Missionary Statesman, Strategist, and Servant

A Festschrift for Tetsunao (Ted) Yamamori

Sadiri Joy Tira, Laurie Nichols, Sadiri Joy Tira, Laurie Nichols

• Publisher: Langham Global Library
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781839737763
• eBook ISBN:
  9781839738203
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Church

This collection of essays draws together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners as they pay loving tribute to Dr. Tetsunao (Ted) Yamamori, one of the great leaders of global mission and mentor to a generation.From dean, professor, and author to CEO of Food for the Hungry and international director of the Lausanne Movement, Dr. Yamamori has contributed to world evangelization over a lifetime of faithful service. In this book, his students, friends, and colleagues explore the far-reaching impact of his engagement on questions relevant to a new generation of church mobilizers. Touching on topics of hospitality, diaspora, entrepreneurship, poverty, theological education, Bible translation, collaboration, leadership, student ministry, the digital age, and church growth, this collection honors one of the great leaders of integral mission while exploring how the church must continue to grapple with the changing landscape of a changing world. Far from a reflection on the past, this is a book that looks to the future, drawing on the life and ministry of Dr. Yamamori to cast a vision for how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of global mission in the twenty-first century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Ted Yamamori: Friend, Brother, and Co-Servant in the Kingdom
• 2 Collaboration: Leading within the Lausanne Movement
• 3 International Student Ministry: From Blind Spot to Vision
• 4 Church Growth in the Japanese Context of Complex Disasters
• 5 Kingdomization through Integral Mission of House Church Networks
• 6 Church Planting in All Seasons: A Personal Reflection
• 7 Business as Mission: Roots, Scope, and Future
• 8 Brewing All the Good You Can: Discovering the Prophetic Calling of Kingdom Business
• 9 Mobilizing Thousands to Move in among the Urban Poor: A Brief History of MoveIn
• 10 Pentecostal Holistic Mission: Looking Back and Looking Forward
• 11 The Impact of the Pandemic on Theological Education: A Hybrid Assessment
• 12 Reframing Leadership to the Digital Native: Making Discipleship an Immersive Experience
• 13 Diaspora Mission and Bible Translation
• 14 People, Places, and Partnership in Transnational Missions
• 15 Home: Reflections on Next-Generation Diaspora
• 16 Training Leaders for Diaspora Missions in South Korea: The Yamamori Strategy Models
• 17 Peace in the Land of the Morning Calm
• Afterword
• Bibliography of Tetsunao Yamamori’s Books
• Editors and Contributors
• Tributes
• Endnotes