Journal of Asian Mission

Journal of Asian Missions

ISSN 0119-3228
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Issues On-Line 1:1 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2:2 | 3:1 | 3:2 | 4:1 | 4:2 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 6:1 | 6:2 | 7:1

Volume 1 Number 1 (March 1999)

*Editorial*
Wonsuk Ma	Asian Church, Mission, and a Journal (11K pdf)
*Articles*
Joseph R. Suico	Pentecostalism: Towards A Movement of Social Transformation in the Philippines (41K pdf)
Larry W. Caldwell	Towards the New Discipline of Ethnohermeneutics:Questioning the Relevancy of Western Hermeneutical Methods in the Asian Context (74K pdf)
Soon-hwan Kim	The Inculturation of the Eucharistic Elements in the Korean Protestant Church (61k pdf)
Gani Wiyono	Ratu Adil: A Javanese Face of Jesus? (63K pdf)
Yeow Choo Lak	New President, Fresh Hopes: Doing Theology in the Philippines (38K pdf)
Joseph Too Shao	Heritage of the Chinese-Filipino Protestant Churches (23K pdf)
Andrew Byung-yoon Kim	Rethinking of Korean Missions (56K pdf)

Volume 1 Number 2 (September 1999)

*Articles*
Julie C. Ma	Light: A Missiological Reading
Michael L. McDowell	The Millennium Bug in Melanesia: Contextualizing Cargo Cult Beliefs
Hyeon-Sung Bae	Theology of Harmony: A Korean Theological Paradigm for Human Wholeness from the Pneumatological Perspectives
Sunil H. Stephens	Doing Theology in a Hindu Context
Chin Do Kham	The Untold Story: The Impact of Revival among the Chin People in Myanmar (Burma)
*Response*
Daniel A. Tappeiner	A Response to Caldwell’s Trumpet Call to Ethnohermeneutics
Theses Abstracts

Volume 2 Number 1 (March 2000)

*Editorial*
After a Year	A Reflection
*Articles*
Lee C. Wanak	Theological Education and the Role of Teachers in the 21st Century: A Look at the Asian Pacific Region
Averell U. Aragon	Toward and Asian Evangilical Theology of Religion (93.1k pdf)
Theresa Roco Lua	Developing a Holistic and Contextualized Discipleship Ministry among Filipino Urban Poor Adults in Metro Manila
Hong Young-gi	The Charisma of Cho Yonggi and Its Routinization in the Yoido Full Gospel Church of Korea
Miguel Alvarez	Missionary Training: A Discipline
Wonsuk Ma	Missions: Nine Hurdles for Asian Churches
*Response*
James R. Whelchel	Ethnohermeneutics: A Response
Larry W. Caldwell	A Response to the Responses of Tappeiner and Whelchel to Ethnohermeneutics
Book Review

Julie C. Ma

Review of Strategy of the Spirit: J. Philip Hogan and the Growth of the Assemblies of God Worldwide, 1960-1990

Volume 2 Number 2 (September 2000)

*Editorial*
Wonsuk Ma	Journal of Asian Mission
*Articles*
David S. Lim	A Critique of Modernity in Protestant Missions in the Philippines
David K. Strong	The Smokey Horizon: Moving beyond the American Experience in Filipino Mission
Allan Anderson	Signs and Blunders: Pentecostal Mission Issues at "Home and Abroad" in the Twentieth Century
George W. Harper	Philippine Tongues of Fire? Latin American Pentecostalism and the Future of Filipino Christianity
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen	"Culture, Contextualization, and Conversion": Missiological Reflections from the Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue (1990-1997)

Volume 3 Number 1 (March 2001)

