What is God's mission? What about contextualization? What's the future of mission, social justice, and global engagement?
For an understanding of the future of mission, we need a clear understanding of the past and present status of God's mission and the work of missions in and through the church. Gaining such understanding is the task of academics and local church leaders alike. MissionShift offers an accessible overview to the necessary subject of mission in the church today and tomorrow.
The book is anchored by exceptional essays written by three of the foremost missiologists of our time: Charles Van Engen, the late Paul Hiebert, and the late Ralph Winter. Van Engen discusses mission's past, Hiebert analyzes mission's present, and Winter predicts mission's future. The three essayists offer insights into the role of the church for engaging in God's mission in the world.
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What is God's mission? What about contextualization? What's the future of mission, social justice, and global engagement?
For an understanding of the future of mission, we need a clear understanding of the past and present status of God's mission and the work of missions in and through the church. Gaining such understanding is the task of academics and local church leaders alike. MissionShift offers an accessible overview to the necessary subject of mission in the church today and tomorrow.
The book is anchored by exceptional essays written by three of the foremost missiologists of our time: Charles Van Engen, the late Paul Hiebert, and the late Ralph Winter. Van Engen discusses mission's past, Hiebert analyzes mission's present, and Winter predicts mission's future. The three essayists offer insights into the role of the church for engaging in God's mission in the world.