Missionary Organizations Research Articles

Obituary for Professor Chengetai Zvobgo

Professor Chengetai Zvobgo will be remembered as a conscientious and hardworking scholar of history, who devoted himself to scrupulous research in archives to understand the social development of Africans in Zimbabwe in response to the western impact. He used the Christianmissionary penetration of Zimbabwe at the beginning of the 20th Century, starting with the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, under the tutelage of the redoubtable Professor George Shepperson of Edinburgh University, as the launch pad of his lifetime intellectual pursuit. That journeysoon broadened to cover all the missionary organisations that laboured in Zimbabwe and also embraced all their three ministries of teaching,healing as well as evangelisation.

God’s Mission in the Diverse City: Discovering and Offering Hospitality

This paper focuses on ways to minister to diverse peoples in cities through hospitality. After surveying the Bible to better understand the origins and character of diversity, biblical examples of discovering and offering hospitality are explored. These ideas are then applied to a modern context with concrete suggestions for discovering and offering hospitality as ways to minister to diverse urban peoples. Barriers to offering hospitality are also analyzed and suggestions for overcoming them are given. Discovering and offering hospitality are both biblical and effective means for ministry to urban immigrants and the urban poor as well as a key component to developing Christian community that can bless and love the surrounding community. Churches, parachurch organizations, and mission organizations should take note of the importance of hospitality ministry among diverse peoples in cities.

TEKNIK KOMUNIKASI DAKWAH PIMPINAN CABANG MUHAMMADIYAH DALAM PEMBINAAN RANTING MUHAMMADIYAH DI METRO UTARA PERIODE 2015-2020

The author gives the title of this undergraduate thesis communication techniques preaching the leadership of the Muhammadiyah branch in the guidance ofMuhammadiyah branches in the North Metro in the at 2015-2020 period. Da'wah is anobligation for every Muslim that must be done in order to spread the teachings of Islam.Inthis case, it is no less important to preach in organizations or society, because in anIslamic missionary organization can not be separated. Especially for people who arelacking in guidance propaganda. The research type is field research with a descriptiveanalytical approach. Data collection methods that researcher use is observation,interviews and documentation.The data were analyzed by sorting out the available datathen presented systematically and made conclusions. Based on the research results, itwas concluded that the communication technique on Da'wah Branch CommunicationMuhammadiyah North Metro is an informative communication technique that is to holdroutine recitation of branches and branches which are held once a month or three months.

When and why employees of non‐profits promote their organizations: Determinants of positive staff‐word‐of‐mouth

Employees represent a credible source of information for prospective job applicants of non‐profit organizations. However, less is known about when and why staff actively promote their organizations. The authors develop a parsimonious model of determinants of positive staff‐word‐of‐mouth (SWOM) and test this model on the data from a survey of employees of a major Scandinavian missionary organization (Normisjon). The findings show that identification with the organization, organizational climate, and task satisfaction are significant determinants of positive SWOM. The pattern of effects differs for employees with and without formal leadership responsibility. For employees with such responsibilities, organizational identification has a greater effect and organizational climate a weaker effect on SWOM than for employees with no leadership responsibility. Based on the current findings and the broader literature on employer branding and recruitment, the authors offer tentative guidelines for how to increase positive SWOM for nonprofits.

Pseudopuritanism: Studi Al-Dakhil Atas Tafsir Majelis Tafsir Al-Qur’an (Mta)

This study will discuss the ambiguity of the Majelis Tafsir al-Qur'an (MTA) as a missionary organization trying to explore the sacred heirlooms in the form of Islamic law or trying to purify Islamic law, by making MTA interpretations as a reference for their da'wah, in the introduction to their interpretation they will not using the hadith daif, the history of Israel as a reference. However, in reality, they are precisely inconsistent with the principles of the teachings of making the Old Testament as the source of their interpretation. This research is a library research that seeks to explore and explore the interpretations carried out by MTA. Through al-Dhakhil's approach as a study of the theory of criticism of puritan ideological interpretation, it was found that the interpretation of MTA which became the reference of his da'wah, was inconsistent between statements and practice and made the old treaty as a reference in his interpretation and equated with Torah, even though the two were different.

