The Biblical Foundations For Mission

Author : Donald Senior,Carroll Stuhlmueller
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334001277

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The Biblical Foundations for Mission by Donald Senior,Carroll Stuhlmueller Pdf

Since the Second World War the church's history has undergone a profound change. After a long period in which the gospel had been embedded in a Western European context, it must now be seen in a pluralist setting, and the full implications of its claims to universality have emerged. This change is likely to be as significant as the first major change in Christian history, when the church developed from being a Jewish community to an institution in the Hellenistic world. What does that mean for the mission and the pastoral life of the church? Christians, especially Roman Catholics, from the Third World are well aware of the problems that have arisen. Solving them cannot just be an administrative matter. There is a need to go right back to the roots of missionary work. Hence the importance of this new book, strangely enough the only one of its kind. It considers the traditions and dynamics that shaped Israel's consciousness of itsdestiny in relation to the Gentiles and which ultimately led Christians to proclaim the gospel to Gentiles. After this survey of biblical evidence a final chapter summarizes the results and considers implications for contemporary theology and church life, and the relationship of Christianity to other religions.

Author : Donald Senior,Carroll Stuhlmueller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015008430319

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The Biblical Foundations for Mission by Donald Senior,Carroll Stuhlmueller Pdf

Author : Craig Ott,Stephen J. Strauss,Timothy C. Tennent,A. Scott Moreau
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801026621

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Encountering Theology of Mission by Craig Ott,Stephen J. Strauss,Timothy C. Tennent,A. Scott Moreau Pdf

Leading evangelical mission experts offer a comprehensive theology of mission text, providing biblical, historical, and contemporary perspectives.

Author : Gailyn Van Rheenen
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310515227

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Missions by Gailyn Van Rheenen Pdf

“In a rapidly changing world,... the central missionary vision of the church must be constantly renewed, lest its foundations become lost in the confusion of change or its practices trapped in missionary models of the past.” In this second edition of Missions, long-time missionary Gailyn Van Rheenen revises and updates his classic text on Christian missions, laying sound theological and strategic foundations for the missionary of today and tomorrow. Van Rheenen helps renew the missionary vision by discussing areas such as: The history of Christian mission, and how it affects where we are today Spiritual formation for God’s mission The missionary cycle Cross-cultural communication The character and calling of missionaries Types of missionaries Church maturation Selecting mission fields The role of money in missions Four levels of involvement in missions But Missions is more than blackboard theory. Written by a long-time missionary, it carries the conviction and insights of one who has lived his subject. Accessible to students, practitioners, and laypeople alike, Missions provides a primary go-to resource for understanding and becoming involved in the dynamic activity of world missions.

Author : Emma Wild-Wood,Peniel Rajkumar
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620328996

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Foundations for Mission by Emma Wild-Wood,Peniel Rajkumar Pdf

This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant issues in contemporary missiology whilst understanding how they are applied in particular contexts. Contributors from across the globe and from different Christian traditions explore foundations for mission. The chapters examine in what ways experience, the Bible, and theology are foundational for mission and how they together inform the missional thought of different traditions. The book also raises questions about the continued use of foundations as a helpful metaphor mission reflection and impetus. Graduate students and scholars surveying the field will find this a useful and accessible way to understand changing trends within mission studies.

Author : Michael W. Goheen
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441214461

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A Light to the Nations by Michael W. Goheen Pdf

There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. Michael Goheen, a dynamic speaker and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, unpacks the missional identity of the church by tracing the role God's people are called to play in the biblical story. Goheen shows that the church's identity can be understood only when its role is articulated in the context of the whole biblical story--not just the New Testament, but the Old Testament as well. He also explores practical outworkings and implications, offering field-tested suggestions for contemporary churches.

Author : Arthur F. Glasser,Charles E. Van Engen,Dean S. Gilliland,Shawn B. Redford
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585583073

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Announcing the Kingdom by Arthur F. Glasser,Charles E. Van Engen,Dean S. Gilliland,Shawn B. Redford Pdf

Announcing the Kingdom provides a comprehensive survey of the biblical foundation of mission. It investigates the development of the kingdom of God theme in the Old Testament, describing what the concept tells us about God's mission in creation, the flood, and the covenant with Abraham. It then describes God's mission through the nation of Israel during the exodus, at Mt. Sinai, and through the kings of Israel. The book then examines God's mission as Israel is sent into exile and the stage is set for the Messiah's coming. Finally, the book considers the fulfillment of the kingdom of God through Jesus Christ and the church. It examines Jesus' parables and ministry, his proclamation of God's kingdom among the nations, and the work of the Holy Spirit through the church. Announcing the Kingdom is the product of Arthur Glasser's more than thirty years of teaching and has been used by thousands of students at Fuller Theological Seminary. Now revised by Glasser's colleagues, this study provides mission workers and students with a new understanding of their calling and its biblical foundation.

