Ambassadors of Reconciliation

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Reconciling Practice and Theology

What does reconciliation have to do with the work of missions? In today’s conflict-ridden world, the concept of reconciliation has gained traction, and Christian missions is being rethought. The whole world cries out for holistic transformation with eternal value, and God’s people are called to be his ambassadors. 

Ambassadors of Reconciliation lays the groundwork for exploring a new paradigm for missions. Divided into three parts, the book first establishes the theological foundations of reconciliation. The second part then shows how theory and practice go hand in hand. Finally, the third part uses case studies to highlight the importance of understanding brokenness, conflict, and culture for effective ministry in reconciliation. 

The contributors challenge readers to consider the church’s role in God's mission and how every Christian can become an envoy of his restoration work. They emphasize the spiritual dimension of reconciliation and offer practical guidance for effectively engaging in ministry. Whether you are a missionary, pastor, or someone interested in promoting restoration in the world, this book provides valuable insights and tools for your journey. 

Foreword

Dr. Tony Evans

Preface: Why Reconciliation?

Author Name

Part 1: Reconciliation Theology

Chapter 1: Reconciling All Things: Missional Competencies in a Broken World

Al Tizon

Chapter 2: Reconciliation: A Missionary Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century

Johannes Reimer

Chapter 3: Reconciliation: The Neglected Outcome of Kingdom Mission

Ken Baker

Chapter 4: So That the World Will Know: Reflections on an Evangelical Theology of Christian Others and the Missiological Priority of Christian Unity

Michael Hakmin Lee

Chapter 5: Toward a Theological Account of Christian Forgiveness in Intergenerational Communal Contexts

Kazusa Okaya

Part 2: Reconciliation Practices

Chapter 6: Reconciling Discipleship: Living as Ecclesia Wherever We Go

Manuel and Jeanette Böhm

Chapter 7: Worldview Questions in Mission Training and Praxis: The Unintended Consequences of Comfortable Oppositional Thinking

Annette R. Harrison

Chapter 8: Welcomed at God’s Table: Moving from Abstraction to Embodied Reconciliation through Hospitality

Aubry G. Smith

Chapter 9: Marked by Suffering: Discipleship, Sovereignty, and Suffering in the Gospel of Mark and in Mozambique

Alan Howell

Part 3: Reconciliation Case Studies

Chapter 10: Ethnicity, Reconciliation, and the Church in Myanmar

Arend A. C. Van Dorp

Chapter 11: Community-Based Reconciliation: A Case Study of the Sawi Peace Child Story

Dr. Yakubu Jakada

Chapter 12: Effective Discipleship for Reconciliation: Case of Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Kwizera Emmanuel

Chapter 13: An Invitation to the Table: Stories of Mission, Reconciliation, and Food

Andrea Chang and Nelson Chang

Chapter 14: The Missional Fruit of Reconciliation: The Impact of Armenian and Turkish Reconciliation over the Armenian Genocide

James Jacob Pursley

Appendix: Resources for Next Steps

About the Editors and Contributors

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Missions
• Christian Ministry
• Christian Living
• Social Issues
• Philosophie et théologie
• Minister (Christianity)

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 15 août 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781645085119
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

he auors o îs compendîum argue persuasîvey and passîonaey rom Scrîpure a oîsîc îngdom mîssîon mus încude reconcîîaîon. Bendîng eoogy, pracîce, and case sudîes, eîr învîaîons o resorîng broen reaîonsîps încude exampes rom muîpe conînens and conexs. hîs voume ofers a îmey appea în our dîvîded word. David W. Bennett, DMîn, PD Goba Assocîae Dîrecor and Congress Dîrecor, Seou 2024, Lausanne Movemen

God’s mîssîon o reconcîîng a îngs o îmse (2 Cor 5:19) speas o e ear o e gospe, and ereore o us as we bear îs good news o reconcîîaîon. he need or conversaîons on reconcîîaîon grows în urgency as e word around us racures. ï ave been deepy caenged and înspîred by îs andmar pubîcaîon or EMS. Brîngîng ogeer dîverse voîces conrîbuîng o e 2022 EMS conerence on reconcîîaîon and mîssîon, î demonsraes our grow as a socîey and deepenîng commîmen osaomand woe-îe parîcîpaîon în emîssîo Deî. Robin arris , PD Presîden, Goba Enodoxoogy Newor Caîr, Cener or Exceence în Word Ars a Daas ïnernaîona Unîversîy Pas presîden, EMS (2020–2022)

