Episode 41 – Migration and Missiology (Part 1) with Dr. Sam George

About this episode

Dr. Sam George discusses the intersection of migration and theology in this first part of a two-part conversation.

This episode is part one of a two-part conversation with Indian American theologian, Dr. Sam George. He’s the director of the Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, Illinois, and has authored and edited twenty books and numerous journal articles. Sam studies and teaches how the movement of people impacts Christianity. In this episode, Sam talks about how his background as an immigrant from the Andaman Islands of India shaped his faith and why he left a successful career in the corporate world to pursue seminary studies. Sam served on the leadership of the Lausanne movement from 2016 to 2025. He witnessed hundreds of refugees come to Christ while he traveled to Europe, Asia, and Africa to study the refugee crisis. Sam explains the important connection between migration and theology, pointing out that the Bible is a story of migrants or displaced people and that Christianity is a moving, missionary faith. Takeaways No matter where we go or how far we travel, we can find a community of believers. The church is the most active global entity. Migration is the mega theme of the Bible. Almost all major characters of the Bible were migrants who were displaced…

People in this episode

Host: Mabel Ninan

Guest: Dr. Sam George

Topics covered

• migration
• theology
• Christianity
• refugee crisis
• immigration
• community

Keywords

• migration
• Christianity
• theology
• refugees
• immigrants
• community
• Lausanne movement
• Andaman Islands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Diaspora Institute, Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, Lausanne movement

Places: Andaman Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa

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