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

 -  1985. 
 - vi, 149 leaves, bound :  chart, maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Typescript.  Introduction  Chapter One. Significant Aspects of the Iranian Culture as Compared with Japan's  Chapter Two. The Problems of Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan  Chapter Three. A Suitable Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context  List of Illustrations  Table 
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<br/><br/>Background --  Methodology --  Delimitations --  Definition of Terms. 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. 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. 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. People Groups in Iran --  Persian Empire Ca. 500 B.C. --  Religious Population, Christian Population, Protestant Population (of Iran -1975) --  Map of Iran --  Diagrams. Dynamic Equivalence Churches. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions--Dissertations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Missions--Theory.<br/>Missions--Iran.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4070  / .S783 1985 BV4070