Building the Whole Church: Collaborating Theological Education Practices in the Ecclesial Context of South Asia (ICETE Series)

by Jessy Jaison

Publisher:

Langham

, 2023

Overview

As the church grows ever larger in areas once considered impervious to the gospel, theological training is failing to keep up with the needs of local congregations. This lack of missional capacity, alongside an overwhelming shortage of trained leadership, indicates a pressing need to revisit the aims and approaches of theological education globally.

Engaging qualitative research from South Asia, Dr. Jessy Jaison demonstrates that both formal and non-formal approaches to theological training can support the church’s missional calling. However, she challenges the growing normalization that theological education is an end in itself, distant from those it was meant to serve. Dr. Jaison calls for a church-centered paradigm in which all forms of training would collaborate with and for the body of Christ. Not only will readers be introduced to theological education in the South Asian context, they will also benefit from the practical and collaborative model demonstrated and how they can revitalize the process in supporting the church in its mission.

Key Features

• Engages qualitative research from South Asia
• Demonstrates that both formal and non-formal approaches to theological training can support the church’s missional calling

Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction: The Shifting Terrain of Theological Education
• 2 A Disadvantageous Gap
• 3 Listening Process 1: Lead Trainers/Faculty in Four Countries in South Asia
• 4 Listening Processes 2–4: Global, Regional, and National Voices
• 5 Thinking Quality, Context, Collaboration, and the Church
• 6 Envisioning Collaboration: A Biblical and Practical Discourse
• Appendix 1: Defining Formal and Nonformal TE
• Appendix 2: Opinionnaire 1
• Appendix 3: Opinionnaire 2
• Appendix 4: Respondents – Opinionnaires 1 & 2
• Bibliography

Praise for Building the Whole Church

Here is a book for everyone concerned about the vitality of global theological education, who has noticed its ongoing and recent challenges and shifts, and longs for its renewal, reenvisioning, and reformation. Dr. Jessy affirms the real and potential missional values of the variety and diversity of approaches of theological education – formal, nonformal, informal; all needed to serve the church well, each with its own strengths, contributions, and purposes.

—Scott Cunningham, PhD

Product Details

• Title: Building the Whole Church: Collaborating Theological Education Practices in the Ecclesial Context of South Asia
• Author: Jessy Jaison
• Series: ICETE Series
• Publisher: Langham
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 167
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church history; South Asia; South Asia Church history; Theology Study and teaching; Theology Study and teaching South Asia
• ISBNs: 9781839738593, 9781839739026, 9781839739033, 1839738596, 1839739029, 1839739037
• Resource ID: LLS:BLDNGWHLCHRSTHS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-30T17:26:33Z