Melody Wachsmuth has been living in Croatia
since 2011 and was instrumental in helping to organize the “Roma to the
Nations” Conference in 2014.
She wrote:
“For those interested in reading about the
possibilities, challenges, and the different ways God has been working among
the Roma in Europe, browse through the new Mission
Frontiers magazine that I had the privilege of guest editing. The title
of the edition—The Roma: A Storied People Write a
New Chapter in Mission— is significant in that it shows a
movement of the Roma as objects in a story to the Roma as
subjects writing their story. The fact that there are both Roma and
non-Roma writers reflects this shift, and they are coming from a wide variety
of perspectives and contexts.
It was good to read articles by several
familiar people, like Miki Kamberović and Sasa Bakić from Serbia, Shane McNary
(CBF in Slovakia), and Sharon Chan from Great Commission Centre International.
I enjoyed the article written by Gustav
Puporka, who wrote ‘Identities and Cultures’. He identifies as: a Christian
Hungarian with Roma origins. From his section on Education I copied the
following: Many people think education will help the Roma to integrate into
mainstream society. I don’t believe this is true—education without the gospel
will not change hearts.
He also shared some good insights into how
to minister to Roma people.
You can read the magazine at the following
link:
Mission Frontiers
is a bi-monthly magazine of Frontier Ventures. Mission
Frontiers has been in circulation since 1979, providing subscribers
with innovative insights on a wide range of topics from the most creative minds
and well-known thought leaders in missiology.
It is the most widely read and cited
publication of its kind, entirely focused on serving Bible-believing followers
of Jesus Christ throughout the world to bring the gospel to every people and
nation as found in Revelation 5:9 and 7:9.
See http://www.missionfrontiers.org/about/about-us
for your free subscription or for reading more.
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