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

Table of Contents

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