Serving Jesus with Integrity

Description

The word “ethics” carries an aura of countervailing views, overlapping claims, uncertain footing, and seductive attractions. Some issues are as clear as the horizontal versus vertical axes in Sawai Chinnawong’s striking painting, Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, that graces the cover of this book. At the same time—because we are involved, because our interests, our inclinations, our plans and relationships are at stake—the issues that engage missionary practitioners can be frustratingly labyrinthine, curling endlessly back on themselves. Evangelical missionaries and mission agencies are concerned about personal morality—and rightly so. But as the chapters in this volume attest, evangelical mission’s ethical engagement extends far beyond simply avoiding compromising sexual situations and not absconding with the finances. How should we talk about others’ beliefs and practices to ourselves? To them? How should we represent ourselves to others? What role does tolerance for ambiguity play in missionaries’ mental preparation? How should accountability be structured in intercultural partnerships? Are there ways to enable organizational justice to flourish in mission institutions? What might integrity in short-term mission outreach look like? How does care for creation relate to mission? What role can a code of ethics for missionary practice play? Limited and fallible and marred by the fall, we need both guidance and admonition—and deep reflection on the conduct of evangelical mission such as is provided in this volume—so that we may serve Jesus with true integrity.

Sujets

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

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 28 juin 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780878088393
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Other Books in the EMS Series

N o . 1Scripture and Strategy: The Use of the Bible in Pos tmodern Church and Mission, 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

N o . 4Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Conclusions,Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin

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

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

No.7r the Twenty-first CenturyTeaching Them Obedience in All Things: Equipping fo , Edward Elliston

N o . 8Working Together With God to Shape the New Millenni um: Opportunities and Limitations, Kenneth Mulholland and Gary Corwin

N o . 9Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium, Tom Steffen and Douglas Pennoyer

N o . 1 0Between Past and Future: Evangelical Mission Enteri ng the 21st Century, Jonathan Bonk

No.11Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21 st Century, Enoch Wan

N o . 1 2The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions, Mike Barnett and Michael Pocock

N o . 1 3Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultur al Currents, Gailyn Van Rheenan

N o . 1 4Business 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 Studies,Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challen Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock