Missionaries who served in China had differing views of their religion and differing ideas of how to spread it, but when all foreign missionaries were forced to leave China in 1949 many thought their effort had been in vain. Yet some scholars predict that soon China will be the country with the largest Christian population in the world.
Over the past half century, it has become clear that mission is a central theme in the Bible's narrative and, moreover, is central to the very identity of the church. This book significantly widens and deepens the emerging conversation on missional hermeneutics. Essays from top biblical and missiological scholars discuss reading the Scriptures mis
In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularised context. Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores confessional motives, growth ......
The End of Theology generates a discussion of the nature of theology. The volume highlights perspectives of contextual and systematic theology, missiology, world Christianity and history, biblical studies and hermeneutics, ethnography, pastoral practice, social justice, and evangelical identity.
The Book of Concord remains a refreshing source of gospel proclamation and spiritual care. This study presents the Lutheran Confessions as a valuable partner for ministry in twenty-first-century contexts, interpreting these teachings for those who want to learn more about this branch of the Reformation.
People look to the 1970s and 1980s to find the cause of the rapid growth of Christianity in Korea. To understand the story behind the Korean church, we need to rediscover the story of the American missionary enterprises of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There, we will learn how the story of the "American Christ" came to Korea.
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 Christ's ......
Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry
When sports ministry first emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, its founders imagined male celebrity athletes as powerful salespeople who could deliver a message of Christian strength: "If athletes can endorse shaving cream, razor blades, and cigarettes, surely they can endorse the Lord, too," reasoned Fellowship of Christian Athletes founder Don ......
