Contextualizing Gospel Message and Methods

“Had the privilege of sharing about ‘Contextualization and the Arts’ in the Contextualization class at EAST… Great questions. Great interaction,” wrote Patrick Ng, an EAST Alumni. Dr. Kwa Kiem Kiok teaches the course for ministers of the gospel to critically contextualize their message and methods in ministry.

Photos courtesy of Patrick Ng.

Course details: www.east.edu.sg/courses/20152016-first-semester-courses/#IS520/TS570

Reaching Students in Taichung

EAST students were in Taiwan recently as part of their Cross-cultural Team Internship. Hailing from three nations (none of which is Chinese), they ministered among Taiwanese campus students and churches in Taichung City by sharing the gospel personally, hold outreaches, spoke at churches and on campus. They learnt to live and work together in a multi-cultural team and ministered in a different culture and language than their own.

Video by Edward Kim.

Hearts Strangely Warmed in Mongolia

How to serve with team members who are ‘strange’? Go to a ‘strange’ place and minister together! View such a commentary through the lens of Cross-Cultural Team Internship in Mongolia.

A multicultural team of EAST students run the gamut of ministry from rural nomadic tribes to the high octane Young Life camp in urban Ulaanbaatar. Coming from Korea, Philippines, USA, and Vietnam team members learnt to love each other and Mongolia. Strange, but true. With love, from Mongolia.

Watch it! www.vimeo.com/136463991
Video by Guia Karla Gonzales with Esther, Gilzoo, Harrison, and Terrence.

Spiritual Journeys in Tokyo and Hiroshima

Do you know most Japanese churches have less than 30 worshippers every Sunday? A five-member team of EAST students originally from four nations ministered in churches and on college campuses to Christians and non-believers as part of their Cross-cultural Team Internship.

Challenging a Tokyo congregation in missions, conducting Bible study for young mothers in Hiroshima, leading worship and preaching in churches, giving gospel talks to college students, and distributing gospel magazines in busy Akihabara were some of their experiences.

Video by Kwok Wai with Motomu, Naraa, Uuganbaatar, Zulaa.