The Ideology of the German Neukirchen Mission and Its Implication on Education in Tana River County, Kenya 1887-1986

This paper examines the ideology of the German Neukirchen Mission and its implication on education in Tana River County, Kenya 1887 to 1986. Western education and Christianity in Africa were introduced by Christian missionaries from Europe as early as the 16th century but took root in around the mid-nineteenth century. In Tana River, several missionary organizations ventured in the area notably the Methodist Missionary Society (MMS), the German Neukirchen Mission (GNM), the Holy Ghost Fathers (HGF) and the Swedish Mission. They all gave up in the area due to a multiplicity of hardships save for the GNM which hang on and continued with evangelization and education. Consequently, there is need to look at the ideology of the GNM that influenced its resolve to persist in an area shunned by its contemporaries. An understanding of GNM’s ideology would come in handy in helping to improve education standards in the area bearing in mind that the same problems that bedeviled the region have to a large extent remained to date The study had three objectives which were: to identify the educational institutions opened by the GNM in Tana River County 1887-1986; to establish the hardships experienced by the GNM in Tana River County in the period 1887-1986 and to examine the ideology which influenced GNM’s activities in Tana River County in the period 1887-1986. The time frame was 1887 to 1986. This period covers the time the GNM arrived in Tana River to the year the first secondary school was established at Ngao i.e 1986. Ngao served as GNM’s mission base or station since the arrival of the missionaries in the region. The study was historical in nature and utilized a historical research design. Sources of data were both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources were mainly drawn from the Kenya National Archives (KNA) and schools and churches in Tana River. Document analysis was also utilized as a data collection method. The research instruments were interview schedules and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). Respondents to these research instruments were retired educationists, civil servants and politicians, church leaders and village elders selected through purposive and snowball sampling techniques; all totaling 33. Collected data was analyzed through qualitative and quantitative methods while documents were analyzed through external and internal criticism. The study found out that the GNM established 31 primary schools 28 of which are still operational. The GNM missionaries experienced several challenges among them deportation during the two World Wars, frequent Somali attacks, floods, poor transport network, malaria infections and inadequate finances. The ideology was examined under five perspectives namely The Great Commission, Faith Mission, Reformed Theology, Social Darwinism and Socio-Political and Economic view point. The study recommends improvement of road and school infrastructure, investing more on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, opening of a secondary school wing in every primary school, delocalization of teachers and establishment of an institution of higher learning in the area.

Corporate social responsibility in nonprofit organizations: The brokerage role of community housing mutuals

AbstractFocusing on both internally and externally social responsibility practices can help dual mission organizations to become “responsible” beyond their raison d'etre and so improve the services they provide to their communities. Organizations within the nonprofit sector are facing dual pressures of being more commercial in approach in addition to adhering to their social mission, particularly in a period of lower public funding and increased stakeholder expectation. The importance of the social mission and the requirements of stakeholders has led to nonprofit organizations having to address social responsibility by adopting Corporate Social Responsibility approaches usually associated with private, for‐profit organizations. Through the study of a Community Housing Mutual Association, concentrating on partnerships, corporate philosophy, and their internal and external features and practices, these organizations can become more socially responsible and, therefore, improve the services they provide to the communities they support.

The role of a mission organization in building a sustainable government hospital in Southern Ethiopia

In 1950, the Norwegian Lutheran Mission (NLM) began holistic mission work, including health work in Yirga Alem in Sidama in Southern Ethiopia. The hospital, which had served as a military hospital during the Italian war (1936-41), became a mission hospital. This paper presents some historical developments of a government hospital managed by a mission organization, the story of its medical work, and how the NLM functioned under varying political regimes and societal environments in Southern Ethiopia. At the same time, societal changes occurring in Norway with the weakening of mission organizations and the Norwegian government’s policy that influenced external financial support for the hospital are presented and discussed. The key message of the paper is that it is possible under challenging external politics for a mission organization to collaborate with government entities even with difficult regimes. In the area of Yirga Alem Hospital, this was done without compromising the basics of mission, but rather readjusting comparative strategies while ensuring sustainability and local ownership. The uniqueness of this work is that it explores a mission, i.e., the NLM, which developed health work within the context of a nationally owned health service. Moreover, this fruitful collaboration persists until this day and previous missionaries still work to strengthen public health programs that target such major areas as tuberculosis and HIV control, maternal health, childcare, and nutrition.

