International Bulletin of Mission Research
{{short description|Academic journal}}
{{Infobox journal
| cover = International Bulletin of Missionary Research.gif
| formername = Occasional Bulletin from the Missionary Research Library, International Bulletin of Missionary Research
| image_size = 180px
| editor = Thomas J. Hastings
| discipline = Missiology
| abbreviation = Int. Bull. Mission Res.
| publisher = SAGE Publications for the Overseas Ministries Study Center
| country = United States
| history = 1950-present
| frequency = Quarterly
| website = http://www.omsc.org/ibmr/
| link1 = http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ibm
| link1-name = Journal at Sage Online
| ISSN = 0272-6122
| LCCN =
| OCLC = 6882616
}}
The International Bulletin of Mission Research (or IBMR) is an academic journal covering mission studies and world Christianity, published by the Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC).{{cite book |author=Lippy, Charles H.| year=1986 |publisher=Greenwood Press | title=Religious Periodicals of the United States: Academic and Scholarly Journals| isbn=978-0-313-23420-0|pages=255–257}}{{cite book|author=Anderson, Gerald H. |page=50 | title=Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions | year=1999 |chapter=Beaver, Robert Pierce |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA50 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing | isbn=978-0-8028-4680-8 |accessdate=2012-01-11}}
History
IBMR was established in 1950 by R. Pierce Beaver as the Occasional Bulletin from the Missionary Research Library at Union Theological Seminary, New York.{{cite web|title=Previous issues of the Occasional Bulletin, 1950 to 1976| url=http://www.internationalbulletin.org/previous| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802091839/http://www.internationalbulletin.org/previous| url-status=usurped| archive-date=August 2, 2012| publisher=International Bulletin of Missionary Research|accessdate=11 January 2012}} It started to publish quarterly since January 1977, under the name International Bulletin of Missionary Research, with the initiatives of Gerald H. Anderson, director of the OMSC between 1976 and 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.omsc.org/history|title=History|website=OMSC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220048/https://www.omsc.org/history|url-status=dead}} The journal changed its name again in 2016 from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research to the International Bulletin of Mission Research, to account for the global shift in world Christianity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.omsc.org/ibmr|title=Read the IBMR|website=OMSC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702161309/https://www.omsc.org/ibmr/|url-status=dead}} The current editor is Thomas J. Hastings.{{Cite web|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ibm|title=International Bulletin of Mission Research|website=SAGE Journals|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ibm}}
Category:Christianity studies journals
Category:English-language journals
Category:Academic journals established in 1950
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