Index
Abella, Manolo
44
Acts of Faith (Starke/Finke)
160
Adeney, Miriam
158
Adogame, Afe
44, 45, 48, 55, 65
Afghan Church Afghan migrants; conversion; Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center; Helping Hands Refugee Center
Afghan migrants
Afghan Church
126–127, 131–133, 167, 227–331
Afghan clergy
226, 246
church plants
153, 237
conversion experiences
163, 164t, 165–72
dreams
181, 184, 187, 192, 194
evangelization
255
Father’s Heart Refugee Center
117t, 139
fear of fellow migrants
145, 162
Hadiths
175
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
117t, 129–34
Helping Hands Refugee Center
91, 117t, 125–26, 132
migrant participants
14t
migration, reasons for
74t, 79–81, 89
migration routes
31–32, 70, 91
money for ministry
149–150
unaccompanied minors
142–43
Agape Church; smugglers; Turkey
African Pastor Association
215
Afwerki, Isaias
81
Agape Church Afghan migrants; Baptists; Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center; Pentecostals
Albanians
33, 670, 135, 137, 138, 236
Alberry, Sam
204
Alliance Relief Center
135, 136, 236
Allievi, Stefano
162
al-Sadiq, Jafar
183
Alvesson, Mats
18–19
Amenga-Etego, Rudolf
17
AMG International
134–139, 155
church planting; missionaries of Athens
descriptive details
117t
Anderson, Rufus
207
Annan, Kofi
51
Aquinas, Thomas
184
Asad, Talal
159
Asamoah-Gyadu, Kwabena
66
Ashmore, Malcolm
24
Assembly of God
128, 144, 209, 211
asylum seeker, (definition)
58, 60–61
Atkinson, Paul
24
Avramopoulos, Dmitris
35
Back to Europe movement
65
Badasu, Delali
87
baptism certificates
asylum requests
133, 196, 246
black market in
255
challenges of obtaining
145–48, 154
Iranian Evangelical Church
225
Oasis Refugee Center
121, 148
First Evangelical Free Church; Persian migrants
Baptists
Agape Church
231
baptism practices
225
missionaries
245
Oasis Refugee Center staff
120
Barker, Irwin
159
Barrett, Darren
50
Basch, Linda
47
Basok, Tanya
54, 111
Bebbington’s quadrilateral
62
Bediako, Kwame
49
Belz, Mindy
157
Biehl, João
8
Blanc, Szanton
46–47
Brace, Ian
20
Bradburn, Norman
20
Brettell, Caroline
7
Bridges Refugee Center
140–41
descriptive details
117t
Bultema, James
171
Cadge, Wendy
68
The Camel Method (Greeson)
175
Carson, Don A.
11
Castañeda, Heide
39
Castles, Stephen
11, 44
Centre for Missionaries from the Majority World
65
Charmaz, Kathleen
21
Chinese Christians
4, 53, 123, 134, 260
Chios, island of
32, 70, 71, 74t, 78, 97
Christian Freedom International
154
church planting
AMG
137
disciple-making movement
120
see Exarchia Church
illegality of
13
First Evangelical Free Church; Presbyterians
Church Planting Movements (Garrison)
239–240
conversion
Afghan Church
228–229
African migrants
246
bible reading
171–174
common misunderstandings
229
dangerous, as
12, 13, 24, 152, 156–57
dreams and visions
157, 164–65t, 182–195
fake conversions
111, 133, 145–46, 196–97
forced conversion and proselytism
254–55
love for Christ
164–5t, 169–71
misguided reasons
223, 252
language of conversion
247–48
negative costs of
159–60, 198–202, 230, 253
prayers as a catalyst to
177–179
reasons for
157–58, 162–63, 164–5t, 165–98
struggles of new believers
202–205
baptism certificates
Cosmo Vision Center
127, 134, 136–37, 240
Afghan migrants; Persian migrants; Syrian migrants
Cotter, Chris
81
Council of Europe
58–59
Cox, James Leland
62
Currie, Raymond
159
Denzin, Norman
5, 18
Dijk, Rilk A. van
56
disciple-making movement
120
Downes, Stan
65
Dublin III Regulation
40
Düvell, Franck