A MISSIONARY DREAM: THE WIND OF PROTESTANT IN MIHALIC

The aim of this article is trying to reveal and expose the Protestant missionary activities that were carried out by one of the most influential and ascendant missionary organization, American Board in one basic and important town of Bursa in 19th century. Primarily how the members of this organization settled to this region and in which respects they tried to effect the natives of this area were searched. Then, what kind of means they used to strive to survive in the region was discussed. To reach this purpose, basically and mainly the first hand sources in other means the archive records of aforementioned committee were used. At the first place these documents were compiled and then classified according to the importance and effectiveness. On the other hand despite the influence of Catholics, the members of American Board Organization struggled to form a Protestant congregation in Mihalic (Karacabey). They were mainly focused on Armenian community and partially Greeks. However in the end the winner of this conflict was not the Protestants. Because they were not successful in establishing the church and school, which were the most important institutions in Mihalic that would lead the Protestants to victory.

Narrative and the Politics of Identity: Patterns of the Spread and Acceptance of Radicalism and Terrorism in Indonesia

This study aims to examine Islamic narratives heard at mosques and in study groups in the greater metropolitan area of Jakarta, Indonesia. The article asks if youth and leaders of youth organizations in Jakarta are receptive to radical/terrorist discourse or if they deliberate and weigh what certain narratives mean. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 subjects. These included Rohani Islamic group leaders who hold extracurricular study groups after middle and high school classes, as well as Islamic Mission organizations or Lembaga Da’wah Kampus (LDK—literally translates as Campus Mission Organization; they are some senior students and may invite Islamic scholars or themselves teach Islam and preach to students who are willing to learn Islam specially only at the university as an extracurricular activity; in this article, we translate it as Islamic Mission organization.). which exist on Jakarta’s university campuses where radical narratives are discussed. Other organizations and their leaders were also included. Questions posed to members of these organizations by the authors of this article asked if they accepted, rejected, or negotiated certain ideas regarded as radical by the Indonesian government. Respondents were asked if they believed violent acts against non-reform Muslims and non-Muslims were justified. Respondents were also asked if the Indonesian constitution, Pancasila, should continue its secular democratic legal format, or if it should be replaced by sharia law. Ultimately, most informants took more moderate stances, somewhere in between pure secularism and pure radical terrorism. In this way, this study disproves scholars such as Martin van Bruinessen (2013) who claim that Indonesian Islam is becoming more conservative, and others such as Harsono who claim Indonesian Islam is becoming more violent. While violence was condoned by some respondents, this article reveals that a majority of respondents rejected the view that sharia law should prevail. Ultimately most respondents in this study decided a balanced viewpoint was the best. Thus, this article reveals the degree of moderation of most Jakarta residents, and the nuance and depth of consideration that devout individuals give to a range of contemporary ideas as they negotiate their stance on religion, the state, and their local identities.

The impact of charismatic phenomena in the establishment and growth of the Congo Evangelistic Mission in the Luba region

This article evaluates the impact of charismatic phenomena in the evangelisation of the Luba by the Congo Evangelistic Mission (CEM) between 1915 and 2015 (the centenary year of the CEM). The CEM is a Pentecostal faith-mission, founded in Mwanza, Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1915 by the British missionaries W.F.P. Burton and J. Salter. Several authors such as Burton, Hodgson, Whittaker and Womersley believe that the manifestation of charismatic phenomena was instrumental to the extraordinary growth experienced by the CEM throughout its history. They posit that the occurrence of charismatic phenomena such as healing, miracles and deliverances, to mention a few, has made the CEM’s proselytising more effective than any other missionary organisation in the region. In fact, as observed by Garrard, miraculous healings and divine judgements played a significant role in the acceptance of the CEM missionaries by the indigenous people of the Luba tribe in Katanga.

Transplanting institutional innovation: comparing the success of NGOs and missionary Protestantism in sub-Saharan Africa

Viewing missionary Protestantism and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as carriers of transnational institutional innovation, this article compares their successes and failures at creating self-sustaining institutions in distant societies. Missionary Protestantism and NGOs are similar in that they attempt to establish formal organizations outside kinship, lineage, and ethnic forms of solidarity. Focusing on institutions as ways to create collective capacities that organize social life, we trace the route whereby Protestant missionaries established congregational religion in Africa and identify social practices that made this enterprise successful but are comparatively absent in current NGO attempts to transform organizational life. Largely ignored by sociologists interested in institutional transformation, the history of congregational religion offers valuable sociological lessons about the conditions for radical institutional innovation. Its success was rooted first, in colonial missionaries’ ability to enforce new ways of life on small exemplary communities; second, in local adaptations (African prophetic movements, Pentecostalism) that deepened and widened the social reach of congregational principles; and third in the incentives Protestantism created for propagating the congregational form.

