Marcus Dean (PhD, Trinity International University) is professor of Intercultural Studies and Missions at Houghton College (Houghton New York). For six years he was book review editor for Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Before coming to Houghton College, he pastored and then served for fifteen years in theological education with the Wesleyan Church as a missionary in Colombia and Puerto Rico.

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Preface

By Marcus Dean

Part 1: Communicating the Gospel through the Language of Words and Art

Chapter 1: Preaching between Scylla and Charybdis: Sermons and the Task of Contextualization in the Twenty-First Century

By Jared E. Alcántara

Chapter 2: The Character of the Incarnation in Preaching with Translators: Principles and Practices

By John Cheong and Rochelle Scheuermann

Chapter 3: Missions Application of Translanguaging Theory and Methodologies: Leveraging Multilingualism to Increase Ministry Impact
By Timothy Hatcher

Chapter 4: Hidden Stories of Reciprocal Mission in the Glocal World: A Case Study

By Joy Kim

Part 2: Communicating the Gospel in Global Settings

Chapter 5: Knowing When to Drink Coffee: A Case Study of (Mis)Communication in Intercultural Mission Partnership

By Phil Davis

Chapter 6: Contextualizing the Gospel in Australia: Empowering Christ to Communicate with an Aussie Accent
By Robert L. Gallagher

Chapter 7: Honor/Shame Culture: Analyzing Impact on Christian Women's Social Exchanges
By Kara L. Garrison

Chapter 8: Conversing with Unique Identities: American Muslim Youth in a Multicultural Religiously Plural World
By Matthew Henning

Part 3: Communicating Well in Mission

Chapter 9: Communicating a Decolonized Gospel

By Theon E. Hill

Chapter 10: Pursuing Textual Community with a Chinese House Church Movement
By Hannah Nation

Chapter 11: A Case Study: Communicating a Missions Theology through the Prism of the Black Church
By Linda P. Saunders

Chapter 12: Faithful Fundraising: Communicating Needs without Sacrificing Dignity or Short-Circuiting Discipleship

By Jessica Udall

Part 4: Communicating Mission through Social Media

Chapter 13: The Medium Is the Message: Reflections on Disciple-Making in the Age of Social Media
By Michael Hamkin Lee

Chapter 14: Communicating for the Frontiers: How Communication in the Twenty-First Century Impacts Mission in Restricted-Access Contexts
By JT Matthews

Chapter 15: Understanding the Written Word through Popular Culture in Japan
By Song Joseph Cho

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