimately, this book is about choices." Those familiar with the published work of Paul Borthwick, which spans 30 years of research and writing, will be accustomed to the focused challenges that the author provides, particularly along the lines of global perspective and Great Commission engagement....
06 Mar Faith on the Road – Book Review
In his book "Faith on the Road," Rieger urges the reader to consider the migrant narrative and to recognize the variant power differentials at work in other travel narratives playing out in humanity today....
06 Mar Canoeing the Mountains – Book Review
"How do you canoe over mountains?" asks Tod Bolsinger. "You don’t. If you want to continue forward, you change". Canoeing the Mountains is about "the kind of leadership necessary for the local church to take the Christian mission into the uncharted territory of a post-Christendom...
04 Oct Ministry in Diverse Communities
In several thought-provoking plenary sessions, Dr. Rah emphasized the temptation of a dominant culture to overlook the importance of lament, which is an important expression for minority cultures. ...
04 Oct Persuasive Pastoral Leaders
Posted at 15:57h
in Accreditation, Education, Feature Article, Ministry, Research Design, Vol 7 (2018)
The art of persuasion is a competency rooted in awareness of what counts as knowledge. Although skepticism over the value of theological education and challenges to the authority of pastoral leaders are not new, they are certainly dynamic factors today....
04 Oct The Intersection of Burmese, Korean, and American Cultures
Drawing on the author’s experiences working with DMin students at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, including recent interactions with students from Myanmar, Korea, and the United States, this paper discusses the insights gained. ...