31, 58, 59, 60
Ebaugh, Helen Rose
56
Ecklund, Elaine Howard
68
Elam, Gillian
13, 40
Elliniko Refugee Camp
118, 135
Emmanuel, Damavolitis
63
Eritrean Church of Athens
Canada
100, 102
description of services
209–212
Ethiopians
104, 211
Pentecostal diaspora church
211–12
self-supporting
246
conversion; singing and songs
Eritrean migrants
Eritrean Orthodox diocese in Europe
56
migrant study participants, listing
14t
migration, reasons for
81–86, 114
migration routes
81–82
Orthodox Church, conversion from
83–84
Turkey
Ethiopians
69, 81, 83, 85, 211,
Eritrean Church of Athens
European Agenda on Migration
36
European Commission
31, 40
European Council
35
Evangelicals
Americans
245–46
definition
62–63
Exarchia Church
142, 208t, 220, 241
church planting; singing and songs
expatriates
137, 207–8
Faros Refugee Center
142–145, 153
descriptive details
117t
Father’s Heart Refugee Center
138–140
Afghan migrants; Persian migrants
descriptive details
117t
Fielding, Nigel
25
Filas, Nikos
64
Filipinos
4, 13
Finke, Roger
159–160
First Evangelical Free Church (First Church)
African pastors
219
baptism certificates
147
church planting successes
63, 143, 220–224
Iranian Evangelical Church
208t, 224–227
seeker’s class
234
Flick, Uwe
4–5
Fordham, Frieda
195
Germany
backlash on immigrant relocations
38
convention on refugees
55
destination
33, 34, 63, 74t, 76, 99, 100, 129
new believers moving to
123
reverse mission
66
Ghanaian migrants
Christian beliefs prior to migration
68–69
Ghanaian diaspora
86–87
migrant participants
15t
migration, reasons for
88t, 244
migration routes
86–87, 91
Redeemed Lighthouse Church
213–19
Turkey
88–89, 106–9
smugglers
Gifford, Paul
217–18
Gillham, Bill
20
Glaser, Barney
3
Glick Schiller, Nina
47
Glyfada Christian Center
232–34
Good Samaritan ministry of Kypseli
130
Graham, Billy
54
Graham, Elaine
218
Gramsci, Antonio
39
Great European Migration
259
Greece
anti-proselytism laws
13, 63, 128
border police for Europe
40
permanent residency
61, 243
immigration policies
41–43
mosques
64
new faith
69, 116, 127, 134, 160, 162, 169
old identities
60
Synod of Evangelical Churches
124
transit country
60, 250–51
unique position of
30, 33, 38
Greek Evangelical Alliance
5
Greek Evangelical Church see First Evangelical Free Church
Greek Orthodox Christians
Evangelicalism, views on
63, 68
Helping Hands Refugee Center
124
refugees, aiding
167
Samaritan’s Purse, assistance to
116
Greeson, Kevin
175
Grunebaum, Gustave Edmund von
183
Guarnizo, Luis E.
46, 47
Guba, Egon
22
Guterres, António
51
Haas, Hein de
11, 30, 43, 44, 46
Habti, Driss
56
Hagan, Jacqueline
57
Hague Program
35
Hahn, Ernest
156
Hammersley, Martyn
24
Hamood, Sara
32–33
Hanciles, Jehu
64, 66
Hanna, Mark
157
Healy, Nicholas
241
heart language
163, 206
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
Agape Afghan Church
129, 208t, 227–228
camp ministry
129, 133, 171
Costas Macris
128
descriptive details
117t
food ministry
130–132
health care
130, 140
Mercy Ministries Center
128–132
Patisia location
209
Afghan migrants; Iraqi migrants; Persian migrants; Syrian migrants
Helping Hands Refugee Center
Afghan Church
127, 154, 208t, 226, 228
descriptive details
117t
evangelization
255
Greek Evangelicals
124
Persian migrants
91
personnel
123, 124, 134
shower ministries
125–126
Afghan migrants; Greek Orthodox Christians; Iraqi migrants
Hiebert, Paul Gordon
9, 160, 207
Hirschman, Albert
87
Hirschman, Charles
67, 68
Hollifield, James
7
Holmes, Seth M.