Author : Michael W. Stroope
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830882250

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Transcending Mission by Michael W. Stroope Pdf

IVP Readers' Choice Award Mission, missions, missional, and all its linguistic variations are part of the expanding vocabulary and rhetoric of the contemporary Christian missionary enterprise. Its language and assumptions are deeply ingrained in the thought and speech of the church today. Christianity is a missionary religion and faithful churches are mission-minded. What's more, in telling the story of apostles and bishops and monks as missionaries, we think we have grasped the true thread of Christian history. But what about those odd shapes, those unsettling gaps and creases in the historical record? Is the language of mission so clearly evident across the broad reaches of time? Is the trajectory of mission really so explicit from the early church to the present? Or has the modern missionary enterprise distorted our view of the past? As with every reigning paradigm, there comes a point when enough questions surface to beg for a close and critical look, even when it may seem transgressive to do so. In this study of the language of mission—its origin, development, and application—Michael Stroope investigates how the modern church has come to understand, speak of, and engage in the global expansion of Christianity. There is both surprise and hope in this tale. And perhaps the beginnings of a new conversation.

Author : William J. Larkin,Joel F. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015047072627

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Mission in the New Testament by William J. Larkin,Joel F. Williams Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive articulation of New Testament teachings on mission from a contemporary American evangelical standpoint. Mission in the New Testament contributes a fresh statement of the biblical foundations of mission, serving as a catalyst for completion of the church's universal mission in this generation.After investigating the historical background of the idea of mission in the Hebrew Scriptures, inter-testamental Judaism, the life of Jesus and the beginnings of the church, the book proceeds in a roughly canonical order through the New Testament. Essays analyze the works of Paul, the Synoptic gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the General Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. Well-versed in the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation, editors and contributors alike offer a cogent argument for recovering the "missional horizon" of the New Testament.

Author : Gailyn Van Rheenen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christianity and culture
ISBN : OCLC:1011733526

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Missions by Gailyn Van Rheenen Pdf

"Missions : biblical foundations and contemporary strategies" gives answers by showing the methods and motives for successful missionary work. It lays sound theological and strategic foundations for the missionary of today and tomorrow.

Author : Andreas J. Köstenberger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830825493

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Salvation to the Ends of the Earth by Andreas J. Köstenberger Pdf

Few biblical topics are as important as mission. Mission is linked inextricably to humanity's sinfulness and need for redemption and to God's provision of salvation in the person and work of Jesus Christ. This good news of salvation must be made known. The saving mission of Jesus constitutes the foundation for Christian mission, and the Christian gospel is its message. This second edition of New Studies in Biblical Theology volume Salvation to the Ends of the Earth emphasizes the way in which the Bible presents a continuing narrative of God's mission—ranging from the story of Israel to the story of Jesus and that of the early Christians. At the same time, it provides a robust historical and chronological backbone to the unfolding of the early Christian mission. The apostle Paul's writings and the General Epistles are incorporated with the Gospel with which they have the closest and most natural canonical and historical affinity. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

Author : Gareth Weldon Icenogle
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830817719

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Biblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry by Gareth Weldon Icenogle Pdf

Drawing on biblical teaching and the ministry of the early church, Gareth Weldon Icenogle offers guidance for setting up and running a biblically based small-group ministry program.

Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825438837

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Invitation to World Missions by Timothy C. Tennent Pdf

A primary resource introducing missions for the passionate follower of Christ

Author : John Stott
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830843695

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The Church by John Stott Pdf

How can Christians effectively engage today's world while staying true to Scripture? Calling us to listen well to both the Word and the world, John Stott shows how Christianity can preserve its authentic identity and remain relevant to current realities. In this practical book, Stott presents a biblical portrait of the church as a covenant community at the center of God's purposes.

Author : John Mark Terry
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433681523

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Missiology by John Mark Terry Pdf

Thoroughly updated and revised—with half of the chapters new to the second edition—Missiology equips the reader with a vast resource on contemporary missions. This graduate-level introduction is divided into five sections (Introduction to the Study of Missiology, Biblical Basis of Missions, Theology of Missions, and Applied Missiology) and offers essays on modern missions issues and methods such as contextualization, spiritual warfare, and orality, as well as chapters on major world religions and cults in North America. A retired missionary and long-time professor of missions, editor John Mark Terry enlists a wide range of evangelical authors, most with significant experience in international or North American missions. Pastors will find helpful information on church planting in North America and on developing a missions-minded church. Students will benefit from the chapters on understanding the call to missions and the current status of world evangelization. All readers will profit from a valuable one-volume reference work on missions.