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Vol 10 No 2: The Social Philosophy of the Christian Educator (Spring 2013)

From the Editor – Linda M. Cannell

Preparing and Equipping the Leaders of Leaders – Ted W. Ward

Repositioning Mission Agencies for the Twenty-First Century – Ted W. Ward – 1999, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol 23 No 4, October: 146-153

Mission Toward the Twenty-First Century: A Global Overview – Ted W. Ward – Late 1980’s, Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board Pastors’ Conference

Turning the Corner in Missions – Ted W. Ward – 1996, Unpublished Manuscript dedicated to Chrysalis and its founders, John and Carol Dettoni

Lone Ranger to Barnabas: Over and Out – Ted W. Ward – 1982, Unpublished Manuscript

Healer, Teacher, Evangelizer or Revolutionist? Contending Perspectives on the Church and the Third World – Ted W. Ward – 1988, Address for the Faith and Foreign Policy Conference

Christian Missions—Survival in What Forms? – Ted W. Ward – 1990’s, Unpublished Manuscript for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

The Church in the Intermediate Future – Ted W. Ward – 1979, Christianity Today, Vol 23 No 18, June 29: 14-18

Involvement or Interference? How to Relate to a Needy World – Ted W. Ward – 1978, Bethel Mennonite College, Kansas, Convocation Address, April 28

The Impossible Dream – Ted W. Ward – Late 1970’s/early 1980’s, Address to the Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organization (AERDO)

Key Concepts of Development – Ted W. Ward – 1980, First Workshop Session on development at Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya

Possibilities, Paradigms, and Paralysis – Ted W. Ward – 1998, Unpublished Manuscript

Options for Overseas Service in World Evangelism – Ted W. Ward – 1970, Address at Urbana 1970

The Anxious Climate of Concern for Missionary Children – Ted W. Ward – 1990’s, Unpublished Manuscript

Pejorative Presumptions about Missing Missionaries: A Response to Peter Brierley’s Why Our Missionaries Quit – Ted W. Ward – 1996, Paper for the Overseas Missions Study Center (OMSC), December

Beyond the Pith Helmet – Ted W. Ward – 1980’s, Unpublished Manuscript for Michigan State University

Back Issues

Vol 10 No 1: The Educational Philosophy of a Christian Educator (Fall 2012)

Vol 9 No 2: South East Asian Church Responses to Challenges Faced in the Age of Globalization (Spring 2012)

Vol 9 No 1: The Missionary Dimension of Christian Education in Brazil (Portuguese Issue - Fall 2011)

Vol 8 No 2: Non-Formal Education in Central/Eastern Europe (Spring 2011)

Vol 8 No 1: Multiculturalism and Attention to Issues of Social Ethics in Theological Schools: Implications for the Development of Church Leadership (Fall 2010)

Vol 7 No 2: Opportunities and Challenges of Technology in Ministry (Spring 2010)

Vol 7 No 1: Perspectives in Spirituality (Fall 2009)

Vol 6 No 2: The Church’s Mission in the World: The Realities of Contextualization (Spring 2009)

Vol 6 No 1: Congregations: Moving Toward Transformation (Fall 2008)

Vol 5 No 2: Learning as Transformation: Implications for the Church in Mission to the World (Spring 2008)

Vol 5 No 1: Generations (Fall 2007)

Vol 4 No 2: To Change the World: The Social and Political Impact of the Gospel (Spring 2007)

Vol 4 No 1: Issues in Global Mission (Fall 2006)

Vol 3 No 2: What Does It Mean to Be Human (Spring 2006)

Vol 3 No 1: Theological Education as Mission (Fall 2005)

Vol 2 No 2: Theological Education: Developing Leaders for the Church (Spring 2005)

Vol 2 No 1: What is the Church? (Fall 2004)

Vol 1 No 2: Doing Theology (Spring 2004)

Vol 1 No 1: Reconciliation (Fall 2003 - Inaugural Issue)

