Reaching the City

Description

Rapid urbanization and globalization processes worldwide have changed the landscape of our times. In Asia and Africa the number of urban dwellers increases by an average of one million per week, according to the United Nations. More than half of the globe’s seven billion human beings now live in cities. These realities have far reaching implications for mission in urban contexts at the start of the third millennium. Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century seeks to address the missiological challenges associated with this new world order.
Each author in this collection respectfully builds upon the significant contributions of seminal writers such as Ray Bakke, Jacques Ellul, Basil of Caesarea and others, while making new and creative proposals for urban mission in our world today. Beginning with the bigger picture of the global challenges of urbanization, and moving through theological, historical, and educational perspectives, this volume concludes with a rich bevy of case studies engaging these new realities of both North American and international cities to encourage a missional thrust to reach these communities.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Growth
• Christian Church

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 28 juin 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780878089284
• Langue: English

Extrait

Reaching the City

Other Books in the EMS Series N o . 1Scripture and Strategy: The Use of the Bible in Pos tmodern Church and M ission, David Hesselgrave

N o .2Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions, Edward Rommen and Harold Netland

No.3Spiritual Power and Missions: Raising the Issues, Edward Rommen

No.4and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and the ConclusionsM issiology , Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin

No.5The Holy Spirit and Mission Dynamics, Douglas McConnell

No.6Reaching the Resistant: Barriers and Bridges for Mission, Dudley Woodberry

No.7r the 21st CenturyTeaching Them Obedience in All Things: Equipping fo , Edgar Elliston

No.8Working Together With God to Shape the New M illenni um: Opportunities and Limitations, Kenneth Mulholland and Gary Corwin

No.9Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium, Tom Steffen and Douglas Pennoyer

N o . 1 0Between Past and Future: Evangelical M ng the Twenty-first Centuryission Enteri , Jonathan Bonk

No.11Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-first Century, Enoch Wan

No.12The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions, Mike Barnett and Michael Pocock

No.13Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents, Gailyn Van Rheenen

No.14Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered, Tom Steffen and Mike Barnett

No.15Missions in Contexts of Violence, Keith Eitel

No.16Effective Engagement in Short-Term Missions: Doing it Right!Robert J. Priest

N o .1 7ges, and Case Studiesajority World: Progress, Challen from the M M issions , Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock

N o .1 8issionServing Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountabi lity in M , Dwight P. Baker and Douglas Hayward

N o .1 9issionReflecting God’s Glory Together: Diversity in Evang elical M , A. Scott Moreau and Beth Snodderly

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The Evangelical Missiological Society is a professional organization with more than 450 members comprised of missiologists, mission administrators, teachers, pastors with strategic missiological interests, and students of missiology. EMS exists to advance the cause of world evangelization. We do this through study and evaluation of mission concepts and strategies from a biblical perspective with a view to commending sound mission theory and practice to churches, mission agencies, and schools of missionary training around the world. We hold an annual national conference, and regional meetings are held throughout the United States and Canada.