How reresîng o read îs coecîon o arîces addressîng e broenness o our word wî a message o ope! Seeîng reconcîîaîon as par o our sared caîng moîvaes ese wrîers o relec eoogîcay, îdenîy pracîces o reconcîîaîon, and ofer case sudîes or consîderaîon. Peope, creaed în God’s îmage and îeness, and eîr îneracîons îe a e ear o ese arîces. Jesus cas us o be peacemaers (Ma 5:9), and Pau says e curc as been gîven e mînîsry o reconcîîaîon (2 Cor 5; Ep 2). Peacemaîng and reconcîîaîon ofer an aracîve paradîgm or mîssîon în e word oday. JonatHan Bornman, PD EMM Crîsîan-Musîm Reaîons Team

Ambassadors o Reconcîîaîonîs an înspîred vîsîon o rerame mîssîon as reconcîîaîon wî God and our neîgbor în a e dîmensîons were sîn as dîvîded and deIed us. hîs compendîum îs a compreensîve reamen o e subjec—rom e broades bîbîca underpînnîngs o îs pracîca expressîons roug reconcîîng dîscîpes. ïn our war orn, jusîce îrsy word îs voume ofers a pa orward. he Suferîng Servan Sovereîgn Kîng sends us as îs încarnaîona ambassadors o reconcîîaîon, wî e umîîy and awareness a we ave muc wor o do. Randy riesen VP or Leadersîp Deveopmen, Goba Dîscîpes

A cynîca vîew o e word mîg beîeve a noîng îs more consan an conlîc, broenness, and war. Ye e Crîsîan ope îs a God îs quîey and consîseny a wor resorîng and reconcîîng e word o îmse roug Jesus and îs Spîrî. ï’m gad o see îs îmey se o eoogîca, pracîca, and conexua relecîons on e cenraîy o reconcîîaîon and peacemaîng în gospe wor. My prayer îs a î wî serve as a caays o e Crîsîan îmagînaîon o wa our communîîes and our word mîg oo îe î ony we ruy beîeved, and îved, as î îs Crîsîan ope îs rue. David Guretzki, PD Presîden and Resîden heoogîan, he Evangeîca Feowsîp o Canada

A major caenge oday îes în pursuîng peace and reconcîîaîon a dîferen eves o socîey. he EMS 2022 compîaîon îs a remendous recourse wî pracîca and pragmaîc îdeas on peace buîdîng. hîs compîaîon îs crîîca or Arîca, a conînen wîc as experîenced urmoî rom precoonîa îmes o dae, evens wîc ave resued în înergeneraîona rauma. hîs boo îs prooundy epu, and însîgu, wî remarabe case sudîes as î eps curc eaders and oers buîd a eoogîca ramewor or reconcîîaîon. Martin Kapenda PRN Arîcan Regîona Coordînaor

hîs magnîIcen coecîon o eoogy, praxîs, and rea exampes reîndes our îmagînaîon or ow good e good news reay îs and ow grea e grea commîssîon o Jesus mus be. ïn a word racured and ragmened by sîn, e goba voîces o e conrîbuors creae a compeîng corus. Ge îs boo o be caenged o embrace and pursue wî deeper consîderaîon and renewed vîgor e reconcîîng mîssîon o God. WaLter Kim Presîden, Naîona Assocîaîon o Evangeîcas

Peace and reconcîîaîon canno be undersood wîou an undersandîng o e mîssîon. hîs boo îs a grea ep în undersandîng e mîssîon or peace and reconcîîaîon a îs mos needed în oday’s word. ï îs împoran because î encompasses a eoogîca perspecîve and pracîca pracîces o mîssîon, peace, and reconcîîaîon. THir KoiraLa Asîa Coordînaor, Peace and Reconcîîaîon Newor

One o e mos poweru dîmensîons o e gospe îs our reconcîîaîon wî God roug Crîs a maes possîbe reconcîîaîon wî one anoer. hîs coecîon o essays provîdes bo bîbîca oundaîons and pracîca case sudîes as a wecome prîmer on e subjec. ïn a word o suc deep dîvîsîons poîîcay, racîay, enîcay, and domesîcay, we urgeny need e înd o însîg a îs ound înAmbassadors o Reconcîîaîon. Craig Ott, PD Proessor o Mîssîon and ïnercuura Sudîes, Trînîy ïnernaîona Unîversîy

