Welcoming Dr. David Sills to the Blogosphere

Over the past couple of months, it has been a great encouragement to get to know Dr. Sills, Associate Professor of Christian Missions and Cultural Anthropology at Southern Seminary. I had him for Intro to Missiology last semester, but really did not get to know him until I was part of the Ecuador team which he lead last month. It was a tremendous privilege to drill Dr. Sills with all kinds of theological and missiological questions and concerns, and hear candid and thorough responses from a practitioner and theologian. Dr. Sills has spent several years on the field as well as behind the sacred desk. He has planted churches in Ecuador, predominantly among the Quichua people. He is also the author of two books: Capacitación Pastoral en la Cultura Quichua (2002) and Quichuas de la Sierra: Descubriendo un modelo de adiestramiento pastoral culturalmente apropiado (2002). As a professor and practitioner, he resembles in large part what I desire to be as a scholar missionary. I must admit - I was on a sort of blog campaign to get him on board (as well as some other professors), and he has done so - in quite a large way. His main blog serves as a metablog which serves as a gateway of sorts to the rest of his blogs (nine that is) geared towards specific anthropological and missiological issues. He also has a website of his own which is worth checking out. For those of you interested in missions and missiological issues, I am sure that his work will profitable for your perusal and interaction. Help me welcome Dr. Sills to the blogosphere! Below are his links: David Sills (Homepage) David Sills Metablog Animism Bible Translation Cohort Colloquium Contextualization Cultural Anthropology Intercultural Ministry Missiology Orality Unreached People Groups