Date
9-2016
Department
School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Chair
David J. Pederson
Keywords
Canadian Chinese Immigrant Church, Church Growth, Evangelism, Trilingual Church
Disciplines
Christian Denominations and Sects | Liturgy and Worship | Missions and World Christianity | Other Religion | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Li, Benjamin, "An Outreach Model for Melville Mission Church: Evangelizing the Mandarin Community in Markham North, Ontario, Canada" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 1279.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/1279
Abstract
MMC is a conservative, traditional Cantonese-speaking immigrant church that has had stagnant growth since its relocation to the rural area of Markham North, Ontario, Canada in 2009. The purpose of this project was to propose a new outreach model to enable MMC to more effective in evangelizing the Mandarin-speaking community in Markham. The proposed new outreach model is a refined version of Alan Hirsch’s Missional-Incarnational Model which mobilized the church membership to engage with the unchurched community for the Gospel. The research for this project was accomplished through studying the Chinese demographics in Markham, and through surveys of 158 mainland Chinese of their recreational needs. The results of the research would enable MMC’s refined Missional-Incarnational Model to implement relevant bridge-building programs and activities to connect with the unchurched Mandarin community for Christ.
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