Articles by Issue

Vol 10 No 2: The Social Philosophy of the Christian Educator (Spring 2013)

From the Editor – Linda M. Cannell

Preparing and Equipping the Leaders of Leaders – Ted W. Ward

Repositioning Mission Agencies for the Twenty-First Century – Ted W. Ward – 1999, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol 23 No 4, October: 146-153

Mission Toward the Twenty-First Century: A Global Overview – Ted W. Ward – Late 1980’s, Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board Pastors’ Conference

Turning the Corner in Missions – Ted W. Ward – 1996, Unpublished Manuscript dedicated to Chrysalis and its founders, John and Carol Dettoni

Lone Ranger to Barnabas: Over and Out – Ted W. Ward – 1982, Unpublished Manuscript

Healer, Teacher, Evangelizer or Revolutionist? Contending Perspectives on the Church and the Third World – Ted W. Ward – 1988, Address for the Faith and Foreign Policy Conference

Christian Missions—Survival in What Forms? – Ted W. Ward – 1990’s, Unpublished Manuscript for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

The Church in the Intermediate Future – Ted W. Ward – 1979, Christianity Today, Vol 23 No 18, June 29: 14-18

Involvement or Interference? How to Relate to a Needy World – Ted W. Ward – 1978, Bethel Mennonite College, Kansas, Convocation Address, April 28

The Impossible Dream – Ted W. Ward – Late 1970’s/early 1980’s, Address to the Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organization (AERDO)

Key Concepts of Development – Ted W. Ward – 1980, First Workshop Session on development at Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya

Possibilities, Paradigms, and Paralysis – Ted W. Ward – 1998, Unpublished Manuscript

Options for Overseas Service in World Evangelism – Ted W. Ward – 1970, Address at Urbana 1970

The Anxious Climate of Concern for Missionary Children – Ted W. Ward – 1990’s, Unpublished Manuscript

Pejorative Presumptions about Missing Missionaries: A Response to Peter Brierley’s Why Our Missionaries Quit – Ted W. Ward – 1996, Paper for the Overseas Missions Study Center (OMSC), December

Beyond the Pith Helmet – Ted W. Ward – 1980’s, Unpublished Manuscript for Michigan State University

Vol 10 No 1: The Educational Philosophy of a Christian Educator (Fall 2012)

Our Tenth Year of Sharing Common Ground – Linda M. Cannell

Developing Christ-like Leaders – Ted W. Ward – 1993, AETAL, Sao Palo, Brazil

Facilitating Human Development – Ted W. Ward –1982, Michigan Teachers Christian Fellowship

Public Education and Christians: Traveling the Same Trail? – Ted W. Ward – 1974, Wheaton College First Annual Education Foundation Conference

Education That Makes a Difference – Ted W. Ward – 1980, The Bethel Focus Vol 32 No 2

The Lines People Draw – Ted W. Ward – 1989, Faculty Dialogue 1989 (11)

To Reform Christian Education: Six Criteria – Ted W. Ward – 1976, Unpublished Manuscript

The Elegant Nonconformists – Ted W. Ward – 1970, Unpublished Manuscript for an Award’s Ceremony

Curriculum: The Path to High-Worth Outcomes – Ted W. Ward – 2000, Maclellan Foundation

Understanding Teaching and Learning as Inseparable Processes – Ted W. Ward – 2003, Maclellan Foundation

Servants, Leaders, and Tyrants – Ted W. Ward – 1978, Lecture to the faculty and students of Calvin Theological Seminary

Reflection on the Christian Ministry of Ted W. Ward – Linda M. Cannell

Vol 9 No 2 South East Asian Church Responses to Challenges Faced in the Age of Globalization (Spring 2012)

From the Editor – Calvin Chong

Renewing Christian Community Identity and Educational Strategies Through Communities of Practice: Considerations for Singapore Churches – Daniel Low and Rhonda McEwen

Building Deep Christians: Mind and Heart in Action – Lisman Komaladi

How Deep Was It? Plumb Lining the Commitment to Integral Mission – Natee Tanchanpongs

