Authors: Lee Wanak, Jonathan Nambu, Michael Cape, Tim McCowan
Keywords: Challenges, Missions, Christian Education, Philippine Missions, Senders, Sent Ones, Lessons from Our Journey, Ministry Among Prostituted Women, Fil-Am Files, Filipino Churches in America, Principalities and Powers, Contrasting Views, Phronesis, Practical Wisdom, Theory, Praxis, Kingdom Values, Family, Church, Community, Societal Institutions, Nation, Holy Spirit, Cross-Cultural Ministry, Tentmakers, Evangelism, Service, Advocacy, Koinonia, Leitourgia, Kerygma, Diakonia, Propheteia, Information, Formation, Transformation, Spiritual Warfare, Prostitution, Holistic Ministry, Biblical Anthropology, Dualism, Dualistic Thinking, Justice, Injustice, Kingdom of God, Reconciliation, Lay Leaders, Professionals, Business, Christian Professionals, Filipino Diaspora, Bounded Set, Centered Set, Epistemology, Sociological, Psychological, Reformed Tradition, Anabaptist, Third Wave, Social Activist, Christian Psychologist
Description: This issue tackles various missionary challenges. Wanak outlines the role of Christian Education in mobilizing Filipino missions as a global force. Nambu shares lessons from holistic ministry among prostituted women, emphasizing the theological framework of the women as image-bearers and the need for structural change. Cape analyzes the cultural challenges of ministry to American-born Filipinos (Fil-Ams), advocating for a missiological approach that recognizes cultural differences. McCowan compares differing theological views on Principalities and Powers (Reformed, Anabaptist, Third Wave, Social Activist, Christian Psychologist) and strategies for engaging them.
- Christian Education for Philippine Missions: Challenging Senders, Training Sent Ones – Lee Wanak
- Lessons from Our Journey: Ministry Among Prostituted Women – Jonathan Nambu
- The Fil-Am Files: Insights for Filipino Churches in America – Michael Cape
- Principalities and Powers: Contrasting Views – Tim McCowan
- Book Review: Servants Among the Poor by Jenni M. Craig – Adonis Abelard O. Gorospe
Insights from PHRONESIS Volume 5, No. 1 (1998)
- “The great majority of those in the 10/40 window will only be reached by Christians willing to cross national, cultural, and ethnic boundaries.” -Lee Wanak
- “The women are agents and victims, both sinners and sinned against, full of dignity and full of depravity. This tension… is a hard thing to hold on to.” -Jonathan Nambu
- “It is more accurate to think of them as Americans stranded in Filipino bodies. They aren’t Filipinos stranded in a foreign land; they aren’t Filipinos longing for the homeland…” -Michael Cape “The word ‘principalities and powers’… is of central concern in early Christianity.” -Tim