Mission As Integrated Witness

Author : Jae-Suk Lee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725297548

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Mission as Integrated Witness by Jae-Suk Lee Pdf

This study aims to read Jesus’s foot washing narrative missionally (John 13:1–38). A missional reading is identical to a missional hermeneutics based on the literary-theological interpretation of the text. John uses sending language and formulae, and the frame of “as . . ., so . . .” throughout the whole Gospel, which clarifies Jesus’s and his disciples’ mission as integrated witness. In this literary context, the foot washing narrative signifies the integrated witness of Jesus and the disciples. The narrative consists of two parts: one, Jesus’s symbolic action for his death, and the other, for its interpretation for the disciple community. Jesus’s death, as his unique mission, results in purifying both his disciples and the world so that they might dwell in the holy union with the triune God. The disciples are sent into the world. Just as Jesus did, so must they proclaim Jesus and his teachings. Also, they should bear witness to him by living Jesus’s life-pattern of self-giving, sacrificial love, and humble service. Their verbal proclamation as evangelism and life-witness cannot be separated to testify to Jesus and their identity. Finally, today’s Christians, specifically Evangelicals, are invited to participate in the Johannine mission as the integrated witness of evangelism and life-witness.

Author : Gregg Okesson
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493422388

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A Public Missiology by Gregg Okesson Pdf

How can Christians witness to the complexity of our world? Gregg Okesson shows that local congregations are the primary means of public witness in and for the world. As Christians move back and forth between their churches and their neighborhoods, workplaces, and other public spaces, they weave a thick gospel witness. This introduction to public missiology explains how local congregations can thicken their witness in the public realms where they live, work, and play. Real-life examples from around the world help readers envision approaches to public witness and social change.

Author : Darrell L. Guder
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802872227

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Called to Witness by Darrell L. Guder Pdf

Since the publication of the groundbreaking volume Missional Church in 1998, there has been wide-ranging engagement with the missional church theme. In this book Darrell Guder builds on that ongoing discussion by considering basic theological issues that must be addressed if the church is to be faithful to its calling to serve God as Christs witnessing people. Guder argues that there are major consequences for every classical theological locus if the fundamental claims of the missional church discussion are acknowledged. InCalled to Witness Guder delves into these consequences, saying that we need to keep doing missional theology until it is possible to leave off the missional scaffolding because, after all,mission defines the very essence and calling of the church.

Author : John G. Flett,David W. Congdon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978708419

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Converting Witness by John G. Flett,David W. Congdon Pdf

Building on the work and legacy of Darrell L. Guder, Converting Witness: The Future of Christian Mission in the New Millennium, explores key questions and new possibilities in missiology in light of the world Christian context. The conversation around missional theology and the missional church has examined the gap between theology and mission with the intent of fostering renewal within North American Christianity. But this can only fully occur in relation to the reality of world Christianities and the framing significance of global cultural diversity. Many of the classic categories and methods—such as church planting, catholicity, and even the term “world Christianity” itself—are in need of fresh examination and thoughtful analysis. The contributors to this volume address a range of important missiological topics, including globalization, interfaith dialogue, integral mission, intercultural hermeneutics, and church practices.

Author : Charles E. Van Engen
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830893492

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The State of Missiology Today by Charles E. Van Engen Pdf

The 2015 Missiology Lectures at Fuller Theological Seminary marked the fiftieth anniversary of the School of Intercultural Studies. The papers from that conference explore the developments and transformations in the study and practice of mission, as contributors chart the current shape of mission studies and its prospects in the twenty-first century.

Author : David J. Bosch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725217676

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Witness To The World by David J. Bosch Pdf

A great deal of uncertainty exists in the church as to what mission really is. The shifts in political power, away from the traditionally Christian West; the call for a moratorium and the other critical voices from the Third World churches; and the increasing self-assurance and missionary consciousness among adherents of non-Christian religions--all these have given rise to the question whether Christian mission work still makes sense, and if it does, what form it should take. Is mission identical to evangelism in the sense of proclaiming eternal salvation? Does it include social and political involvement, and if so, how? Where does salvation take place: only in the Church, or in the individual, or in society, or in the 'world', or in the non-Christian religions? The picture is one of change and complexity, tension and urgency. The answers we give to these questions must be consonant with the will of God and relevant to the situation in which we find ourselves.

Author : Darrell L. Guder
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802800513

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Be My Witnesses by Darrell L. Guder Pdf

What is the church's mission in the world? What message does it proclaim, and who is to proclaim it? The mission, says Darrell Guder in this book, is to complete the work of salvation that God began in the incarnation of his son Jesus Christ. The message is the gospel -- the good news of the incarnate Christ. And the messengers are the Body of Christ -- the church -- who have been called to be his witnesses. Only as we understand Christ's incarnation and the church's role in proclaiming its meaning, according to Guder, can we understand our calling to be witnesses of God's salvation.

Author : David Jacobus Bosch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Missions
ISBN : OCLC:668114213

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Witness to the World by David Jacobus Bosch Pdf

Author : Marthe Hesselmans
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004385016

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Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid by Marthe Hesselmans Pdf

Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid relates the struggle of South Africa’s Reformed churches to overcome their apartheid past and merge into one multiracial church. It uncovers the potential of faith communities and their limits in untangling religious-nationalist affiliations.

