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Development of Christian Missionin 2 in Malaysia
Development of Christian Missionin 2 in Malaysia
MISSIONARY MOVEMENTS
ADP3113
WEEK 8th
Previous lecture
• Have discussed the expansion and
missionary efforts/works of the Christian
Missionary Movements in Malaysia – post
war period up to the present day.
• The establishment of CFM and
MCCBCHS – lead by the Christian
movements.
METHODS OF MISSIONARY
WORK IN MALAYSIA
Objective
• To explain what are the methods used by
the Christian missionaries in spreading
their words.
• To discuss the role of the Contemporary
Missionary Movements in spreading
Christianity
Introduction
• The Christian Missionaries have been
actively preaching and spreading their
message to every corner of the globe.
Introduction
• Missionaries work in various ways for
example:
• Through education
• Health
• Church development and missionary activities
• Donation
• Mass Media
• Translation and Publication
• Dialogue
Cont’d.
• All of these methods can be categorized
under four major classification.
• Evangelism
• Contextualization Approach
• Psychological Approach
• Political Approach.
(Ghazali Basri,
2004:25-35)
Evangelism
• Evangel means Gospel or ‘good news’.
• Evangelism is the verbal proclaiming of
the Christian Gospel or, by extension, any
other form of preaching or proselytizing.
• The spreaders of the good news –
disregard which denominations they
belongs to- call themselves as evangelist.
Reason for Evangelism
• Based on the Biblical evidence.
• “Go and make disciples of all nations ,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the holy Spirit
and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you”. (Matthew 18-19)
Cont’d
• The need to every Christian to spread the
Gospel and to establish the Christian
churches as a manifestation of his/her
faith in God
(Richardson, 1977:26).
How they operate?
• Work in denominations or organizations
e.g. Billy Graham Evangelist Association
APPROACHES TO
EVANGELISM
• Christians have used many methods to
spread Christianity via Evangelism.