Author : David A Horner
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,20 MB
Release : 2011-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433671379
A veteran pastor challenges and motivates churches and their leaders to radically commit their best resources to the mission of spreading the gospel worldwide.
Author : David A. Horner
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433673592
"Why are more churches not engaged in practical, substantial ways of taking the gospel to the nations?" When Missions Shape the Mission unpacks a statistical study of traditionally evangelical churches that reveals their anemic level of commitment to the biblical mandate of making Christ known around the world. Veteran pastor David Horner makes the data easy to understand, challenging other pastors to radically assign their best leadership and resources to missions as he looks at where the church is today, how it got there, and where we must go from here: "Let's dream a godly dream. What if you committed to step up and lead your church in the pursuit of becoming a mission-focused church? Then, what if you invited ten of your pastor friends to join you in the effort—and each of them did the same? What would happen to the available missions force beginning right here in the West?"
Author : Bavinck
Publisher : P & R Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780875521244
Author : J. D. Payne
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441244824
In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform and guide the development of an effective missions strategy. The book includes all the features that have made other series volumes useful classroom tools, such as figures, sidebars, and case studies. Students of global or domestic mission work and mission practitioners will value this new resource.
Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825438837
A primary resource introducing missions for the passionate follower of Christ
Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143353486X
This is no ordinary missions book. The theme isn't new, but the approach is refreshing and compelling, as contributors David Platt, Louie Giglio, Michael Ramsden, Ed Stetzer, Michael Oh, David Mathis, and John Piper take up the mantle of the Great Commission and its Spirit-powered completion. From astronomy to exegesis, from apologetics to the Global South, from being missional at home to employing our resources in the global cause, Finish the Mission aims to breathe fresh missionary fire into a new generation, as together we seek to reach the unreached and engage the unengaged.
Author : Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 142676328X
"Mission" has become, for many North American Christians, an ambiguous and often uncomfortable term. To many it brings to mind a past in which western culture was identified with the gospel in missionary practice and programs. Distressed with this history and uncertain about how to overcome it, many prefer to ignore the New Testament mandate that the church must be in mission if it is to be the church. Others swing the other way, declaring that everything the church does is mission, depriving the idea of mission of its power to define those specific actions of God which proclaim the gospel and build God's kingdom. "The church exists by missions, just as fire exists by burning." With these words of Emil Brunner, the author reminds us that to be the church is to be in mission. After describing the various "captivities of mission" which plague North American Christianity, the author argues for a robust and engaged practice of mission, beginning in congregations and extending to the broader community.
Author : Scott W. Sunquist
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441242147
This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today. Sunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.
Author : Christopher J.H. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830864962
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that mission is bigger than that--there is in fact a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. He provides a missional hermeneutic in response to this claim.
Author : Christopher J. H. Wright
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310291127
Author Chris Wright offers a sweeping biblical survey of the holistic mission of the church, providing practical insight for today's church leaders. Wright gives special emphasis to theological trajectories of the Old Testament that not only illuminate God's mission but also suggest priorities for Christians engaged in God's world-changing work.
