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Item A study into the Factors Inhibiting the Development of Missionary Vision in CECA-20, Democratic Republic of Congo(2014-05-12) Edre, Enosh Anguandia AdiaThe present study was intended to find out the factors inhibiting the development of missionary vision in CECA-20, Democratic Republic of Congo. In this descriptive research, the church leadership in CECA-20 was the target population. A sample was drawn from Aru District and Bunia Section. Church council members were interviewed in fifteen selected local churches. Twenty-five denominational leaders were sent a questionnaire, of which only two did not return. The findings revealed that the basic hindrance to missionary vision in CECA- 20 is the leadership style of the church. The centralization of the church leadership stifles the zeal and initiatives of local congregations ofbelievers. Pastors in local churches seem to be carrying the work alone. The findings also reveal that there is an absence of expository teaching of the word of God in local churches being studied. Pastors lack information on unreached people and cross-cultural outreach. Based on these findings, there is great need for decentralizing the church leadership in CECA-20, by a return to the biblical leadership pattern. Church members need to be made disciples in order for them" to do the work of God and build up the church". Biblical teaching of the whole counsel of God must be urgently provided to believers. The training programs for pastors must consider the aforementioned factors. There is need also to research significant areas of the church in CECA-20 to open the church to worldwide missions.Item A missiological study of the ministry experiences of Evangelical Missionary Society in Muslim evangelism in Northern Nigeria(2014-04-25) Bakfwash, Yakubu BulusThis study describes the ministry experiences of the Evangelical Missionary Society in Muslim evangelism in Northern Nigeria. A qualitative research design employing phenomenology was used for the study. Data was collected using face-toface open-ended interviews that were recorded and transcribed. The findings indicated that EMS missionaries used friendship evangelism, teaching strategies, healing and electronic media as evangelism tools and strategies. They were overwhelmed with various ministry challenges which included low self-esteem, suspicion by the Muslims, confrontation, fear of death, culture shock and ritualistic worship. There is interwovenness between their ministry experiences and strategies used. Therefore based on the findings, EMS missionaries will benefit from coming together to form strong interpersonal and management partnerships among themselves, improve their research and writing area and be encouraged to learn by living and working with the Muslim people. These steps should improve their effectiveness in Muslim evangelism. The researcher recommended that EMS should review the training aspect of preparation for ministry, consider what a Christian response to the question of Shariah should be and work towards strengthening the organizational effectiveness in facilitating EMS mission work.Item The Planting of a Church in Africa: the place and Role of the Afridan in the Missionary Enterprise of the Africa Inland Mission at Mulango DCC 1900- 1985(2014-04-09) Mutua, Mike MulwaThe writing of the history of Christianity in Africa has for a long time been presented as the account of white missionaries and their activities in this savage ridden Dark continent. This approach tends to account for the success of the church planting endeavors to the commitment, sacrifice and dedication of the white persons. Other factors contributing to this growth have been treated as secondary, actually supplementary to the efforts of the missionaries. The past half a century has however seen the birth and quick development of a second approach to African historiography. This second school is called the nationalistic approach that seeks to write the history of the church in Africa, telling the story with an African bias. The proponents of this approach appear to delight in exposing the weaknesses of the missionaries while presenting the African contribution as the sole key to the success story of the evangelization of Africa. Had the African not participated, the church would not have been planted in Africa. This paper subscribes to an approach that begins with the conviction that the work of winning the world for God has a divine initiative. It is God's agenda that is executed by Him through human tools. This approach therefore seeks to make an inquiry into the means through which the witness to the kingdom was carried out. Attention is given to all factors at play, human and otherwise, giving credit where it deserves. This paper attempts to tell the story of the church of Mulango utilizing the rich resource of oral history, relying heavily on the memories of the first generation Christians, their immediate relatives and acquaintances. Since those with this information are rapidly passing on, this thesis puts into written form that story thereby preserving it. Towards that end the introduction states the purpose and the significance of this task while the first chapter reviews some of the relevant literature. The next four chapters tell the story of the church at Mulango. The second chapter looks at the traditional and cultural life of the Akamba of Mulango before the missionary invasion followed by a trace of the path of the gospel to Mulango in the third chapter. The fourth chapter takes a look at the perceived and expressed contributions of the Africans in the particular areas of discipleship, education, administration and evangelism. The nature of the transition process from the missionaries to African leadership is discussed in chapter five, after which lessons, recommendations and conclusions are offered in the last chapter.