39
HomeSpot Arabic Church
136, 137
Hope Center
143–144
hospitality
250–256, 259
Hugo, Victor
254
Human Rights Watch
79
Ibn Khaldun
182
immigration see migrants and migration
intercultural theology see missiology
International Christian Fellowship (ICF)
128, 140, 181
International Greek Church
208t, 241
International Organization for Migration
32, 35, 61, 70
International Teams
124, 208t, 233
interviewing and fieldwork
research of immigrant populations
12
field note methodology
20–21, 24–25
grounded theory practice
1, 3, 18, 22, 29
insider/outsider status
16–17
interview guide
6
interview methodology
18–23
mixed migration methodology
61
narrative interviews and ethnographic fieldwork
4
participant observation
7, 19, 23–24
postmodern research approach
9–10
questionnaire use
19–20, 23, 164
research ethics
26–28
Iranian Evangelical Church of Athens
208t, 220, 224, 241
baptism certificates; First Evangelical Free Church; singing and songs Iranian migrants; Persian migrants
Iraqi migrants
Bridges
117t, 141
EU protection status
41
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
131
Helping Hands Refugee Center
124
migration routes
32, 41, 70
reasons for migration
33, 48
ISIS
36, 80, 132, 139, 157, 190
Jenkins, Philip
49, 50, 210
Jensen, Jeppe
3
The Jesus Film
94, 125
Johnstone, Patrick
52
Jongeneel, Jan A. Bastiaan
64
Julian the Hospitaller
252
Kalu, Ogbu
48
Kelsey, Morton
184
Kéri, Szabolcs
157
Kivisto, Peter
1–2, 67
Koran
defense of
171, 231
dreams
182–84
evangelization
78
Jesus, appearances in
157, 176, 184, 191
missionary response to
171
reading of
165t, 175–76, 177, 179–80
Persian migrants
Kos, island of
32, 70, 71, 74t, 88t, 179
Koser, Khalid
40
Kraft, Kathryn Ann
159, 162
Kronk, Rick
185
Kuptsch, Christiane
44
Kurdish migrants
15t, 37, 42, 95, 136, 189
Kuschminder, Katie
40
Lamb of God Outreach
213–214
Lambrides, Nicholas
134
Landolt, Patricia
47
Lausanne Movement
54, 239
Lavrio Refugee Camp
44, 136, 137
Lecerf, Jean
183
LeMaitre, M.
254
Lesbos, island of
attempts to leave
90, 91, 93
Moria Refugee Camp
37, 72
migrant entry point
71, 74t, 83, 90, 104, 110
Less, Raymond
17
Levitt, Paul
56
Lewis, Jane
5, 13
Lincoln, Yvonna
5, 22
Locke, Peter
8
Loftland, John
159
Lohmann, Roger
158
Londono, Jesus
65
Lucian of Antioch
253
Luther, Martin
206
Macris, Costas
128, 130
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
Man Cave Church
,
see Oasis Refugee Center; Persian migrants
Marrujo, Olivia Ruiz
57
Martin, Philip
44–45
Mason, Jennifer
19–20
Mavelli, Luca
57
Maxwell, Joseph
12
McCraken, Scott
123–124
McGavran, Donald
206, 260
McGrath, Alister
9
McLuhan, Marshall
44
Mercy Ministries Center
128, 130
Merkel, Angela
38
migrants and migration
Book of Ruth
256–58
Christian witness
63–69
contemporary migration to Europe
30–34
European migration policy and reactions
34–43
flying as the safest option for
105
illegal migration
22, 26, 35–36, 113, 115, 246
integration into Greek society
30, 206, 212, 221, 227, 236, 240
irregular migration
26, 31, 35–36, 43, 59, 60, 61
Migrant Church Network
4, 5
migrants as self-sent missionaries
246
migrant study participants
14–15
migrant volunteers of Athens
117, 118, 120, 126
migrant routes popular
70–71
reasons for migration
43–48
refugees, distinguishing from migrants
39
religious diasporas
52–53
transit migrants
35, 38, 57, 58–61, 89, 115, 250
Afghan migrants; Eritrean migrants; Ghanaian migrants; Nigerian migrants; Persian migrants
Miller, Mark J.