Because Jesus îs “our peace” wo as broen down e “dîvîdîng wa o osîîy” (Ep 2:14), par o e curc’s ca o mîssîon îs o pursue reconcîîaîon. ïn îs îmey voume, e auors expore e eoogîca oundaîons o mîssîon as reconcîîaîon and en brîng î o e sree eve o mîssîon wî conemporary case sudîes hîs boo wî be a grea resource or curces srîvîng o engage eîr communîîes wî e gospe and or mîssîon organîzaîons and mîssîonarîes aborîng o mae dîscîpes o a naîons. Edward . SmitHer, PD Academîc Dean and Proessor o ïnercuura Sudîes & Hîsory o Goba Crîsîanîy, Coumbîa ïnernaîona Unîversîy

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he Japanese ar oKînsugî îs e resoraîon o broen poery usîng god as an aderan o brîng e broen pîeces ogeer agaîn o a resored, useu vesse. Every one o us as some sor o broenness—weer î’s rom coîces we ave made or cîrcumsances beyond our conro. Someîmes we Ind ourseves so broen a we don’ now ow îngs coud ever be resored. Wîe îngs are sî ar rom perec unî Jesus reurns o reesabîs îs îngdom on Ear, we ave a coîce. We don’ ave o îve în broenness.

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he Evangeîca Mîssîoogîca Socîey (EMS) îs a proessîona organîzaîon wî more an our undred members comprîsed o mîssîoogîss, mîssîon admînîsraors, relecîve mîssîon pracîîoners, eacers, pasors wî sraegîc mîssîoogîca îneress, and sudens o mîssîoogy. EMS exîss o advance e cause o word evangeîzaîon. We do îs roug sudy and evauaîon o mîssîon conceps and sraegîes rom a bîbîca perspecîve wî a vîew o commendîng sound mîssîon eory and pracîce o curces, mîssîon agencîes, and scoos o mîssîonary raînîng around e word. We od an annua naîona conerence and eîg regîona meeîngs în e Unîed Saes and Canada.

Oter Books în te EMS Serîes No. 1Scrîpure and Sraegy: he Use o e Bîbe în Posmodern Curc and Mîssîon |Davîd Hessegrave No. 2Crîsîanîy and e Reîgîons: A Bîbîca heoogy o Word Reîgîons Edward Rommen and Harod Neand No. 3|Spîrîua Power and Mîssîons: Raîsîng e Issues Edward Rommen No. 4Mîssîoogy and e Socîa Scîences: Conrîbuîons, Cauîons, and Concusîons |Edward Rommen and Gary Corwîn No. 5he Hoy Spîrî and Mîssîon Dynamîcs |Dougas McConne No. 6Reacîng e Resîsan: Barrîers and Brîdges or Mîssîon Dudey Woodberry No. 7Teacîng hem Obedîence în A hîngs: Equîppîng or e 21s Cenury Edgar Eîson No. 8Workîng Togeer wî God o Sape e New Mîennîum: Opporunîîes and Lîmîaîons |Kenne Muoand and Gary Corwîn No. 9Carîng or e Harves Force în e New Mîennîum Tom Sefen and Dougas Pennoyer No. 10Beween Pas and Fuure: Evangeîca Mîssîon Enerîng e Tweny-Fîrs Cenury |Jonaan Bon No. 11Crîsîan Wîness în Puraîsîc Conexs în e Tweny-Fîrs Cenury Enoc Wan No. 12he Cenraîy o Crîs în Conemporary Mîssîons Mîe Barne and Mîcae Pococ

