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  Indigenous lessons for gospel spread today from a context of colonial missions efforts

  One of the most successful indigenous gospel movements of colonial missions history was short lived, interrupted by the oppressive ethnocentric Christianity of colonial settlers whose witness failed to match biblical expectations. While outsiders are often powerfully catalytic for the gospel where the gospel is least known, missions is filled with accounts of the gospel spread being hindered by outsider Christians. We can improve gospel effectiveness with greater trust in indigenous/insider beli

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  African diaspora missions still tethered to Western missions thinking

  Around the world we seem to have an identity crisis in the language of missions as missions conducted by black or brown people adopts missions thinking originating from white Westerners. This remains evident in the African American and Afro Caribbean missions movements as seen through the eyes of a Malawian living in the UK.

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  Spiritual maturity is essential for sharing the gospel across cultural boundaries

  To become spiritually mature in Christ we need to grow out of a mono-cultural perspective. The easiest way to do that is to be exposed to different perspectives that broaden our understanding of God's world, moving from an us and them mentality to a richer inclusivity. Here's why...

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  The gospel has the power to overcome the apartheid racial classification “coloured” in South Africa — part 1

  Part one of two part series exploring the construction of race in South Africa's history that diminished the dignity of the ancient first inhabitants of the southern Cape that pre-existed darker-skinned Bantu peoples. A descendant of the indigenous speaks out with a dream of how the gospel can bring about the kind of transformation his ancestors saw.

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  The gospel has the power to overcome the apartheid racial classification “coloured” in South Africa — part 2

  The continuation of a two part series highlighting the continuation of race constructed in South Africa's history that diminished the dignity of the ancient first inhabitants of Africa's southern Cape. A descendant of the indigenous speaks out with a dream of how the gospel can bring about the kind of transformation his ancestors saw.

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