‘Like a real hospital’: imagining hospital futures through homegrown public–private partnerships in Tanzania

AbstractThis article traces a shift in how hospital workers at a Tanzanian public hospital thought about their workplace. In 2010, for the first time, staff began collectively imagining what they called ‘a real hospital’. This collective dreaming of institutional possibilities emerged due to two transformations: a shift in Tanzanian government policies enabling government institutions to initiate their own ‘public–private partnerships’ (PPPs) with non-state ‘partners’ such as NGOs, private businesses, investors, missionary organizations and others; and the hospital's early successes in attracting (a few) partners. Unlike familiar global PPPs such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Tanzania's PPP policy allowed health facilities to initiate their own partnerships in order to improve public services. Drawing on longitudinal ethnographic research in one government hospital, this article traces successful, failed and fraught partnership initiatives through which public-sector health workers tried to improve hospital infrastructure and capacity. In tracing institutional aspirations and local workers’ efforts to achieve them through homegrown PPPs, this article highlights the contingency and malleability of public and private spheres operating within public health service provision in Tanzania, as well as the opportunities available to health workers and the constraints involved in attempting to improve hospital care.

Rum Melkitlerin Katolik Propagandasına Maruz Kalması (1724-1856)

Osmanlı Devleti, XVIII. yüzyıl başlarından itibaren Avrupa karşısında hemen her alanda gerilemeye başlamıştır. Bu gerilemenin bir sonucu olarak Osmanlı ülkelerinde yaşayan çeşitli dinden ve ırktan milletler de Avrupa'nın müdahale ve istismarına açık hale gelmişlerdir. Vatikan ve Fransa'nın öncülüğünde kurulan Katolik Cizvit, Kapuçin ve Fransisken misyoner teşkilatları, yüzyılın başlarından itibaren Doğu Akdeniz'e gelerek öncelikle Hıristiyanlığın doğduğu ve geliştiği ilk şehirlerden olan Kudüs, Antakya ve İskenderiye'de yaşayan Müslümanlardan ve Yahudilerden cemaat devşirmek istemişlerdi. Ancak bunda başarılı olamayınca daha çok Ermenilerden, Rumlardan ve Araplardan oluşan Ortodoks cemaat içinde, Katolik misyonerlerden en çok etkilenen ilk topluluk Ermeniler olmuştur. Osmanlı Devleti, Ermeni Gregoryen ve Fener Rum Ortodoks Patriklerinin ısrarıyla bazı tedbirler almasına ve hatta gayrimüslimlerin mezhep değiştirmelerini yasaklayan bir de kanun çıkarmasına rağmen misyoner faaliyetler durmamıştır. Bu süreç 1724'ten 1916 yılına kadar devam ederek uluslararası aktörlerin de açıktan taraf oldukları bir çeşit mezhepler arası savaşa dönüşmüştür. Osmanlı Devleti, Fransa'nın baskısıyla 1830'da Ermeni Katolik Patrikliğini tanımak zorunda kalmıştır. Ortodoksluktan Katolikliğe geçen ve M. 451 yılında Kadıköy Konsili ile aforoz edilerek resmi kilise anlayışına bağlı kaldıkları için Mısır ve Suriye'ye göçen kolonilerin oluşturduğu Rum Melkitler de kısa bir süre sonra yeni kurulan Ermeni Katolik Patrikliğine bağlanmışlardı. Ancak Rum Melkitler, bu patriklikten 1848'de bağımsızlıklarını almayı başardılar ve aynı yıl müstakil Rum Melkit Katolik Patrikliği'ni kurdular. Buna rağmen Avrupalıların bu cemaatler üzerinden sürdürdükleri misyoner faaliyetleri ve politikalar hiçbir zaman son bulmamıştır. Fransa Rum Melkitleri, Rusya ise diğer Rum ve Arap Ortodoksları kullanarak yeni politik manevralar geliştirmişlerdir ve bu cemaatler vasıtasıyla Osmanlının iç işlerine müdahale ederek birtakım tavizler koparmaya çalışmışlardır. Cemaatler arası bir mücadele olarak başlayan ve 1856'dan sonra uluslararası strateji savaşlarına dönüşen bu faaliyetlerin, 1724-1856 ve 1856-1916 yılları arasında olmak üzere iki ayrı bölümde incelenmesinin daha uygun olacağı düşünülmüştür. Çalışmanın 1724-1856 yılları arasını kapsayan bu ilk bölümünde, Vatikan ve Fransa ekseninde teşkilatlanan ve Osmanlı millet sisteminin parçalanmasına yönelik misyonerler faaliyetler üzerinde durulmuştur. Çalışmanın 1856-1916 yılları arasını kapsayan ikinci kısmı ise ayrı bir makale konusu olarak ele alınıp incelenmiştir.