No. 13Conexuaîzaîon and Syncreîsm: Navîgaîng Cuura Currens Gaîyn Van Reenen No. 14Busîness as Mîssîon: From Impoverîsed o Empowered Tom Sefen and Mîe Barne No. 15Mîssîons în Conexs o Vîoence |Keî Eîe No. 16Efecîve Engagemen în Sor-Term Mîssîons: Doîng I Rîg! Rober J. Prîes No. 17Mîssîons rom e Majorîy Word: Progress, Caenges, and Case Sudîes |Enoc Wan and Mîcae Pococ No. 18Servîng Jesus wî Inegrîy: Eîcs and Accounabîîy în Mîssîon Dwîg P. Baer and Dougas Hayward No. 19Relecîng God’s Gory Togeer: Dîversîy în Evangeîca Mîssîon A. Sco Moreau and Be Snoddery No. 20Reacîng e Cîy: Relecîons on Urban Mîssîon or e Tweny-Fîrs Cenury |Gary Fujîno, Tîmoy R. Sîs, and Tereso C. Casîno No. 21Mîssîonary Meods: Researc, Relecîons, and Reaîîes Craîg O and J. D. Payne No. 22he Mîssîonary Famîy: Wîness, Concerns, Care Dwîg P. Baer and Rober J. Prîes No. 23Dîaspora Mîssîoogy: Relecîons on Reacîng e Scaered Peopes o e Word |Mîcae Pococ and Enoc Wan No. 24Conroversîes în Mîssîon: heoogy, Peope, and Pracîce o Mîssîon în e 21s Cenury |Rocee Cacar Sceuermann and Edward L. Smîer No. 25Curces on Mîssîon: God’s Grace Aboundîng o e Naîons Geofrey Har, Crîsoper R. Lîe, and Jon Wang No. 26Majorîy Word heoogîes: Se-heoogîzîng rom Arîca, Asîa, Laîn Amerîca, and e Ends o e Ear |Aen Ye and Tîe Tîénou No. 27Agaîns e Tîde: Mîssîon Amîds e Goba Currens o Secuarîzaîon W. Jay Moon and Craîg O No. 28Pracîcîng Hope: Mîssîons and Goba Crîses Jerry ïreand and Mîcee Raven No. 29Advancîng Modes o Mîssîon: Evauaîng e Pas and Lookîng o e Fuure Kenne Nerbass, Amîna Arrîngon, and Narry Sanos No. 30CaengesCommunîcaîon în Mîssîon: Goba Opporunîîes and Marcus Dean, Sco Moreau, Sue Russe, and Rocee Sceuermann

ôéôBy Dr. Tony Evans

Contents

Péàçé: W Réçôçîîàîô?By Manue Böm

Part 1: Reconcîlîatîon heology

 Càé 1: Réçôçîî A hîŝ: Mîŝŝîôà Côééçîéŝ î à Bôé Wô A Tîzon

 Càé 2: Réçôçîîàîô—A Mîŝŝîôà Pààî ô é Té-îŝ Céû Joannes Reîmer

 Càé 3: Réçôçîîàîô—hé Nééçé Oûçôé ô Kîô Mîŝŝîô Ken Baker

 Càé 4: Sô hà é Wô Wî Kô: Réléçîôŝ ô à Eàéîçà héôô ô Cîŝîà Oéŝ à é Mîŝŝîôôîçà Pîôî ô Cîŝîà Uî Mîcae Hakmîn Lee

 Càé 5: Tôà à héôôîçà Aççôû ô Cîŝîà ôîééŝŝ î Iéééàîôà Côûà Côéxŝ Kazusa Okaya

Part 2: Reconcîlîatîon Practîces

 Càé 6: Réçôçîî Dîŝçîéŝî: îî àŝ Eççéŝîà Wééé Wé Gô Manue and Jeanee Böm

 Càé 7: Wôîé Qûéŝîôŝ î Mîŝŝîô Tàîî à Pàxîŝ: hé Uîéé Côŝéqûéçéŝ ô Côôàé Oôŝîîôà hîî Annee R. Harrîson

 Càé 8: Wéçôé à Gô’ŝ Tàé: Môî ô Aŝàçîô ô Eôîé Réçôçîîàîô ôû ôŝîàî Aubry G. Smî

Càé 9: Màé  SûFéî: Dîŝçîéŝî, Sôééî, à SûFéî î é Gôŝé ô Mà à î MôZàîqûé Aan Howe

Part 3: Reconcîlîatîon Case Studîes

Càé 10: Eîçî, Réçôçîîàîô, à é Cûç î Màà Arend A. C. Van Dorp

Càé 11: Côûî-Bàŝé Réçôçîîàîô: A Càŝé Sû ô é Sàî Péàçé Cî Sô Yakubu Jakada

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