For the Multitude

Rev 7:9-10 “And behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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How to Pray for Your Missionaries

By Dave Baylor, on September 25th, 2009

Ever since God grabbed my heart with His plan for the nations, I have been involved in supporting and praying for missionaries. Missionaries spend a lot of time and effort trying to stay connected with the home front through newsletters. They attempt to keep us up to date on what God is doing on the [...]

High Speed Internet Comes to Africa

By Dave Baylor, on September 23rd, 2009

Internet in Africa (Click Map to See Larger Image)

The headlines shout: “East Africa Gets High Speed Internet Access” and “Africa: High Speed Internet in Key to Economic Development.” These headlines herald the potential of Africa finally being able to truly connect to the internet on a broad basis. Historically, everyday access to to the [...]

Book Review – Foreign to Familiar

By Dave Baylor, on September 12th, 2009

Lanier, Sarah A. Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot – And Cold – Climate Cultures. Hagerstown, MD: McDougal Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-58158-022-3

Someone from Ecuador visiting the United States for the first time complains that, “When I asked for a ride, I was told that there was no more room. Americans are so rude.” [...]

An Evaluation of TEE (Part 2 of 2)

By Dave Baylor, on September 9th, 2009

While TEE does provide significant benefits in addressing some of the traditional formal education issues, it is not a panacea. In fact, TEE, primarily because of its diversity of forms and its relative youth compared to traditional formal education, introduces an entirely new set of issues. Some of these are being addressed while [...]

An Evaluation of TEE (Part 1 of 2)

By Dave Baylor, on September 7th, 2009

Theological Education by Extension (TEE) was developed as an adaptation to the prevailing leadership development methods in the latter half of the 20th century. As evidenced by its rapid spread and continued usage forty-years later, TEE has specific strengths that are still relevant today. (See my previous post re the history of TEE’s development)

First, TEE [...]

A Brief History of Theological Education by Extension

By Dave Baylor, on September 4th, 2009

Over the years, church leadership development and theological education has almost always be in the purview of the formal educational institutions (i.e. universities and colleges). One such formal education setting was the Presbyterian Seminary of Guatemala located in Guatemala City.

Founded in 1938, the goal of the seminary was to provide trained leaders for the Guatemalan [...]

Importance of Indigenous Languages

By Dave Baylor, on September 2nd, 2009

One of the stickier issues in mission circles is the use of indigenous languages versus a second language such as English. One of the groups involved in this discussion is the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM). Among other things they advocate the use of indigenous languages whenever possible (which I happen to [...]

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