My Pilgrimage in Mission

This personal account chronicles the journey of one expatriate family that tested the viability of the migration evangelism model set forth in 1961 by Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. Reflecting on nearly two decades of cultural identification and church involvement as self-supporting English...

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1. VerfasserIn: Richard, Wesley (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publishing [2017]
In: International bulletin of mission research
Jahr: 2017, Band: 41, Heft: 1, Seiten: 73-84
weitere Schlagwörter:B overseas missions
B lay missionary
B John Howard Yoder
B tentmaking
B migration evangelism
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Zusammenfassung:This personal account chronicles the journey of one expatriate family that tested the viability of the migration evangelism model set forth in 1961 by Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. Reflecting on nearly two decades of cultural identification and church involvement as self-supporting English teachers in Japan, the author identifies ways in which their tentmaking status impacted nearly every aspect of their lives, from their legal status in the country to their relationships with other Mennonite missionaries. The article concludes that the experiment was financially successful, replicable, and led to long-term commitment, providing a satisfying, practical, and compelling paradigm for overseas missions.
ISSN:2396-9407
Enthält:Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2396939316666435