*Editorial*
Wonsuk Ma	Journal of Asian Mission
*Articles*
Manuel A. Bagalawis	"Power" in Acts 1:8; Effective Witnessing through Signs and Wonders
James Huculak	The Value of the Physically Challenged, the Neglected, Those without Christ (Mark 10:46-52)
Santos Yao	The Table Fellowship of Jesus with the Marginalized A Radical Inclusiveness
Timoteo D. Gener	Re-imaging Conversion in the Lowland Philippines Setting: The Perspective of Gospel Re-rooting
Mathew S. Clark	The Challenging of Contextualization and Syncretism to Pentecostal Theology and Missions in Africa
Ann H. Harper	The Iglesia ni Cristo and Evangelical Christianity
Julie C. Ma	Elva Vanderbout: A Woman Pioneer of Pentecostal Mission among Igorots
Mitsuo Fukuda	Sermon Topics Contextualized for Japan

Volume 3 Number 2 (September 2001)

*Articles*
Seung-oh An	Worship: A Missiological Role
Paul Hertig	Re-Positioning Center and Margin in Church and Society
Young-gi Hong	Modernity, Tradition, and Korean Protestantism: Church Growth and Pastoral Leadership
Roger E. Hedlund	Previews of Christian Indigeneity in India
John W. Kirkpatrick	Asian Churches: Examining the Love Quotient
D.W.Pack	An Evangelical Assessment of Muhammad (Part I)
Daniel L. Espiritu	Ethohermeneutics or Oikohermeneutics? Questioning the Necessity of Caldwell's Hermeneutics
*Book Reviews*
Keith Kidwell	A New Church for a New Age
Wonsuk Ma	Divine Threads within a Human Tapestry

Volume 4 Number 1 (March 2002)

*Editorial*	Thoughts from the New Editor
F. Albert Tizon	Filipino Protestant Faith in Revolutionary Times: Historical Elements in an Evangelical Theology of Social Transformation
Randall Holm	Towards an Epistemology of Missions
Mkito Ngasawa	Religious Truth: From Cultural Perspective in the Japanese Context
D.W. Pack	An Evangelical Assessment of Muhammad (Part 2)
Minho Song	Apologetics of Matteo Ricci: Lessons from the Past
David Tan	The Secret Work of the Holy Spirit in China through Madame Guyon
Timothy Kiho Park	A Survey of the Korean Missionary Movement
Conrado P. Lumaban, Sr.	Evangelical/Pentecostal Solution to Gambling in the Philippines
*Book Reviews*
Yee Tham Wan	Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life

Volume 4 Number 2 (September 2002)

*Editorial*
Julie C. Ma, Ph.D.	Journal of Asian Mission
*Articles*
Paul E. Pierson	The New Context of Christian Mission: Challenges and Opportunities
Seung - Oh An	Toward a Holistic Ecclesiology for Effective Kingdom Ministry
Yee Tham Wan	A Critique of the Spiritual Warfare Movement
Jeffrey Oh	The Gospel - Culture Encounter at Chinese Funeral Rites
Wonsuk Ma	Three Types of Ancestor Veneration in Asia: An Anthropological Analysis
Lulu Umali - Suico	A Case Study of Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Philippines: The Role of Evangelical Churches
Christi - An C. Bennet	Seeking the Soul of India: Wesleyan Discussions 1886 - 1900
Chak Kwan Chan	Safeguarding the Dignity of My Poor Brothers and Sisters: A Reflection of Hong Kong Christian Churches Financial Assistance
*Book Reviews*
The Iguassu Dialogue	Greg Dowell: Global Missiology for the Twenty - First Century

Volume 5 Number 1 (March 2003)

*Editorial*	Several Thoughts
*Articles*
Vinay Samuel	Rethinking Unreached People Groups
Junias V. Venugopal	Prolegomena to a Historical Perspective: The use of Education as a Mission Strategy in Asia
Eiko Takamizawa	A Model for Presenting the Gospel to Pantheists
Veronica Doyle-Davidson	Salvation Theology in a Taoist Context: Examining and Traversing the Theological Bridge That Is “The Way”
Elizabeth Ruth Peever	English Evangelism: A Tool for the New Century Mission
Mark S. Williams	Aspects of High-Spectrum Contextualization in Ministries to Muslims
Timothy Williams	Pentecostalism’s Answer to Indonesia’s Unreached Muslims
Melba Padilla Maggay	Early Protestant Missionary Efforts in the Philippines: Some Intercultural Problems
Myungseon Oh	Study on Appropriate Leadership Pattern for the Korean Church in Postmodern Era
*Book Reviews*
Phil Parshall	Global Malay Muslims
Joseph Tse-Hei Lee	The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

