Table of Contents
Preface
Section A. Bible and Theology
Chapter 1 God’s Word to a Nation in Denial and Rebellion: Jeremiah 1 by Chris Wright
Chapter 2 God’s Word in a Culture of Delusion and False Security: Jeremiah 7 by Chris Wright
Chapter 3 God’s Word of Global Judgment and Salvation: Isaiah 24–25 by Chris Wright
Chapter 4 Toward a Biblical Theology of Calamity by Michel G. Distefano
Response by Han Young Lee
Chapter 5 Biblical Foundations for Creation Care by Dave Bookless
Response by Regina Ryu
Section B: History and Culture
Chapter 6 Learning from the Past and Finding Hope for the Future by Allison Howell
Response by Jung-Sook Lee
Chapter 7 Indigenous Epistemologies: Connecting with Christ and Creation by Jay Matenga
Response by Seung-hyun (Nathan) Chung
Chapter 8 Creation Care: The Gospel’s Third Dimension by Ed Brown
Response by Youngmi Shin
Chapter 9 Environmental and Human Calamities in Korea and Implications for Mission by Bright Myeong-Seok Lee
Response by Jay Matenga
Section C. Economics, Sufficiency, Justice, Perceptions of Christian Leaders
and Missionaries
Chapter 10 Climate Crisis and Stewardship: A Christian Economist’s Perspective by Jong Ho Hong
Response by Dave Bookless
Chapter 11 A Critical Analysis on the Transformation of Korean Missionaries’ Epistemological Beliefs on Environmental and Human Calamities by Jooyun Eum
Response by J. Nelson Jennings
Chapter 12 Who Will Feed the World in the Twenty-First Century? Lessons and Questions from a Brief Comparison of China’s, India’s, and Africa’s Food Systems and Food Sovereignty- by Zhou Li
Response by Anna Lisa Mudahy
Chapter 13 Gold Mining in the Southwest of Burkina Faso and Christian Mission: The Great Commission and Structural Evil by Ini Dorcas Dah
Response by Jonathan J. Bonk
Section D. Local and Regional Responses to Climate Change and its Effects,
Historical and Current
Chapter 14 Partnership with God in Restoring Creation: A Story of Hope by Tony Rinaudo
Response by Gihong Park
Chapter 15 Onnuri Church’s Environmental Mission and Strategy by Woon-Oh Jung, Regina Ryu, and Woo-Yong Kim
Response by Laura S. Meitzner Yoder
Chapter 16 Economically Viable Green Energy from Waste Plastic: A Fourth River Energy Proposal to Support Missions and Bless the Environment by Ben Torrey and Bong Ju Lee
Response by Jeffrey T. M. Yoder
Chapter 17 Environment, Natural Disasters, and the Experience of the Dandelion Community by Insoo Kim
Response by Douglas Day Kaufman
Chapter 18 Evangelizing All Creatures: Pastoral Ecology as Mission by Douglas Day Kaufman
Response by Hansung Kim
Chapter 19 Can the Desert Be Green? An Environmental Mission to Plant Hope in the Wilderness by Lawrence Ko
Response by Myung-Soo Lee
Section E. Testimonies
Chapter 20 The Founding of Shine Church and Its Environmental Missionary Work by Hyoungmin Kim
Chapter 21 My Journey of Growth and Hope: From God’s Word to Works and Wonders to World Care by Laurence Gatawa
Chapter 22 KGMLF Missional Koinonia by Sun Man Kim
Section F. Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 23 The Gospel of Hope in a Hopeless World by Jonathan J. Bonk
Appendix: Resources for Mission and Congregation
Acknowledgments by Jinbong Kim
Participants
Contributors
Indices – Subjects, Names, Scriptures