11, 43, 55
Miraculous Movements (Trousdale)
158
missiology
American Society of Missiology
8
Camel Method of evangelization
175
diaspora missiology
1, 7, 29, 52–55, 64–65, 69
disciple-making strategies
120, 122
reverse missions
49, 53, 64–66
missionaries of Athens
American missionaries, self-criticizing
248
AMG International
134, 137
anti-proselytizing laws
1, 63, 128
diaspora and relocation
69
Insider Movement language
161
local concept of Church
152–53
Maritime ministry
128
missionary founders
117, 123, 218, 248
short-term service in Athens
95, 118, 120, 134–35, 149, 150, 166, 194, 228, 240, 245, 248
support letters
232
Missionary Self-Perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic Church Leaders from the Global South (Währisch-Oblau)
55, 67
Mission Frontiers magazine
185
Moody Bible Institute
135
More Than Dreams (film)
185
Moria Refugee Camp see Lesbos, island of
Mountain of Miracles Pentecostal Church
128
Mousavi, Ali Akbar
74
Mouzalas, Yannis
37
Muhammad, Prophet
176, 180, 183
Muslims
Muslims as followers of Jesus
161–62
Brussels
37–38
conversion to Christianity
156–57
forgiveness of sin
158
God as a father, foreign concept of
131, 139
grace, the concept of
170
Islam, tiring of
77, 78, 179–181
Jesus, acceptance of
172, 173–74, 184–91
love for Jesus
169–71
wives and widows, aid to
110, 121–22, 253
percentage Muslim emigrants to EU
30
conversion
The New Christendom (Jenkins)
49
Nigerian migrants
choir and keyboard, lack of
212
fake papers
112
migrant expulsions from Nigeria
86
migration routes
32, 70
Redeemed Lighthouse Church
215
reverse mission
53, 65
Nock, Arthur Darby
159
Nwaobasi, Ike
65
Oasis Refugee Center
Afghan Leaders
126, 133, 134, 240
background
116–17
descriptive details
117t
Man Cave Church
208t
meals
117–19, 225, 255
evangelization
120
short-term teams
118, 126
Afghan migrants; baptism certificates; Baptists; conversion; Persian migrants
Oenga, Duke
20, 23
Ojeda, Lizette
12
Olofinjana, Israel
65
Operation Joshua Bible ministry
129
Operation World (website)
155
Opoku-Dapaah, Edward
68
Orban, Vikton
37
Ott, Craig
69
Our Guide app
122
Padwick, Constance
185
Papadopoulou-Kourkoula, Aspasia
59
The Passion (film)
125
Peil, Margaret
86
Pentecostals
African understanding Pentecostalism
62
Agape Church
231
Eritrean Pentecostals
56, 83, 212
Ghanaian Pentecostalism
216–218
migration journeys
244
speaking in tongues
210, 212, 213, 216
Eritrean Church of Athens; Glyfada Christian Center
Persian Leader 4’s Church
132, 135, 208t, 231–37
Persian migrants
baptism certificates
146–47
conversion experiences
155, 161, 164t, 165t, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 186–195
Cosmo Vision Center
136
dangers of conversion
198–200
dreams
181, 184–88, 193, 194
Faros
144
Father’s Heart Refugee Center
117t, 139
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
117t, 130–31
Iranian diaspora
55
Iranian-led churches of Athens
208t
Man Cave Church
237–38, 240–41
migration, reasons for
53, 73–79, 94, 125, 243
migration routes
33, 70–71, 91
Oasis Refugee Center
117t, 121
migrant participants
14–15t
tarof, practice of
203–204
smugglers; Helping Hands Refugee center; Turkey
persons of peace
120–21
Peterson, Robert
20
Piraeus(Greece)
housing for migrants
100
Redeemed Lighthouse Church
213
southern port of Athens
33, 34, 72, 119
Pohl, Christine
251, 253–54
Polis ministry see Glyfada Christian Center
Portes, Alejandro
46
Presbyterians
baptism new believers in transit
145
church planting efforts
63, 220, 223
Presbyterian service structure
223, 245, 249
Qur’an see Koran
Qureshi, Nabeel
156
Rambo, Lewis
161
Ravenstein, Ernest
44
Red Cross
136, 141, 209
Redeemed Lighthouse Church
208t
Ghanaian migrants; Nigerian migrants; singing and songs
refugee (definition)
58–59, 61
refugee centers
Athens
69, 116, 117t, 162–63
Christian aid to travelers
167
church vs. refugee center
26, 152–53
immoral work
254–55
issues
145–49, 149–52
migration industry
245
Bridges Refugee Center; Faros Refugee Center; Father’s Heart Refugee Center; Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center; Helping Hands Refugee Center; Oasis Refugee Center
