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Academics as Mission

A missionary calling to Africa for Christian academics: Part 1

October 3, 2013 by G. Randall Bond, M.D. 7 Comments

Editor's note: I had the privilege of meeting G. Randall Bond, M.D.  at Urbana12.  Randy was one of a number of people who visited the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) booth to share  not only  a vision for, but also a commitment to next steps in "academics-as-mission." A hearty "Thank-you!" to Randy for sharing his passion with the  Emerging Scholars Network via our blog.  I encourage our readers to share their thoughts/insights on the topic with Randy. He truly enjoys engaging in  Transformative Conversations  and  I … [Read more...] about A missionary calling to Africa for Christian academics: Part 1

Filed Under: Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Health Care Tagged With: African universities, brain drain, calling, expatriate academic, Faculty, missions, professor, sub-Saharan Africa, teaching, team missions

Gradschool for God’s Global Mission: S. Joshua Swamidass

December 31, 2012 by J. Nathan Matias 3 Comments

This is the third post in an Urbana12 series by J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media. This post in original form can be found here. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. Your work is much appreciated. ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. ---------------------- This weekend, I'm at Urbana, a gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next few days, I will be blogging two … [Read more...] about Gradschool for God’s Global Mission: S. Joshua Swamidass

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith, Tips for Grad School, Urbana12 Tagged With: calling, grad school, science, tips for grad school, urbana, Urbana12, vocation

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