ChristianCommunitas in the Missio Dei: Living Faithfully in the Tension Between Cultural Osmosis and Alienation – Paul De Neui

Vol 9 No 1 The Missionary Dimension of Christian Education in Brazil (Portuguese Issue - Fall 2011)

An Original Language Issue of the Common Ground Journal – João Batista Cavalcante and Arthur Duck, Editors

Testemunho Holístico em Uma Sociedade Multicultural e Multireligiosa – Arthur Duck

A Presença Missionária na Educação Brasileira–Uma Breve Análise da História – João Cavalcante

Em Busca de Uma Pedagogia Integral: Dicotomia e Síntese na Educação Teológica Brasileira – Marcus Throup

A Dimensão Missionária da Educação Infantil – Regina F. Accioly Ferreira

A Missão da Igreja e Educação Cristã Brasileira – Bill Bacheller

Usando a Literatura em Missão – Betty Bacon

Uma Inumação Estupenda. A Missão de Euclides e a Nossa – Henry Bacon

A Educação a Distância Desafios e Oportunidades Para a Expansão do Reino de Deus Utilizando-se Desta Ferramenta – Franck Neuwirth

Vol 8 No 2 Non-Formal Education in Central/Eastern Europe (Spring 2011)

From the Editors – Dave Patty and Steve Patty, Editors

School Without Walls and the Local Church: A Model of Informal Leadership Training in Post-Soviet Countries – Mykhailo M. Cherenkov

My Experience in Discipleship-Making – Maruška Kozlejova

Non-Formal Education as a Tool for Church Planting in Latvia – Peteris Sprogis and Liva Fokrote

Non-Formal Education with a Movement in Mind – Peter Hrubo

Non-Formal Education as a Tool to Equip and Develop a Team – Josef Pavlinak

School Without Walls in Central Asia – Ruslan Zagidulin

Moving from an Expert-Oriented Pedagogy to an Object-Oriented Learning Strategy: Teaching Biblical Truth in a Post-Communist Eastern European Context – Ed Murray

Vol 8 No 1 Multiculturalism and Attention to Issues of Social Ethics in Theological Schools: Implications for the Development of Church Leadership (Fall 2010)

From the Editor – Soong-Chan Rah, Editor

Trusting Strangers as Neighbors? Overcoming Challenges to Reconciliation – Mark G. Harden

Differences in Power Distances May Make Harmony on a Multicultural Team More Challenging – Lisa Anderson-Umana

Prophetic Voices and Evangelical Seminary Education – Soong-Chan Rah

Urban Theological Education at Seattle Pacific University: Encountering Neighbors and Race in Seattle – David P. Leong

Evangelical Identity Meets New Opportunities in Education – Elizabeth M. Mosbo-VerHage (with Soong-Chan Rah)

Vol 7 No 2 Opportunities and Challenges of Technology in Ministry (Spring 2010)

From the Editor – Meri MacLeod, Editor

Online Learning Communities: The Heart of Online Learning – Mark A. Maddix

Distance Hybrid Master of Divinity: A Course-Blended Program Developed by Western Theological Seminary – Meri MacLeod

Learning in Online Community: A Model of Doctorate Level Internet-Enhanced Education – Dennis Williams, Mark Simpson, and Jack Cunningham

The Amazing Panoply – David B. Schock

Toward a Theological Understanding of the Religious Significance of Videogames – Mark Hayse

Tech Etiquette is Just Common Sense – Mark Simpson

Self Direction: A Critical Tool in Distance Learning – Jack Cunningham

Ministry in a Digital World: Establishing a Multidimensional Web Presence – Mark Simpson

Vol 7 No 1 Perspectives in Spirituality (Fall 2009)

From the Editor – Paul Bramer, Editor

Spiritual Formation and the Meaning of Life – Evan B. Howard

It Begins with You! How the Spiritual Formation of the Pastor Effects the Spiritual Formation of the Congregation – Ruth Haley Barton

