Guest Editorial the Interactive Dance of Missions and Christian Education

Abstract

Missions and Christian education exist as isolated academic and ministerial siloes. In this article, a mutually-supportive perspective - an interactive dance - is presented as an analogy of the inherent connectedness of Missions and Christian education. This interactive dance is illustrated here through personal experiences and published resources, and throughout this Issue in divergent and profound ways.

Keywords

Missions Christian education discipleship the Great Commission Deaf discipleship former Soviet Union Called to Reach Mike Barnett

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