Pioneers Resources

How do believers of Muslim backgrounds understand their new identity in their home culture and in the Christian community?

The answer to this question has become a topic of debate among pastors, missionaries and theologians as they wrestle with the line between contextualization and syncretism in sharing the gospel and planting churches in Muslim communities around the world.

In response to this discussion, Pioneers hosted a forum with church leaders and mission practitioners of diverse perspectives to explore the topics of evangelism, discipleship and church planting as they intersect the current issues of contextualization and insider movements.

This data DVD includes QuickTime video files for the following presentations. Files may be viewed on a computer directly from the disc or copied to a computer hard drive or portable media player such as an iPod. Video sessions include:

• Insider Movement Myths
• Truth That Leads to Godliness
• Bearing the Reproach of Christ
• Panel #1
• A Field Perspective
• Panel #2
• Case Study Discussion
• Panel #3
• A Sending Church Perspective
• An Organizational Perspective
• Panel #4

PLUS: Case study documents and a 95-page PDF reader with articles on topics discussed.

Also available: A Closer Look: Forum on Contextualization (2 DVDs).