Author : Benjamin T. Conner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802866110

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Practicing Witness by Benjamin T. Conner Pdf

How might a church infused with missional theology change the way it approaches Christian practices? Interacting both with the missional theology of George Hunsberger and Darrell Guder and with the theology of Christian practices laid out by Craig Dykstra and Dorothy Bass, Benjamin T. Conner argues that allowing these two disciplines to inform one another can enhance the nature of the church s witness, its congregational discipleship, and its theological education. Framing his work with real-world narratives and applications inspired by his work as a minister to adolescents with special needs, Conner shows how a practical missional mindset can redefine and reinvigorate the spirit and purpose of a congregation.

Author : Thomas H. Jeavons
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253112753

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When the Bottom Line Is Faithfulness by Thomas H. Jeavons Pdf

"This book contains invaluable reflections for managers of all types of Christian organizations." -- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly "The book is most helpful in its analysis of Christian service organizations and its suggestions for their management." -- Mennonite Quarterly Review "... this thoughtful and engaging book makes a major contribution to the study of the nonprofit sector and helps tackle the void that exists in the analysis of religious service organizations."Â -- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly This book provides the principles that can help religious service organizations foster good management and achieve their foundational goals.

Author : John Wibberley
Publisher : Africa Christian Textbooks
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789055005

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Approaching Integral Mission by John Wibberley Pdf

I am really excited about the impact of this book Approaching Integral Mission. When the church is committed to Integral Mission, it will incarnate the values of the Kingdom of God and witness to God's love and the justice revealed through Jesus Christ. Peter Batchelor (1926-2016) took his Christian faith seriously to be applied in practice to every aspect of life and believed this should be shared accordingly. Thus he was led to spend his life engaged in integral mission, founding Faith & Farm in Nigeria in 1958, becoming an early trustee of Tearfund UK from 1968, and co-founding RURCON Africa in 1971. The late Bishop Simon Barrington Ward KCMG speaking in 2008 to RURCON Communications Unit UK Trustees & Advisory Council of which he was Chairman for 30 years from 1980-2010, said: Integral mission is to help people to make their corporate dwelling with Christ for fullness of life now, so that all of it is transformed (farming and so on), so that Jesus Christ will be found and find them again and again. Integral Mission enables the church to bring a prophetic word, addressing the whole person, including their physical, social, and spiritual needs. By the power of the Holy Spirit, this leads to transformation at all levels - individual, family, and community. The task of the local church is to equip and mobilise men and women for God's mission - integral mission, not exclusively in the church building, but in ways that will honour the Lordship of Jesus Christ throughout all the diverse fields of human endeavour. Andrew Gwaivangmin, Executive Secretary of Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA) & former Team Leader/CEO of RURCON Africa.

Author : Craig Ott,Stephen J. Strauss,Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441212337

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Encountering Theology of Mission (Encountering Mission) by Craig Ott,Stephen J. Strauss,Timothy C. Tennent Pdf

This fresh, comprehensive text fills a need for an up-to-date theology of mission. It offers creative approaches to answering some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and missionary practice today. The authors, who are leading mission experts, discuss biblical theology of mission, provide historical overviews of the development of various viewpoints, and address theologically current issues in global mission from an evangelical perspective. This readable yet thorough text integrates current views of the kingdom of God and holistic mission with traditional views of evangelism and church planting. It also brings theology of mission into conversation with ecclesiology and eschatology. Topics covered include contextualization, the missionary vocation, church and mission, and theology of religions. Sidebars and case studies enable readers to see how theology of mission touches real-life mission practice.

Author : Lynette Edge,Gregory Morgan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498238106

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Partnering with God by Lynette Edge,Gregory Morgan Pdf

God has an epic plan for the flourishing of all people and places. Want to join in? Partnering with God will help you find your place in that quest as we join in building God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Mission is no spectator sport, and God invites our participation in the millennia old story of the missio Dei. Lynette Edge and Gregory Morgan have lived and taught mission within The Salvation Army for many years. In these pages, they offer a missiological framework and practice in the West today from a Salvation Army perspective. You will be challenged in these pages to think and live missionally. We are called to join a profound partnership with God to bring about the world as it was intended to be. Are you in?

Author : J Kevin Livingston
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227902691

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A Missiology of the Road by J Kevin Livingston Pdf

David Bosch (1929-1992) was one of the foremost mission theologians of the twentieth century; a prolific scholar, committed church leader and active participant in the global conciliar and evangelical mission movements. His distinctive role in the South African church's struggle against apartheid is less well known, however. After reviewing Bosch's background and exploring key themes in his understanding of mission and evangelism, Livingston explores Bosch's legacy from the perspective of the missionary nature of the church. The church is God's kingdom community, acting as a witness to and instrument of the coming reign of God. The church is God's alternative community, simultaneously set apart from the world but also existing for the sake of the world, exemplifying the radical implications of Christ's new community. It is also God's reconciled and reconciling community, serving as a sign and embodiment of God's love in Christ. For those acquainted with Bosch only as the author of his magisterial Transforming Mission, A Missiology of the Road shows how Bosch integrated his theology and practice in a faithful, contextually relevant way within South Africa and the global church.