Fuller School of Intercultural Studies Blog (dormant)
This is the now-dormant blog site of Fuller's former School of Intercultural Studies. Here you’ll find insights from faculty and friends of Fuller’s School of Intercultural Studies: missional conversations, up-to-date information, reflection, and new ideas regarding missional engagement of the global church.
This is excellent material, so we have decided to maintain the accessibility of this material though this blog is no longer in use. We hope it continues to enrich your life and scholarship.
God’s Call to Serve the Least
In 2014 I was participating as a core team member for a new church plant, and through that process, my daughter and I decided to…
“God Moves in a Mysterious Way”: Christian Church Music in Multi-Faith Liberia West Africa in the Face of Crisis and Challenge
This blog is part of an ongoing series by the speakers for Fuller’s 2018 Missiology Lectures: Global Arts and Witness in Multifaith Contexts. It was…
Water, Holy Spirit, Life-Giver
These devotions were offered at an SIS faculty meeting in February 2018. For our devotions today, I have chosen Psalm 46. It is the text…
6 Reflections on Pentecostalism Today
Changes in Pentecostalism in the Global South and the Globalized Church The older Pentecostal denominations are struggling to change. There have been about 20-40 years…
Will the Poor Always Be With Us?
One sometimes hears Christians, tired with the news of poverty and exploitation around the world, try and deflect the news by reminding us that Jesus…
Essentials For Church Planters Who Want To Start Well
Like the rest of the Body of Christ, church planters come in a wide variety. It’s difficult to say, “Planters are like this,” or “Planters…
3 Ways to Listen for God’s Voice in the City
Spiritual disciplines and practices help us to build a rhythm and deeper relationship with God. One of those practices, listening, facilitates our hearing and…
3 Provocative Questions from Planting Churches Among the Homeless
We live in an era of declining church attendance and affiliation. Most Americans today do not affiliate with any denomination or local church body, and…
Black Panther: Lessons in Dignity from a Real Life Wakandan
I won’t lie, five minutes into Black Panther and I felt like texting all my white friends and asking if the pride and joy…
Top Six Reasons for Studying Global Christian Worship and Witness
When I left for Kenya 40 years ago, I was asking God if he could use me, a woman and a musician. In those days…