Diaspora Missiology (EMS 23)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Michael Pocock
Introduction 2
Enoch Wan

Part One: The Current Phenomenon of Global Diasporas

Chapter One
Global Migration: Where Do We Stand?
Michael Pocock
Chapter Two
Mapping the Diaspora with Facebook
Trevor Castor
Chapter Three
The Muslim Diaspora
Mark Hausfeld and Joshua Fletcher (Pseudonym)

Part Two: Theory and Models of Diaspora Missiology

Chapter Four
Assessing the Value of Diaspora Community Input in Missiological Research
Fred Farrokh
Chapter Five
Mission by and beyond the Diaspora: Partnering with Diaspora Believers to Reach Other Immigrants and the Local People
Stan Downes

Part Three: Biblical and Theological Guidelines

Chapter Six
Diaspora Ministry in the Book of Acts: Insights from Two Speeches of the Apostle Paul to Help Guide Diaspora Ministry Today
Larry W. Caldwell
Chapter Seven
God’s New Humanity in Diaspora: A Church of the Nations and for the Nations
David Stevens

Part Four:

Strategy and Models
Chapter Eight
Three Models of Acculturation: Applications for Developing a church planting Strategy among Diaspora Populations
David R. Dunaetz
Chapter Nine
The “With” of Diaspora Missiology: The Impact of Kinship, Honor, and Hospitality on the Future of Missionary Training, Sending, and Partnership
Jacques Hébert

Part Five:Case Studies in Diaspora Missions

Chapter Ten
Mission and the Palestinian Diaspora
Andrew F. Bush
Chapter Eleven
The Ethiopian Diaspora: Ethiopian Immigrants as Cross-cultural Missionaries; Activating the Diaspora for Great Commission Impact
Jessica A. Udall

Part Six:
The Way Forward

Chapter Twelve
Organizing to Reach the Diaspora: A Case Study of The International Mission Board, SBC; Changing Its Overseas Structure from Geographic Components to
Global Affinity Groups
Jerry Rankin
Chapter Thirteen
Diaspora Missiology and Beyond: Paths Taken and Ways Forward
Enoch Wan

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Selected Bibliography Contributors

Figures
Figure 1: Muslim Americans
Figure 2: Predictable Sociological Process
Figure 3: Determinants of Group Identity
Figure 4: Four Acculturation Strategies
Figure 5: Emic Diaspora: The Jewish Diaspora
Figure 6: Etic Diaspora: Foreigners in the Land
Figure 7: Emic Diaspora as a Bridge to the Natal Land
Figure 8: Etic Diaspora as a Bridge to the World

Tables
Table 1: The Push and Pull Forces that Move People
Table 2: Muslim Population in NY
Table 3: Common Misconceptions
Table 4: Current Diaspora-natal Integration
Table 5: Types of Exogenous Networking
Table 6: The Landscape of Relational Networks
Table 7: Affinity Groups
Table 8: Diaspora Missiology