Evangelical Missiological Society

EMS Dissertation Series

Filipino Kingdom Workers: An Ethnographic Study in Diaspora Missiology

Filipino Kingdom Workers: An Ethnographic Study in Diaspora Missiology Sadiri Emmanuel Santiago B. Tira Mass migration is an undeniable force in the world today as over 192 million people transverse the globe in unprecedented diaspora. These migrants are affecting change wherever they go as they...

A Grounded Theory of Behavior Transformation among Filipino Christian Women

A Grounded Theory of Behavior Transformation among Filipino Christian Women Kimberly Fennessey Snider This study proposes a substantive theory about the transformation process: conversion initiates a process wherein Filipinas come to understand the Bible as the standard of truth; subsequently, they...

Finishing Well: Encouraging Pastors to Persevere under Persecution

Finishing Well: Encouraging Pastors to Persevere under Persecution Kurt Nelson What are the factors that cause pastors to give up their calling and what can be done to mitigate those factors? What can the North American Church do to encourage pastors to remain faithful to their calling to serve and...

A Theological Analysis of the Insider Movement Paradigm from Four Perspectives: Theology of Religions, Revelation, Soteriology and Ecclesiology

A Theological Analysis of the Insider Movement Paradigm from Four Perspectives: Theology of Religions, Revelation, Soteriology and Ecclesiology Doug Coleman Combining elements of the missiological concepts of people movements and high-level contextualization, the Insider Movement paradigm (IMP)...

Muslim Conversions to Christ: An Investigation of Palestinian Converts Living in the Holy Land

Muslim Conversions to Christ: An Investigation of Palestinian Converts Living in the Holy Land Ant Greenham Despite the difficulties of reaching the world of Islam with the gospel, individual Muslims do put their faith in Christ. Literature on the subject of Muslim conversions identifies an...

An Interdependence Model for Mission: Alliance between the Oregon Ministry Network and the Malawi Assemblies of God

An Interdependence Model for Mission: Alliance between the Oregon Ministry Network and the Malawi Assemblies of God Boyd S. Powers The confluence of three streams-the success of the modern missionary movement, the pervasiveness of globalization, and the latent potential of the interdependent body of...

The Use of Business in Missions in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The Use of Business in Missions in Chiang Mai, Thailand Mark L. Russell Business as mission (BAM) is an emerging term and a developing concept. There has been much fascination in both mission and business circles with the concept of strategically using business to accomplish missional purposes...

God First-Go Forward: The Impact of the South Africa General Mission/Africa Evangelical Fellowship on the Africa Evangelical Church, 1962-1994

God First-Go Forward: The Impact of the South Africa General Mission/Africa Evangelical Fellowship on the Africa Evangelical Church, 1962-1994 Thomas Kopp This study examines archival materials, pertinent literary sources, and fifteen interviews in order to understand the impact on the Africa...