Volume 5 Number 2 (September 2003)

*Articles*
Robert L. Gallagher	From Doing to Being: A Missiological Interpretation of Acts 4:23-31
Chin Do Kham	Partnership Issues and Challenges in Asian Mission
John Kirkpatrick	Evangelicalism in a Hostile Environment: Responding to the Rising Tide of Opposition
Minho Song	A Reflection on the Spirituality of David Bosch
Simon G. H. Tan	Apostles Then and Now
Koichi Kitano	Socio-Religious Distance between Charismatics andOther Religious Group Members: A Case Study of the Philippines in the 1980s
Ted E. York	Indigenous Missionaries—A Fruit of Revival: Lessons from the Indonesian Revival of 1965 to 1971
Harold R. Cole	A model of Contextualized Deliverance Ministry: A Case Study:The Cordillera Rehabilitation Center
*Book Reviews*
H. Jack Morris	Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope
Wonsuk Ma	Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations

Volume 6 Number 1 ( March 2004)

*Editorial*
Julie C. Ma	Movies in Christian Mission
*Articles*
David Chee Wai Cheum	The Spirit and Mission in the Book of Acts
Alan R. Johnson	Passing on the Faith: Principles for Christian Education from the Apostle Paul
David S. Lim	Mobilizing the Local Church in Evangelism and Mission
Miguel Alvarez	The New Context of Missiological Education: A Review of Early Twenty-first Century Scenarios (Part 1)
Alex B. Fuentes	A Church in a Neutral Turf: A History of the Hotel Ministry in the Philippines
Thang Ngaihte	A Challenge to Develop the Thai Church Leadership

*Book Reviews*
Wonsuk Ma	Sa Kandungan ng Langit
Todd LaBute:	God of the Possible
Errata	Errata

Volume 6 Number 2 ( September 2004)

*Articles*
Timoteo D. Gener	Re-visioning Local Theology: An Integral Dialogue with Practical Theology: A Filipino Evangelical Perspective
Miguel Alvarez	The New Context of Missiological Education: A Review of Early Twenty-first Century Scenarios (Part 2)
Jean Uayan	Chap Chay Lo Mi: Disentangling the Chinese-Filipino Worldview
Byung-yoon Kim	“Asia Vision - STM 2015”: A Case of Mobilizing Filipino Christians for Short-term Mission
Julie C. Ma	Church Planting: Strategy for Mission among Pentecostals
Judy Cagle	Mentoring Emerging Pacific Leaders in Fiji and Tonga
Clifton Clarke	Towards a Post-missionary Oral Christology Among African Indigenous Churches in Ghana
*Book Reviews*
Alan Johnson	Review of Sharing Jesus in the Buddhist World

Volume 7 Number 1 (March 2005)

*Editorial*
Julie C. Ma	“It’s Only the Beginning!”: The Incumbent Editor’s Reflection
*Articles*
Julie C. Ma	Asian Religious Worldviews and Their Missiological Implications
Harold Cole	Stories Aren’t Just for Kids Anymore: A Case for Narrative Teaching in Missions
Vincent Leoh	Toward Pentecostal Social Ethics
Ian L. Grant	Christian Leadership and Globalizing Christianity: Missiological Approaches
Wes Richards	An Examination of Common Factors in the Growth of Pentecostalism: Observed in South Korea, Nigeria and Argentina
Glenzer Fernandez	Servant Leadership in the Philippine Context
Mark S. Williams	Bwaya as Spirit-being: Filipino Islam and the Supernatural
Mark Durene	The Church and “Face”: A Thai Experience
*Book Reviews*
Roderick T. Leupp	Review of Holiness Abroad: Nazarene Missions in Asia
George W. Harper	Review of Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines