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FINAL REPORT OF THE IBOE MISSIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To Dr. Jesse Middendorf IBOE Jurisdictional General Superintendent July 1, 2007

INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE MISSIONAL AND QUALITY REVIEW Reflections and Self-Study Commissioner of Education Jerry D. Lambert April 5, 2007

A reflection on the life and legacy of Dr. E. LeBron Fairbanks, including his 18 years as the President of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

The 2007 Eurasia Region Leadership Conference presentation, “An Attitude of Acceptance” was Session 1 of a 2-part Leadership Tract on the theme of “Leadership Character.” The key verse underpinning...

The 2007 Eurasia Region Leadership Conference presentation, “The Blessing of Brokenness” was Session 2 of a 2-part Leadership Track on the theme, “Leadership Character.” The underpinning scriptural...

Welcome to Volume 7.1 of Didache: Faithful Teaching. As we begin our seventh year of electronic publishing we offer a “reprise” of our previous edition as well as new articles on the nature of...

At the very beginning of discussions centred on the ideas of ‘One Lord, One faith, One Baptism: Unity and Diversity in our Wesleyan Theological Tradition’ it seems appropriate to grapple with the...

God is a missionary God2 who is unchangeably faithful in ‘sending’ God’s love. The mission of God unveils the character of God. God’s character is God’s mission and vice versa because God is love...

The argument of this paper is that Wesleyan theology cannot be separated from Wesleyan practice. It is my intention to demonstrate that truth by proposing a theological quintessence of the Wesleyan...

Theology becomes integral when it suggests a direct and specific relationship between theology and mission that transcends the dichotomy of theory and praxis. Maintaining a healthy balance between...

Perhaps John Wesley’s major contribution to the Church at large, and to the Wesleyan movement, remains his discipleship system, grounded in biblical principles, channeled through methods God helped...

The principles [of Wesleyan theology] mentioned above make up the seed bed of our theology making it relevant in our time, particularly in the education sector. We educators have to carefully and...

This position paper begins with describing the task of the theological educator in terms of an artisan. In a world inundated with information, the search for Wisdom becomes a worthy goal of...

A paper on future challenges in Wesleyan theological education makes two assumptions. First, we know what Wesleyan theological education is. Second, many of us are engaged in Wesleyan theological...

This paper explores the idea that understanding postmodernism and incorporating a theistic worldview with redeemable aspects of postmodernism can bring about an effective relevancy to theological...

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The curriculum content of this course is currently under revision and editing. Your suggestions and corrections will be appreciated. Please use this form to send them to NTI. (You must be a registered...

Anyone who has read much of Milbank will immediately recognize that my task is a difficult one. Understanding his work will require patience on the part of the reader. In order to grasp his...

This paper explores the universal and global church’s mission to promote love, peace, justice, and compassion into the often harsh realities of the twenty-first century world. While there are many...

This article examines the African worldview of Ubuntu or Botho, and its psych or social and cultural super structure. Further, it shall explicate the collective tools employed by the oppressed...

The Church of the Nazarene no longer belongs to the rich countries that once sent their missionaries to the third world, now she spreads the Gospel in the world of the poor of Africa, Asia and Latin...

Condensed from chapter 9 of a soon-to-be-published Introduction to Missions textbook, Discovering Mission, by Chuck Gailey and Howard Culbertson. Roger Peterson, long-time head of the Fellowship of...

Though long overlooked as a topic of scholarly study, in recent years this phenomenon has gained the attention of more than a few writers and missiologists. Many decry the horrible mistakes made in...

Is it worth it to send and receive short-term mission teams? Is the risk worth the reward? In this paper I will answer this question solely in the context of the Church of the Nazarene. I believe that...

Short-term missions and the behaviors of participants on short-term mission teams have been and continue to be the subject of scrutiny from many and varied perspectives. This paper represents a...