Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions is a book on missions that Dr. Scott Bridger recommended to me. He sent me a PDF file of chapter three that he wrote with Bruce Ashford. Chapter three is called Missiological Method, and it is about what it means to be a missionary and how social sciences fit into missions.

• Missiology- a theological discipline, that is undertaken in conversation with Scripture, church history, and the social sciences and in consideration of its cultural context.

• A Missional Theologian has several tools, such as Scripture, reason, culture, experience, and tradition of Christain theology.

• "The partnership between missiology and the social sciences should be mutually beneficial, as each discipline informs the other and together they work toward a fuller understanding of reality."

  • Communication theory can help missionaries communicate the gospel.

  • Marketing theory can help missionaries promote certain literature and classes.

  • Christain theology provides a broad framework that explains humanity.

• Missionaries must know the cultural context they are working in so that they can effectively spread the gospel.