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- ↑ Anderson Gerald H., Roxborogh John, Prior John M., Grundmann Christoffer H. (2012). Witness to World Christianity: The International Association for Mission Studies, 1972-2012. Overseas Ministries Study Center Publications, New Haven, Connecticut, 2-3.
- ↑ Johannes Verkuyl (1978), Contemporary Missiology : An Introduction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 87.
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- ↑ John S. Pobee, (2002). “International Association for Mission Studies.” In Nicolas Lossky, et al, eds. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. 2nd ed. Geneva, Switzerland; WCC Publications, 589.
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- ↑ A brief review of the IAMS Assemblies can be found in: Vahakangas Mika (2014). "The International Association for Mission Studies - Globally in the Service of the Discipline(s)." In Swedish Missiological Themes, Vol. 113, Uppsala, Svenska institutet for missionsforskning, 60-63. More on the early IAMS Assemblies can be found in: Wilbert R. Shenk (2014). History of the American Society of Missiology, 1973-2013. Elkhart, Indiana: Institute of Mennonite Studies), 27.
- ↑ Vahakangas Mika (2014). "The International Association for Mission Studies - Globally in the Service of the Discipline(s)." In Swedish Missiological Themes, 102, 1, Uppsala, Svenska institutet för missionsforskning, 57.
- ↑ "International Association for Mission Studies » Executive Committee" . Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ "Mission Studies » Brill Online". Booksandjournals.brillonline.com. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
