Communicating the GospelTo All People, By All MeansCommunication has always been the heartbeat of Gods interaction with humankind, and without thoughtful communication, mission is not fully effective.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to adorn camel skin and offer crunchy treats of wild honey and locust, while all the time redirecting the focus to raise up someone else?
Scripture and Strategy: The Use of the Bible in Postmodern Church and MissionScripture should occupy a central place in the future strategy of churches and their mission.
This collection of presentations from the 1999 IFMA/EFMA/EMS Triennial Conference explores the incredibly ambitious purpose and challenging task of Working Together with God to Shape the New Millennium.
The church's witness to the world falters in an age of doctrinal uncertainty, emerging experiments of life forms and behavior norms, and consequent cultural pressures.
Mechanistic dehumanization occurs when human beings are objectified and exploited as a means to an end, comparable to expendable components of a machine.
Communication in Mission and Development identifies, unpacks, and articulates fundamental problems in communication in mission and development as it is being carried out in Africa and the majority world today.
Considering the factors which help shape millennial belief, Changing Shape reflects on the challenges and opportunities that 'missing generation' bring to the Church, and considers what lessons the Church can learn from the Millennial mindset.
While most churches offer 'new member classes' and genuinely seek to welcome visitors, too often the end result is a rush to assimilate the newcomer into formal membership and all of the invitations to participation in committees, choirs, or fellowship groups that go along with it.
This book offers inspirational guidance for any reader who yearns to live in a sustainable mixed-income community--and cares enough to do something about it.
A major aspect of the history of Christian missions is the way groups who have jumped the ecclesiastical ship have renewed and recalled their parent bodies back to biblical roots and a biblical vision.
A Call Beyond CommunityIn 1822, Betsy Stockton, a freed slave indentured herself to a White family in order to be a blessing to spread the truth of the Gospel on the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).