Adolescent Spiritual Formation: Creating Space for God to Speak – Calum Macfarlane

Living the Abbey Way: An Experiment in Spiritual Formation and the New Monasticism – Jan Bros

From Neutrino Worship to Real Transformation – Rory Noland

Spiritual Formation in Community – Jim Wilhoit

An Active Approach to Spiritual Formation: Encountering, Experiencing, and Extending God – Michele F. Junkin

Telling the Old, Old Story: How the Contemporary Church Practices Reading the Old Testament for Faith and Life – David Brisben

Influencing the Laity's Theologizing for Spiritual Empowerment: An African Perspective – Agnes Makau-Olwendo

Spiritual Formation: Movements to New Life in the Gospels – Fred Guyette

Vol 6 No 2 The Church’s Mission in the World: The Realities of Contextualization (Spring 2009)

From the Editor – Marlene Enns, Guest Editor

The Story of Stadium Village Church: The Journey from China to Ruling Elder – Kathleen Macosko

A Matter of the Heart – Chris Shaw

Islamismen in der Bibelübersetzung – Johannes Reimer

The Contextualization Debate: What About Leadership? – Marcus Dean

African Theology in Quest for Alternatives to the Hegemony of Western Theology – Faustin Ntamushobora

Identifying an Asian Theology: A Methodological Quest – Moonjang Lee

Re-Configuration of Western Theology in Asia – Moonjang Lee

Contextualization: To Know and Make Known God and Jesus Christ…Through Many Types of Logic – Marlene Enns

Book Review: The New Paradigm in Ministry – Bernard J. O’Connor

Vol 6 No 1 Congregations: Moving Toward Transformation (Fall 2008)

From the Editor – Joseph Cookston, Guest Editor

Trying to Get It Right: Taking Seriously the Church as a People Gathered by God – Linda M. Cannell

Building a Healthy Congregational Culture in Today’s Postmodern World – Peter T. Cha

The Transformation of Community and Individual in an Evangelical World – Ted Kautzmann

Educacion Bancaria vs. una Formacion Integral – Robert Kasper

Reflections upon Theological Reflection: How One Pastor Processed Ministry – Daryl Busby

Joining and Belonging: Toward Church Membership as Sharing in Mission – Steve Wimmer

Equipping Leadership: Preparing God’s People for Personal, Congregational, and Community Transformation – Elizabeth A. Wourms

Spiritual Disorientation and God’s Guidance – John Ackerman

Intergenerational Worship – Edward D. Seely

Vol 5 No 2 Learning as Transformation (Spring 2008)

From the Editor – Rhonda McEwan, Guest Editor

The Recovery of Transformative Learning – Angus M. Gunn

Transformative Education and Identity Achievement in the Church – Michael K. Severe

Perspective Transformation: Application for Mission Curriculum in Churches – Mary Mallon Lederleitner

Encountering the Other: Mission and Transformation – Dan Sheffield

Embracing and Embodying Transformative Learning in Global Mission Organizations – Dennis Nyamieh Walker

Toward an Understanding and Practice of Transformative Learning in Africa – Faustin Ntamushobora

Doing Theology in a Multicultural Theological Community – Peter T. Cha

Perspective Transformation in Christian Higher Education at St. Petersburg Christian University – Kent L. Eby

Understanding and Promoting Life Change Among Evangelical Theological Students in Germany – Marie-Claire Weinski

La Formación Integral y su Incorporación en la Estructura Curricular de la Educación Teológica – Robert Kasper

Una Filsofia Ideal Para El Seminario Bautista de la Habana – Israel Martin Lemos

Qualitative Data Analysis and the Transforming Moment – Don Ratcliff

Vol 5 No 1 Generations (Fall 2007)

Our Fifth Year of Sharing Common Ground – Linda Cannell

From the Editors – Jim Dekker and Mark Hayse, Guest Editors

Integrating Worlds: Youth Ministry in the 21st Century – Linda Cannell and Jim Dekker

