Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (Reader, 4th Ed)

[DESCRIPTION] Perspectives on the World Christian Movement presents a multi-faceted collection of readings exploring the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic dimensions of world evangelization. Writings from more than 150 mission scholars and practitioners (over 60 of them new to this edition) portray the history and anticipate the potential of the global Christian movement. Every one of the 170 articles and side bars offers practical wisdom enabling Christians to labor together in bold, biblical hope to finish the task of seeing that Christ is named and followed among all the peoples of the earth. The Fourth Edition contains over 60 articles and sidebars that are new to this edition. Many articles have been updated and revised. [/DESCRIPTION][SUBTITLE]A Reader[/SUBTITLE] [CREDIT] by: Ralph D. Winter (Editor), Steven C. Hawthorne (Editor) [/CREDIT] [PAGES] 804 [/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2009 [/PUBLISHYEAR] [TOC] Forewords Introduction The Biblical Perspective 1. The Living God is a Missionary God 2. Israel’s Missionary Call 3. Everyone’s Question: What is God Trying to Do? 4. The Bible in World Evangelization 5. Mission and God’s Earth 6. Blessing as Transformation 7. The Biblical Foundation for the Worldwide Missions Mandate 8. The Story of His Glory 9. Let the Nations Be Glad! 10. Beyond Duty 11. On Mission With God 12. Witness to the World 13. The Gospel of the Kingdom 14. Building for the Kingdom 15. The Kingdom of God in the Life of the World 16. God at War 17. Jesus and the Gentiles 18. A Man for All Peoples 19. The Master’s Plan 20. Mandate on the Mountain 21. Discipling All the Peoples 22. Acts of Obedience 23. The Turning Point: Setting the Gospel Free 24. Become Like, Remain Like 25. The Apostle Paul and the Missionary Task 26. The Church in God’s Plan 27. Prayer: Rebelling Against the Status Quo 28. Strategic Prayer 29. Lost 30. The Uniqueness of Christ 31. The Supremacy of Christ 32. If I Perish 33. Suffering and Martyrdom: God’s Strategy in the World 34. The Hope of a Coming World Revival 35. Apostolic Passion The Historical Perspective 36. The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History 37. The History of Mission Strategy 38. Asian Christianity: Facing the Rising Sun 39. The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission 40. Missionary Societies and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church 41. Three Mission Eras: And the Loss and Recovery of Kingdom Mission 42. A History of Transformation 43. The Social Impact of Christian Missions 44. Europe’s Moravians: A Pioneer Missionary Church 45. Women in Mission 46. A Historical Survey of African Americans in World Missions 47. Student Power in World Missions 48. An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens 49. The Call to Service 50. China’s Spiritual Need and Claims 51. Tribes, Tongues and Translators 52. The Glory of the Impossible 53. The Bridges of God 54. The New Macedonia: A Revolutionary New Era in Mission Begins 55. The State of the Gospel 56. No Longer Emerging 57. African Sending Brazilian Sending Korean Sending Indian Sending Chinese Sending Filipino Sending Latin American Sending 58. Now is the Time Old Ways for a New Day 59. New Pioneers Leading the Way in the Final Era 60. Expecting a Harvest 61. From Western Christendom to Global Christianity The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity 62. Are We Ready for Tomorrow’s Kingdom? The Cultural Perspective 63. Understanding Culture 64. Culture, Worldview and Contextualization 65. The Flaw of the Excluded Middle 66. Is God Colorblind or Colorful? The Gospel, Globalization and Ethnicity Created to Create Culture 67. Clean and Dirty: Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings in India 68. The Role of Culture in Communication 69. Redemptive Analogy 70. Making Disciples of Oral Learners 71. Why Communicate the Gospel through Stories? Transforming Worldviews through the Biblical Story 72. Three Encounters in Christian Witness 73. Finding a Place and Serving Movements Within Society Culture Shock: Starting Over Closing the Gap 74. Communication and Social Structure 75. The Difference Bonding Makes 76. Identification in the Missionary Task 77. Identity With Integrity: Apostolic Ministry in the 21st Century Google-Proof Transparency As Unknown, Yet Well-Known: Commending Ourselves as Servants 78. Missions and Money Different Views Concerning Relationships and Money The Role of the Righteous Rich 79. Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures? 80. Discovering the Holy Spirit’s Work in a Community 81. Cultural Implications of an Indigenous Church 82. The Missionary’s Role in Culture Change 83. The Willowbank Report The Strategic Perspective 84. Finishing the Task: The Unreached Peoples Challenge 85. Covering the Globe God’s Symphony of Effort 86. The Challenge of the Cities 87. From Every Language 88. Who (Really) Was William Carey? 89. The Mission of the Kingdom 90. On the Cutting Edge of Mission Strategy 91. Christian Witness to the Chinese People 92. Christ Movements in the Hindu World 93. State of World Need 94. Evangelism: The Leading Partner 95. Transformational Development: God at Work Changing People and Their Communities 96. What is Poverty Anyway? 97. The Urban Poor: Who Are We? 98. Cities and Salt: Counter-Cultures for the Common Good 99. Wiping Out HIV The Church—The Greatest Force on Earth 100. Healing the Wounds of the World 101. A Church in Every People: Plain Talk About a Difficult Subject 102. The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches 103. Organic Church 104. Church Planting Movements 105. Mission Comes Home 106. Evangelization of Whole Families 107. Dependency 108. His Glory Made Visible: Saturation Church Planting The Shopping Window of God 109. Going Too Far? The C-Spectrum 110. Must All Muslims Leave “Islam” to Follow Jesus? Going Far Enough? 111. Insider Movements: Retaining Identity and Preserving Community Three Types of Christward Movements Case Studies 112. A Pioneer Team in Zambia, Africa 113. Distant Thunder: Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans 114. The Zaraban Breakthrough 115. Planting Churches: Learning the Hard Way 116. Pigs, Ponds and the Gospel 117. A Movement of God Among the Bhojpuri of North India 118. Ourselves as Servants: Latin American Workers in the Middle East 119. A Movement of Christ Worshipers in India 120. A Movement to Jesus Among Muslims 121. An Upper Class People Movement 122. The Impact of Missionary Radio on Church Planting 123. The Awakening of the Persian Church 124. South Asia: Vegetables, Fish and Messianic Mosques 125. Beyond Loving the World: Serving the Son for His Surpassing Glory 126. Reconsecration: To a Wartime, Not a Peacetime, Lifestyle 127. Life on Purpose 128. Join the World Christian Movement 129. Live with Intentionality 130. Just Willing All or Nothing? 131. Your Journey to the Nations: Ten Steps to Help Get You There 132. The Awesome Potential for Mission Found in Local Churches Be a Church Whisperer 133. Welcoming the World at Your Door 134. Missio Dei or “Missio Me”? Short-Term Missions and God's Global Purpose 135. Restoring the Role of Business in Mission Blessing Berabistan: Doing Mission Differently Tentmakers: Integrating Work and Witness 136. The Lausanne Covenant Subject Index Scripture Index About the Editors Acknowledgements Photo Credits [/TOC]