COMIBAM 1984-2000: Historical Analysis of a Majority World Missionary Network Julio Guarneri This dissertation provides a historical analysis of the Cooperación Misionera Ibero Americana  (COMIBAM). This historical analysis consists of COMIBAM’s first sixteen years (1984-2000). The purpose is to...

A Grounded Theory of Leadership and Followership in Multicultural Teams in SIL EunSun Sunny Hong There is a growing need to understand what effective multicultural leadership and followership look like in a faith-based, nonprofit, international organization where communication is mostly conducted...

Conversion Narratives in Context: Muslims Turning to Christ in post-Soviet Central Asia Daniel Gene Hoskins Religious experience is a narrative reality, while it certainly relates to doctrines and rituals, it is embodied by the stories people tell which express the meaning of conversion as...

Towards a Missiological Model for Worldview Transformation among Adherents to African Traditional Religion in Yorubaland Kelvin Okey Onongha Seventh-day Adventist missions in the western region of Nigeria are a century old, yet reversion to pre-Christian practices such as divination and sorcery are...

Conversion and Post-Conversion Experiences of Hindu-Background Believers with Applications to Local Church Ministry in Southern California Asher Mathew The motivation for this study was to help Indian churches in Southern California be more effective in their evangelistic strategies and discipleship...

Reshaping Evangelicalism’s Future Leaders: How Short Term Urban Service Experiences are Influencing the Theology, Social Change Strategy, Cultural Awareness, and Social Connections of a Group of Evangelical College Students Rick Richardson Many evangelical college students are going on urban...

Saving God’s Face: A Chinese Contextualization of Salvation through Honor and Shame Jackson Wu Years ago, the author had a startling realization. Theologians and pastors have long taught on the glory of God and its central importance in the Bible. However, because he was living in East Asia, it also...

A Model for Theologizing in Arab Muslim Contexts Mark Harlan The need for this study arose from personal experience as to the inadequate, inappropriate, and ineffective nature of Western Christian theology in Arab Muslim contexts. Its aim is to explore the issues involved in enabling Western...

Important Factors in Pre-Field and Field Based Preparation of Missionaries Serving with Cross and Crescent International Herbert Brasher, Jr. he most important event happening in our world today is the story of the Lord Jesus Christ as he works through his people in making disciple multipliers among...

Textbooks for African Bible Colleges Thayer Allyn Salisbury This dissertation examines the effectiveness of using books that are primarily narrative as textbooks in African Bible colleges. The importance of narrative communication is frequently discussed in the literature. Narrative is considered an...