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If you haven’t, go bookmark or subscribe the RSS feed from Missio Dei.

Missio Dei is a new kind of journal, geared for the whole spectrum of Christian leaders in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Each month you will find articles here by faculty and friends of Tyndale Seminary. The authors will explore how insights from their diverse fields of expertise can help you to reflect on the real work of engaging our communities with the Gospel.

… the articles in Missio Dei will aim to be integrative. Too often our thinking and our work is chopped up and amputated by artificial separations and polarities. Scholarship is pitted against practical action. Evangelism is pitted against social justice. The Seminary is pitted against the Church. Faith is pitted against careful thinking. The authors writing in Missio Dei will approach their varied topics with the common conviction that God’s work must embrace both ends of these oppositions.

And to whet your appetite, may I suggest Dr. Ian Scott’s article on what it means to join God’s mission with a Southern Ontario focus in Paul and God’s Multicultural Mission.

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If you have a week to spare this summer, consider auditing a course with me (for credit is just too much for me!) on Communicating the Gospel in a Multi-Religious World @ Tyndale!!

Because Dr. Ajith Fernando will be teaching!

Ajith Fernando is an internationally recognized Christian leader, teacher and Bible expositor. He has been the National Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. His ministry includes mentoring staff and volunteers, counselling leaders, and supervising YFC’s drug rehabilitation ministry in Sri Lanka. Dr. Fernando is a conference speaker and was the keynote Bible teacher at Urbana 06 Student Mission Conference. He is a visiting scholar at Tyndale Seminary and a visiting lecturer at Colombo Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and several other theological seminaries in Asia-Pacific and North America.

Dr. Fernando is the author of 11 books published in 13 languages, including The Supremacy of Christ; NIV Application Commentary on Acts; Sharing the Truth in Love; Jesus Driven Ministry; and The Call to Joy and Pain. He is presently working on a preaching commentary on Deuteronomy.

Communicating the Gospel in a Multi-Religious World
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Much of the New Testament was written by individuals engaged in missionary movement across religious and cultural boundaries. Today missional leaders in North America and around the globe must also be equipped to communicate the Good News of God’s reign in contexts that are religiously pluralistic. This course takes key features of the Christian gospel and looks at how these interact with corresponding beliefs in other religions. A focus of discussion will be on learning to apply the theology of the gospel in dialogue and ministry with people from other faiths.

June 22 to 26
Monday to Friday
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Download Syllabus here.

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