World Mission

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World missions needs a fully biblical ethos.This is the contention of the editors of and contributors to World Mission, a series of essays aimed at reforming popular approaches to missions. In the first set of essays, contributors develop a biblical theology of world missions from both the Old and New Testaments, arguing that the theology of each must stand in the foreground of missions, not recede into the background. In the second, they unfold the Great Commission in sequence, detailing how it determines the biblical strategy of all mission enterprises. Finally, they treat current issues in world missions from the perspective of the sufficiency of Scripture. Altogether, this book aims to reform missions to be thoroughlyanot just foundationallyabiblical, a needed correction even among the sincerest missionaries.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian theology
• Theology
• Christianity

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• Publié par: Lexham Press
• Date de parution: 12 juin 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781683593041
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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WORLD MISSION
Theology, Strategy, and Current Issues
EDITED BY SCOTT N. CALLAHAM AND WILL BROOKS
World Mission: Theology, Strategy, and Current Issues
Copyright 2019 Scott N. Callaham and Will Brooks
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CONTENTS
Dedication
Abbreviations
An Invitation to World Mission
I: Theology and World Mission
1. Old Testament Theology and World Mission
Scott N. Callaham
2. New Testament Theology and World Mission
Wendel Sun
3. Biblical Theology and World Mission
Wendel Sun
II: World Mission Strategy
4. Discipleship as Integral Component of World Mission Strategy
Stephen I. Wright
5. Focus on “All Nations” as Integral Component of World Mission Strategy
Jarvis J. Williams and Trey Moss
6. Baptism as Integral Component of World Mission Strategy
John Massey and Scott N. Callaham
7. Theological Education as Integral Component of World Mission Strategy
Sunny Tan and Will Brooks
III: Current Issues in World Mission
8. Language and World Mission
Scott N. Callaham
9. Grammatical-Historical Exegesis and World Mission
Will Brooks
10. Biblical Theology for Oral Cultures in World Mission
Jackson W .
11. Paul as Model for the Practice of World Mission
Will Brooks
Afterword
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
DEDICATION
I n chapters 11–12 of his letter, the author of Hebrews reminds us that we are surrounded by a “great cloud of witnesses.” These mighty men and women of faith have finished their race and are now standing along the sidelines encouraging those of us who are still running. The author mentions many of these heroes by name in Hebrews 11, but throughout church history untold numbers of others have served faithfully, built up the local church, and passed into eternity with hardly anyone even knowing their names. Those of us presently serving in local churches and on the mission fields of the world should soberly reflect that we stand on the shoulders of these servants “of whom the world was not worthy” (Heb 11:38).
For many of the contributors to this book, two of those “unnamed” heroes are Bill and Marsha Lawson. The Lawsons spent more than thirty years on the mission field teaching and training church leaders. Through decades of service, Bill taught a seemingly countless number of students how to interpret the word of God. In fact, in his most popular work, Ears to Hear , he explains that the purpose of that book—and in some sense his entire ministry—is “providing some sound methodologies for biblical interpretation.” 1 These methods seek to understand the meaning of the biblical author, apply that meaning to the contemporary context, and then communicate the Bible’s contextualized message to others. Bill considers biblical interpretation so crucial to the task of the local church that he published several other volumes demonstrating his method of interpretation in both Old and New Testament Scripture. 2
In their zeal to reach the world for Christ, missionaries and missiologists may unfortunately cast concern for sound biblical interpretation and theology aside. Likewise, without a healthy focus on application, some discussions in biblical studies can easily scale the ivory tower of practical irrelevance. Such is the outworking of the sinful human nature. Many seem to forget that billions of people now living have yet even to hear the name of Jesus. The Lawsons did not forget. We note well that another aspect of Bill Lawson’s enduring legacy was his ability to bring together the twin disciplines of biblical studies and missiology. By teaching biblical studies on the mission field for so many years, Bill Lawson’s dedicated service testified that the urgent task of world mission calls for biblically faithful theology, and in turn biblical theology leads directly to obeying the Great Commission.
Marsha, too, gave the majority of her time to teaching at the seminary level. She founded the biblical counseling program at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary. Not only did she teach counseling to a large number of students, but she also personally counseled them through marital problems, depression, church conflicts, family pressures, and many other weighty life issues. She loved the people God called her to serve, and years later her former students still speak about the compassion with which she taught from the word.
Those who worked alongside Bill and Marsha and know them well would add that it is their humility and selflessness that have left the deepest and most lasting impression on us. Through all his years of ministry, Bill was never concerned with making a name for himself or moving up to some supposedly more prestigious place of ministry. He simply labored year after year, teaching the word and building up the local church in a place of spiritual darkness. And in that region of the world, wherever you find a church leader who is faithfully preaching and teaching God’s word, it is likely due to Bill’s and Marsha’s personal investment in him. It is for this reason that we dedicate this book to Bill and Marsha Lawson, in thankfulness for their legacy.
ABBREVIATIONS
BBR
Bulletin for Biblical Research
BDAG
Danker, Frederick W., Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, and F. Wilbur Gingrich. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature . 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
BECNT
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
CBR
Currents in Biblical Research
DCH
Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Edited by David J. A. Clines. 9 vols. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 1993–2014.
EMQ
Evangelical Missions Quarterly
EMS
Evangelical Missiological Society Series
ESV
English Standard Version
HALOT
Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament . Translated and edited under the supervision of Mervyn E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1994–2000.
HHE
Hebrew Higher Education
IBMR
International Bulletin of Missionary Research
JAM
Journal of Asian Mission
JBL
Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JSOT
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series
LXX
Septuagint
Missiology
Missiology: An International Review
MT
Masoretic Text
NAC
New American Commentary
NASB
New American Standard Bible
NIB
The New Interpreter’s Bible
NICNT
New International Commentary on the New Testament
NICOT
New International Commentary on the Old Testament
NIDNTT
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology . Edited by Colin Brown. 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975–1978.
NIDNTTE
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis . Edited by Moisés Silva. 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.
NIGTC
New International Greek Testament Commentary
NIV
New International Version
NRSV
New Revised Standard Version
NSBT
New Studies in Biblical Theology
NTS
New Testament Studies
Pillar
Pillar New Testament Commentary
SBJT
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
TE
Theological Education
TESOL Quarterly
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Quarterly
TynBul
Tyndale Bulletin
WBC
Word Biblical Commentary
WTJ
Westminster Theological Journal
WUNT
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchen zum Neuen Testament
ZECNT
Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
AN INVITATION TO WORLD MISSION
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth .
John 17:17
C ore convictions matter. What one really believes structures one’s entire worldview and translates into action. In contrast, what one only claims to believe are those principles that often readily slough off in the face of arduous testing in the “real world.” We editors and contributors to this book certainly bring our various national and ethnic backgrounds, diverse academic specialties, and distinct personalities to bear as we write on pressing issues in world mission today. Yet we share a core conviction on the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. We hold that what the Bible says about world mission matters, and moreover that it matters intensely.
More specifically, we assert that the significance of biblical teaching on world mission extends far beyond the limits we see implicitly advocated in much missiological literature. Thus contributors to this book are not content merely to describe the biblical “foundation” or “basis” for world mission. Instead, this book calls the church to return to a thoroughly biblical ethos for world mission, placing every aspect of the missional task under the authority—and thus the corrective critique—of biblical teaching.
This book issues its reforming call to the church