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This bibliography on evangelism is perhaps the most important one on the Missiology Homepage because the church of Christ has lost its evangelistic heart, its missions urgency, and its ability to connect with unbelievers in sensitive, culturally appropriate ways. These books will help Christians develop a theology of evangelism ...
Theology of Mission is "a multidisciplinary field that reads the Bible with missiological eyes and, based on that reading, continually reexamines, reevaluates and redirects the church's participation in God's mission in God's world" (Van Engen). It serves "to help the missionary understand the purposes of God ...
Dream the dream . . . again.
Walking with God--personally, intimately, faithfully.
- Being transformed into God’s likeness.
- Absorbing God’s love, seeing His holiness, witnessing His faithfulness.
- Shedding anger, losing lust, giving up personal advantage.
- Reframing ego--from our glory to His glory.
- Praying, fasting, worshipping . . . communing with God.
- Bowing before Him, acknowledging ...
In the last missiological reflection I described the Missional Helix and attempted to show the intertwining, inseparable nature of theological reflection, cultural analysis, historical perspective, and strategy formation in the practice of ministry.
Developing practice of ministry was understood as a helix because theology, history, culture, and strategy build on ...
Developing practice of ministry was understood as a helix because theology, history, culture, and strategy build on ...
The following cartoon appeared in the Easter Sunday edition of the Daily Nation, the major newspaper in Kenya, East Africa, soon after “The Passion of Christ” appeared in theatres. The drawing contrasted the “Passion” and “Church” of Christ (Sunday Nation, April 11).
The message was readily apparent: People ...
I pray that churches will become missional, i.e., theologically-formed, Christ-centered, Spirit-led fellowships who seek to faithfully incarnate the purposes of Christ. Missional churches define themselves as bodies formed by the calling and sending of God and reflecting the redemptive reign of God in Christ. They are unique ...