Understanding Christian MissionChristianity Today 2014 Book Award Winner Named one of Ten Outstanding Books of 2013 for Mission Studies, International Bulletin of Mission Research This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty
The book includes a foreword by Michael Root
neither dictating conclusions nor privileging skepticism over faith-based perspectives
The seventh edition has been updated to assess the most recently published commentaries
and mission
the author is a highly respected New Testament scholar who weaves reliable historical information into a fascinating story
Relating lovingly to our fellow human beings is central to what it means to be human
yet the church grew--not by specific strategies but by patient ferment
Willimon and afterword by Michael B
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This book shows that God's desire to be with his people is a thread running from Genesis through Revelation
They offer the first comprehensive analysis of a single New Testament text from the perspective of the social sciences
he shows the pervasive influence of society