Socio-Philosophical Interpretation of Missionary Activity

Today it is important to determine the missionary factor, the reasons for its occurrence and measures to combat it. This is because missionary work has been able to demonstrate its negative and dangerous consequences in different parts of the world. In this article, we will discuss the nature of missionary work, its causes, factors, and ways and means. In the fight against missionary activity, it is advisable to analyze the consequences not only today, but also tomorrow. After all, it is not only political and social, but also adaptable to socio-economic, psychological, legal, spiritual, educational, etc. Therefore, in recent years, a lot of serious, substantiated research papers, books and articles on missionary work and the fight against it have appeared in the world. However, many of them are more or less biased in missionary or related issues or in the context of socio-political problems due to the specialization of the authors of the missionary research. At the same time, the difficulties associated with the peculiarities of this phenomenon in the search for the nature of the missionary also cause concern. The article not only creates a diary of events, but also describes the history of the main missionary activity and attempts to explore the mission, goals, methods and means of missionary organizations. In the context of globalization, all components of missionary analysis are comprehensively analyzed. To this end, he sought to describe all the main stages of the missionary movement in close connection with important political events and in the changing social life of traditional societies in the regions of the world in order to identify the causes, key factors and strengths of their mission centers.

Charity Hall: A Foundational Report of a 19th-Century Chickasaw Mission

Toward the end of the 18th-century, the newly independent United States deliberated solutions to the “problem” in which Natives occupied lands that Euro-American settlers desired. The Civilization Fund Act was implemented in 1819 as one of the solutions, and it supported groups, like missionary organizations, to instruct Natives in Western culture. Charity Hall, a Presbyterian mission to the Chickasaws, was created as a result of the Act and can offer information regarding Native American accommodation and contestation to Western practices. While historical records provide ample information about the workings of Charity Hall, archaeological studies aim to make up for the lack of the Chickasaw voice in these records.

A time of destiny for Norwegian mission schools in Zululand and Natal under the policy of Bantu Education (1948–1955)

ABSTRACTWhen the purified National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa in 1948, they introduced educational policies based on the ideology of apartheid. At that time 7,183 pupils attended primary education in 110 Lutheran Norwegian mission schools in Zululand and Natal. When the State took over these schools after the passing of the Bantu Education Act of 1953, the number had increased to 10,415. Together with other Lutheran missions, the Norwegians participated in running a teacher training college and a High School. For over a century before this, educational work had been a fundamental instrument in assisting mission work. Against this background, the paper attempts to answer two questions: How did the Norwegian missionaries relate to the policy of Bantu Education? Was the experience of the Norwegians attempting to carry out their educational work under this racial segregation legislation similar to that of other mission organisations at the time?

Haruniye Alman Yetimhanesi

19. Yüzyılın sonlarına doğru meydana gelen Ermeni
 olayları, sonuçları itibariyle misyon kuruluşları için büyük bir fırsat olmuş
 ve bu kuruluşlar Doğu bölgelerinde bir biri ardına istasyon açmışlardı. 1909
 yılında Adana ve çevresinde vukû bulan olaylar da misyon teşkilatları için yeni
 bir çalışma alanı ortaya çıkardı ve Alman misyonerler, Adana Vilayeti dâhilinde
 bulunan Bahçe Kazası'na bağlı Haruniye Karyesi'nde açtıkları yetimhane ile
 bölgede faaliyete başladılar.
 
