Dr.
Mark Hausfeld was inaugurated the 2007-2008 J. Philip Hogan
Professor of World Missions on October 10, 2007. His first
lecture, entitled "Islam in America: Understanding
and Engaging Diaspora Muslims Through the Local Church" discussed
the history and sociology of Muslims in America; Islam's
intentions for the United States and how the
local church can reach Muslims in America
in intentional and missiological ways.
Hausfeld's second lecture on November
14, 2007, entitled "Islam
in America: Developing Strategy to Reach Diaspora Muslims
through the Local Church, Part 1" featured a case study
analysis of successful ministry to Muslims in North America
with an emphasis on the practical aspects of ministry.
His third lecture on February
12, 2008, "Islam in America: Developing Strategy to Reach
Diaspora Muslims Through the Local Church, Part 2" emphasizes
the need to reach Muslims as they congregate in urban
areas within the United States and highlights a local-church
ministry reaching Indian and Pakistani Muslims in a large
metropolitan context.
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his lectures (available for free in audio, video and text
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About Dr. Mark A. Hausfeld
Dr. Hausfeld currently serves as area director
for Central Eurasia, leading all AGWM
efforts across the 10 nations of Central Eurasia. In addition
to administration and strategic leadership, his missionary
work has ranged across a wide variety of activities, from
teaching in theological schools to opening drug rehabilitation
centers to leading relief and development work to facilitating
short-term missions teams for college students. Before entering
foreign missionary service in 1992, Dr. Hausfeld was a pastor
in Chicago, serving as associate pastor at Southside Tabernacle
before planting Maranatha AG, in the city of
Chicago. He also served on the Chicago Commission for Human
Relations.
Dr. Hausfeld has served as an adjunct faculty
member at AGTS since 2002 and teaches an annual class on
Intercultural Urban Ministry in Chicago that exposes students
directly to urban missions in the United States. He is a
frequent speaker at conferences around the world. Together
with his wife, Lynda, and Ken Horn, he is the author of Silk
Road Stories: Amazing Tales of God’s Work in an Ancient
Land (Onward
Books, 2005). He recently contributed a chapter, “Ministry
in Hostile Areas” to the book Java
and Justice: Journeys in Pentecostal Missions Education,
edited by B. Brenneman, W. R. Brookman and N. Muhovich (North
Central University Press, 2006).
Dr. Hausfeld and Lynda have been married for
23 years. Lynda is the daughter of
retired AGWM missionaries Norman and Martha Lestarjette. Their two daughters, Danae and Kara are studying in universities stateside, and son Karl will graduate from high school in 2008.
He earned his B.A. from Evangel University,
his M.Div. from AGTS and his D.Min. from Northern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
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The J. Philip Hogan Chair of World Missions at
AGTS is an endowed professorship which honors the missionary
leadership of this distinguished former executive director
of AGWM. As a partnership between AGTS and AGWM, it calls
on today’s
missionaries and scholars to continue in the heritage of
thoughtful, incisive and Spirit-led missiology that Brother
Hogan’s ministry left us. A leading missiologist
is invited annually to fill the chair in order to explore
new dimensions in missiology through teaching, research and
writing. Special thanks are due to AGWM, the Hyllberg Memorial
Fund, Philip and Virginia Hogan and others who have contributed
to the endowment of the Chair.
Previous Hogan Chairs
The pulpit in use during the inauguration
is from the Swedish Free Mission in Moorhead, Minnesota.
This congregation sent the first Pentecostal missionaries
from North America, Mary Johnson and Ida Anderson. They
arrived in Durban, South Africa in January, 1905, one and
a half years before the Azusa Street awakening. This pulpit’s
permanent home is the Khoo Kay Peng World Prayer Center
on the upper level of AGTS.
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