Teaching and Learning Within a Video Game Culture – Mark Hayse

Beyond the Christian Education Hallway – Laura Widstrom-Johnson

Lessons Learned in Planning Intergenerational Learning and Family Cluster Experiences – Scottie May

Stories from Churches About Intergenerational Learning – Common Ground Journal

Reader Responses to the Common Ground Journal – Common Ground Journal

Vol 4 No 2 To Change the World: The Social and Political Impact of the Gospel (Spring 2007)

From the Editor – Linda M. Cannell, Guest Editor

Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission – Jenny Collins

Becoming a True Cross-Cultural Friend – Marcus Dean

Spiritual Reformation in Russia: The Roles of Domestic and Foreign Evangelicals – Igor Petrov

The Road to Urban Mission in the New Global City – Randy White

God's Way are not Our Ways – Charlie Davis

Vol 4 No 1 Issues in Global Mission (Fall 2006)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission – Jenny Collins

Becoming a True Cross-Cultural Friend – Marcus Dean

Spiritual Reformation in Russia: The Roles of Domestic and Foreign Evangelicals – Igor Petrov

The Road to Urban Mission in the New Global City – Randy White

God's Way are not Our Ways – Charlie Davis

Vol 3 No 2 What Does It Mean to Be Human (Spring 2006)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

What Does It Mean to Be Human – Elaine Becker

Polygyny and the African Church – Emmanuel Ogunyemi

Learning to Be: A Brazilian Case Study in Social Injustice  – Marcus O. Throup

How Theology Should Be Done  – Edmund Chan

Vol 3 No 1 Theological Education as Mission (Fall 2005)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

LCC: A Narrative Case Study of a Christian Liberal Arts College as Mission – Stephen Dintaman

Re-envisioning the Theological Curriculum as if the Missio Dei Mattered – J. Andrew Kirk

Missiological Challenges in Polish Evangelical Theological Education – Wojciech Kowalewski

Mission as the Creative Frontier of Theological Development – David W. Shenk

Theological Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe – Katharina Penner

Theological Education in Light of Cultural Variations of Reasoning: Some Educational Issues – Marlene Enns

Toward a Holistic View of Theological Education – Einike Pilli

Mission, Theological Education, and Ecumenism – Simon Oxley

Vol 2 No 2 - Theological Education: Developing Leaders for the Church (Spring 2005)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

Church Education: Freire Style – Burt D. Braunius

Double Loop Learning: Developing Critically Reflective Leaders for a Changing World – Cynthia Brown

Designing a Contextualized Theological Doctorate In and For Africa – Richard L. Starcher

Developing Leaders by Using Cultural Skills to Maximize Learning – George Janvier

Cultural Consideration in Contextualized Leadership in Post-Communist Eastern Europe – Michael T. Cooper

Opportunities for 21st Century Theological Education – Linda M. Cannell

Toward A New Curriculum for Theological Education – Richard A. Cotton

Vol 2 No 1 - What is the Church? (Fall 2004)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

The Upside Down Church – Linda M. Cannell

Revitalizing the Small Church: A Spiritual Model – Terri Birkett

Cultural Influences on the Development of Early Church Structures: Implications for Contextual Ecclesiology – Michael T. Cooper

Renovating the Pastoral Office – Daryl Busby

Vol 1 No 2 - Doing Theology (Spring 2004)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

Doing Theology – Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

East and West: A Theological Conversation – Parush R. Parushev

Continuing the Conversation: Starting Points—Crafting Reconciliation Through Identity – Gary Fujino

Vol 1 No 1 — Reconciliation (Fall 2003 - Inaugural Issue)

From the Editor – Laurie D. Bailey

Congregational Healing: Lessons from Africa – Karl Dortzbach

Transformation in the Borderlands: A Study of Matthew 15:21-28 – Daniel Shipanni

Forgiveness – Perry G. Downs

Reconciliation: The Prophetic Leadership of African Americans in this Strategic Time – Brenda Salter-McNeil