Christianity seems to be in decline in the West. But many churches in Asia, Africa, Latin America and other parts of the Majority World are growing rapidly. Western Christianity can no longer claim to be the center of the global church. Before long, two-thirds of Christians will live in Asia, Africa and Latin America. What does this mean for global Christian mission? What does it mean for worship, theology, faith and evangelism in the West? In GlobalChurch, Graham Hill engages with more than one hundred high-profile Majority World Christian leaders to find out what they can teach the West about mission, leadership, hospitality, creation care, education, worship and more. He challenges the Western church to move away from a Eurocentric and Americentric view of church and mission, and he calls the church to construct global missional conversations. The future of the global church-including the churches of the West-exists in these global exchanges. This resource engages with the work and thought of Majority World theologians and missiologists including Simon ChanRuth Padilla DeBorstSamuel EscobarAjith FernandoMakoto FujimuraGustavo GutierrezEmmanuel KatongoleNelson MandelaVishal MangalwadiC. Rene PadillaLamin SannehSadhu Sundar SinghVinoth RamachandraAmos Yong GlobalChurch is an indispensible guide for the church as it navigates the unique global experiences of the twenty-first century.
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The missional church conversation has focused almost exclusively on Western thought at the expense of hearing the voices of the global church. In this important book, Graham Hill explores the missional themes and ideas of 103 indigenous and majority world Christians. The future of the global church-including the churches of the West-exists in these global exchanges.
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List of Figures and Tables Foreword by Scot McKnight 1. Introduction: Being Salt, Light and a City Part I: Salt: Reshaping Our Conversations 2. Glocalizing Conversations Part II: Light: Renewing Our Mission 3. Contextualizing Mission 4. Liberating People 5. Showing Hospitality 6. Embracing the Spirit 7. Caring for Creation 8. Living Ethically 9. Transforming Neighborhoods Part III: City: Revitalizing Our Churches 10. Indigenizing Faith 11. Devouring Scripture 12. Renewing Education 13. Practicing Servantship 14. Recovering Community 15. Developing Spirituality and Discipleship 16. GlobalChurch: Embracing a New Narrative Appendix 1: GlobalChurch Project Video Series Appendix 2: Study Guide Appendix 3: Who Are These Majority World and Indigenous Thinkers? Appendix 4: Resources and Glossary at TheGlobalChurchProject.com Author Index Subject Index
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ISBN
9780830840854
Publisert
2015-12-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Vekt
431 gr
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
43 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
512

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Foreword by

Biographical note

Graham Hill (PhD, Flinders University) teaches practical theology at Morling College in Sydney, Australia, where he is also the vice principal. A former church planter and pastor, he is a member of the Baptist World Alliance International Commissions on Ministry and Evangelism. He is also the author of Salt, Light, and a City: Introducing Missional Ecclesiology. Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He is the author most recently of A Fellowship of Differents and The Heaven Promise.