1951 Refugee Convention
58
Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus (film)
81
Rema Ministries
102
Remigio, Amador
43
Ritchie, Jane
5, 13
Robinson, Sara
81
Romanians
4, 69, 208t, 231
Romeos, Fotis
134
Saint Andrews International Church
124, 126
Saint-Blancat, Chantal
8
Samaritan’s Purse
33, 64, 152
Greek Orthodox Christians
Samos, island of
Afghan Leader
1, 92
Ghanaians
88t
Persian and Afghan migrants
74t
Persian Leader
4, 94
Persian Man
1, 96
primary destination for migrants
32, 70, 71
refugee camp
94, 97
Sanjek, Roger
19
Sanneh, Lamin
49, 157
Schaeffer, Edith
251
Schapendonk, Joris
59, 89
Schengen Area
34, 37
Second Greek Evangelical Church of Athens
124
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus (Qureshi)
156
Seidman, Irving
19
Sheikh, Bilquis
157
Shubin, Russell
185
Silverman, David
8, 23
singing and songs
Agape Church
228–29
Eritrean Church of Athens
209, 211–212
Exarchia Church
223
Glyfada Christian Center
220
Iranian Evangelical Church
227
Man Cave Church
238
Persian Church Leader 4’s Church
236
Redeemed Lighthouse Church
217–18
Skypleship
123
Sleiman, Christina
157
Smith, Timothy
57, 67
smugglers
Afghan migrants
80, 81, 90, 91–93, 111
Christian conversion
204
Eritrean migrants
82–83, 101–3
Ghanaian migrants
108
Greek embassy
101
migration industry
110–114
Persian migrants
91–92, 96–99, 177
refugee centers
246
Turkey
36, 76, 78, 80, 110, 172
Victoria Square
34, 72
sojourners
52, 206, 257, 260
Sørensen, Ninna Nyberg
111
Spickard, James
65
Starke, Rodney
159–60
Stefanidis, Nicholas
124, 134
Strauss, Anselm
3
Subhan, John
157
Sudman, Seymour
20
Sunquist, Scott
49
Sweden
asylum applications
41
migrant destination
33, 63, 76, 93
new believers moving to
123, 196
Schengen Area country
37
Swinton, John
18–19
Syrian migrants
Bridges
117t, 140–41
Moria Refugee Camp
37
Evangelization
163
Hellenic Ministries Refugee Center
117t
migration, reasons for
37, 53
migration routes
32, 70–71
Taliban
79, 80, 190, 199, 228, 231
tarof, practice of see Persian migrants
Terizioglu, Mehmen
35
Third Greek Evangelical Church
236
The 3-D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures
132
three-self churches
207
Tomlin, Chris
238
Townsend, Cameron
50
Training for Trainers (T4T) program
122–23, 235
transit areas
broken system
252
evangelical hospitality
251
faith communities
56
shared faith
260
Greece as transit area for EU
60
ideal church structure
241
transit migration
57, 58–61
Travis, John Jay
207
Treaty of Amsterdam
35
Trotter, Lilias
185
Trousdale, Jerry
120, 156
Turkey
Afghan migrants
79–81, 177
border crossing
33, 35
Christian workers
166, 168, 172, 224, 244
Eritreans migrants
82, 84, 86, 101, 103, 105, 114
Greece
31, 32, 33, 40, 70, 71 88–90
illegal border crossings
37–38
Iranian-Turkish border
130
irregular migration
35–36, 40, 42, 119
Persian migrants
73, 76–78, 89–91, 94–98, 166, 193
short-term migrant stays
71
smuggling trade
111, 114
transit migration
33, 35
Ghanaian migrants
The Unexpected Christian Century (Sunquist)
49
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
142
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
58–59
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
31, 40, 42, 58, 79, 87, 142
Vanhoozer, Kevin
10
Venn, Henry
207
Victoria Park
72, 234
ministry efforts
119, 124, 166, 194, 234
refugees
146
unaccompanied minors
143–44
smugglers
Voice of the Gospel (magazine)
134
Voice of the Martyrs
157
Voice of Truth Persian Church
121, 122, 147
Vollmer, Bastian
31, 58, 58
Währisch-Oblau, Claudia
55, 66, 67
Walls, Andrew
49, 155, 247, 259–260
Wan, Enoch
8
Wansink, Brian
20
Warner, R. Stephen
68
Warraq, Ibn
158
Wilson, Erin K.
57
A Wind in the House of Islam (Garrison)
156
Women and Children’s Center of Kypseli
130
Woodberry, J. Dudley
158
Woolgar Steve
24
World Council of Churches
2, 254
Wright, Andrew
9
Yang, Fenggang
260
Yeh, Allen
53
Yin, Robert K.
22
Youth with a Mission (YWAM)
194
Zacharias, Ravi
204
Zeleza, Paul
45