 Haruniye Alman Yetimhanesi'nin kurulmasında önemli
 bir yere sahip olan Alman Yardım Birliği (Deutscher Hülfsbund für Christliches
 Liebeswerk in Orient), 1890'lı yıllarda Maraş, Mamuretülaziz ve Van gibi bölgelerde
 tesis ettiği birimler ve buralardaki çalışmalar sayesinde misyon açısından
 başarılı çalışmalar yapmıştı. Yardım Birliği başta yetimhaneler olmak üzere,
 sağlık birimleri, dul kadınlar için bakım evleri ve atölyeler açmak suretiyle faaliyet
 bölgelerinde etkili bir misyon çalışması yürütmeye muvaffak oldu. 
 
 Bu bildiride, Alman Yardım Birliği'nin önemli
 istasyonlarından birisini oluşturan ve Cebel-i Bereket Sancağı içerisinde yer
 alan Haruniye Karyesi'ndeki Alman Yetimhanesi hakkında bilgi verilecektir.
 Burada evvelâ, yetimhanenin kuruluş süreci ve bu istikâmette misyonerlerin
 Osmanlı makamlarıyla yaptığı yazışmalar ortaya konacaktır. Daha sonra, Osmanlı
 Devleti için kritik bir dönemi ifade eden Birinci Dünya Savaşı öncesi ve savaş
 yıllarında yetimhanenin durumu ve çalışmaları hakkında bilgi verilecektir. Son
 olarak, savaşın bitmesiyle birlikte yetimhanede kalan çocukların akıbeti ve
 kurumun Amerikan yardım kuruluşu Yakın Doğu Yardım Komistesi (Near East
 Relief)'ne nasıl devredildiği izah edilecektir.

조선 장로회와 감리회에 의한 재도쿄 조선인에 대한 공동선교 -1920년대 후반부터 1930년대 후반까지를 중심으로-

The purpose of this study is to explore and clarify the formation of Korean churches in Tokyo founded by joint-missionary work of Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Korea, from the late 1920s to the late 1930s, when this joint-missionary work came to the end. This study uses Christian newspapers and journals in Korea and Japan, minutes of Christian organizations such as the Korean National Christian Council, Christian yearbooks, and autobiographies as research materials. After reviewing the transition of mission organizations engaged in missionary work among Koreans in Tokyo and changes of the Korean population in Tokyo, this article explores the formation of Korean churches.BR After the foundation of the first church, Kanda Church, in 1908, more than 20 years passed before the second church in Tokyo, Tsukishima Church, was established under the joint-missionary work in 1929. This church was founded with the help of Anglican missionaries. Including this church, eight churches (Tsukishima, Meguro, Zoshigaya, Fukagawa, Komagome, Ohji, Arakawa, and Shinagawa Churches) were established from 1929 to the late 1930s. Of these churches, two churches, Ohji and Arakawa Churches, were not established by joint-missionary work, but formed independently.BR In 1934, a denomination, “the Korean Christian Church in Japan,” was founded as a result of joint-missionary work. In the same year, a disturbance occurred in Kanda Church due to differences of opinion over the construction of its church building. This resulted in the secession of three churches, Kanda, Fukagawa, and Komagome Churches, from the Korean Christian Church in Japan. Soon after this, the Korean Christian Church in Japan founded another church, Tokyo Central Church. This study argues that this church should be regarded as one that split away from Kanda Church.BR Of the churches mentioned above, only four remained in existence until the time of Japan’s defeat in 1945. These were Yoyogi (formerly Tokyo Central Church), Meguro, Zoshigaya, and Shinagawa Churches.

Leading a Community Engagement Approach for Integral Mission in Central Africa and Southeast Asia

Community engagement is essential in global health mission organizations in order to effectively integrate physical and spiritual health. I experienced a progression in understanding faith-based community engagement in global health during my time as a health director in central Africa and Southeast Asia. The Facilitator phase of this progression leads to understanding the systems and networks as described by the Social-Ecological Model (SEM) and the Holistic Worldview Analysis (HWVA) model. Together, these can be used to guide church workers, faith-based public health practitioners, and development leaders in taking a holistic approach to improving community health and well-being in a way that learns from my experience and focuses on the Facilitator phase as the most effective. Integral mission understands that the physical and spiritual determinants of health are inseparable but is often challenged by diverse partnerships, community beliefs, and assumptions influencing cross-cultural health initiatives. Together, the SEM and HWVA models support a holistic community engagement strategy for integral mission to take place.