A study of a strategy for church-planting in Iran with special reference to Japanese culture /by Kazuhiko Miyakawa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1985.Description: vi, 149 leaves, bound : chart, maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4070 .S783 1985
  • BV4070
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Contents:
Methodology -- Delimitations -- Definition of Terms.
Iran's diversity and unity -- Iranian mind -- Comparison -- Social Values -- Subjectivity -- Men and women -- Adroitness -- Discipline -- Face -- Individualism -- Hospitality -- Comparison -- Family -- Family organization -- Child-rearing -- The function of the family in relation to the rest of the social system -- Comparison -- Conclusion.
The history -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western-Oriented Strategy for Church-Planting in Japan -- The history -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- The Reasons for the Ineffectiveness of the Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan -- Westernism -- One subculture group -- Social approach -- Lack of contextualization -- Conclusion.
Dynamic equivalence churches -- An evangelical approach to contextualization -- Biblical Principles Regarding a Contextualized Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context -- Biblical meaning of Church -- Minimal requirements for a church -- A house-church model -- Household conversion -- Conclusions -- A Proposed Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context -- The missionary -- Approach -- House-churches -- Worship services -- Leadership -- Finance -- Discipleship -- Chapter Summary.
Persian Empire Ca. 500 B.C. -- Religious Population, Christian Population, Protestant Population (of Iran -1975) -- Map of Iran -- Diagrams.
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Introduction

Background -- Methodology -- Delimitations -- Definition of Terms.

Chapter One. Significant Aspects of the Iranian Culture as Compared with Japan's

Continuity of Culture -- Iran's diversity and unity -- Iranian mind -- Comparison -- Social Values -- Subjectivity -- Men and women -- Adroitness -- Discipline -- Face -- Individualism -- Hospitality -- Comparison -- Family -- Family organization -- Child-rearing -- The function of the family in relation to the rest of the social system -- Comparison -- Conclusion.

Chapter Two. The Problems of Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan

The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western-Oriented Strategy for Church-Planting in Iran -- The history -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western-Oriented Strategy for Church-Planting in Japan -- The history -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- The Reasons for the Ineffectiveness of the Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan -- Westernism -- One subculture group -- Social approach -- Lack of contextualization -- Conclusion.

Chapter Three. A Suitable Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context

The Need for a Contextualized Approach -- Dynamic equivalence churches -- An evangelical approach to contextualization -- Biblical Principles Regarding a Contextualized Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context -- Biblical meaning of Church -- Minimal requirements for a church -- A house-church model -- Household conversion -- Conclusions -- A Proposed Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context -- The missionary -- Approach -- House-churches -- Worship services -- Leadership -- Finance -- Discipleship -- Chapter Summary.

List of Illustrations

People Groups in Iran -- Persian Empire Ca. 500 B.C. -- Religious Population, Christian Population, Protestant Population (of Iran -1975) -- Map of Iran -- Diagrams.

Table

Dynamic Equivalence Churches.

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