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

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Forewords
Introduction

Part 1: The Biblical Perspective

1. The Living God is a Missionary God by John R. W. Stott
2. Israel’s Missionary Call by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
3. Everyone’s Question: What is God Trying to Do? by Stanley A. Ellisen
4. The Bible in World Evangelization by John R. W. Stott
5. Mission and God’s Earth by Christopher J. H. Wright
6. Blessing as Transformation by Sarita D. Gallagher and Steven C. Hawthorne and The Story of Blessing Prevailing Over Curse by Richard Bauckham
7. The Biblical Foundation for the Worldwide Missions Mandate by Johannes Verkuyl
8. The Story of His Glory by Steven C. Hawthorne
9. Let the Nations Be Glad! by John Piper
10. Beyond Duty by Tim Dearborn
11. On Mission With God by Henry T. Blackaby and Avery T. Willis, Jr.
12. Witness to The World by David J. Bosch and Two Forces by Jonathan Lewis
13. The Gospel of the Kingdom by George Eldon Ladd and D-Day before V-E Day by Ken Blue
14. Building for the Kingdom by N.T. Wright
15. The Kingdom of God in the Life of the World by Lesslie Newbigin
16. God at War by Gregory A. Boyd and To Inaugurate His Kingdom by N.T. Wright
17. Jesus and the Gentiles by H. Cornell Goerner
18. A Man for All Peoples by Don Richardson and A Violent Reaction to Mercy by Patrick Johnstone
19. The Master’s Plan by Robert E. Coleman
20. Mandate on the Mountain by Steven C. Hawthorne
21.Discipling All the Peoples by John Piper
22. Acts of Obedience by Steven C. Hawthorne and The Wall and the Canyon by Steven C. Hawthorne
23. The Turning Point: Setting the Gospel Free by M. R. Thomas
24. Become Like, Remain Like by Harley Talman and A New Creation by David Anthony
25. The Apostle Paul and the Missionary Task by Arthur F. Glasser
26. The Church in God’s Plan by Howard A. Snyder
27. Prayer: Rebelling Against the Status Quo by David Wells
28. Strategic Prayer by John D. Robb
29. Lost by Robertson McQuilkin
30. The Uniqueness of Christ by Charles Van Engen
31. The Supremacy of Christ by Ajith Fernando
32. If I Perish by Brother Andrew
33. Suffering and Martyrdom: God’s Strategy in the World by Josef Tson
34. The Hope of a Coming World Revival by Robert E. Coleman
35. Apostolic Passion by Floyd McClung

Part 2: The Historical Perspective
The Expansion of the World Christian Movement

36. The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History by Ralph D. Winter
37. The History of Mission Strategy by R. Pierce Beaver
38. Asian Christianity: Facing the Rising Sun by Scott W. Sunquist
39. The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission by Ralph D. Winter
40. Missionary Societies and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church by Andrew F. Walls
41. Three Mission Eras: And the Loss and Recovery of Mission Kingdom by Ralph D. Winter
42. A History of Transformation by Paul Pierson
43. The Social Impact of Christian Missions by Robert D. Woodberry
44. Europe’s Moravians: A Pioneer Missionary Church by Colin A. Grant
45. Women in Mission by Marguerite Kraft and Meg Crossman
46. A Historical Survey of African Americans in World Missions by David Cornelius
47. Student Power in World Missions by David M. Howard

Pioneers of the World Christian Movement

48. An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens by William Carey
49. The Call to Service by J. Hudson Taylor
50. China’s Spiritual Need and Claims by J. Hudson Taylor
51. Tribes, Tongues and Translators by William Cameron Townsend
52. The Glory of the Impossible by Samuel Zwemer
53. The Bridges of God by Donald A. McGavran
54. The New Macedonia: A Revolutionary New Era in Mission Begins by Ralph D. Winter

The Status and Future of the World Christian Movement

55. The State of the Gospel by Jason Mandryk
56. No Longer Emerging by Beram Kumar and The Surging Non-Western Mission Force by Bruce A. Koch
57. African Sending by Timothy Olonade; Brazilian Sending by Bertil Ekström; Korean Sending by Chul Ho Han; Indian Sending by K. Rajendran; Chinese Sending by Enoch Wan; Filipino Sending by Berting Fernando; and Latin American Sending by Carlos Scott
58. Now is the Time by Bill Taylor and Old Ways for a New Day by David Ruiz
59. New Pioneers Leading the Way in the Final Era by Yvonne Wood Huneycutt
60. Expecting a Harvest by Patrick Johnstone
61. From Western Christendom to Global Christianity by Todd Johnson and Sandi S. K. Lee and The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
62. Are We Ready for Tomorrow’s Kingdom? by Ralph D. Winter

Part 3: The Cultural Perspective
Understanding Culture

63. Understanding Culture by Lloyd E. Kwast
64. Culture, Worldview and Contextualization by Charles H. Kraft
65. The Flaw of the Excluded Middle by Paul G. Hiebert
66. Is God Colorblind or Colorful? The Gospel, Globalization and Ethnicity by Miriam Adeney and Created to Create Culture by Erich Sauer
67. Clean and Dirty: Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings in India by Paul G. Hiebert

Culture and Communication

68. The Role of Culture in Communication by David J. Hesselgrave
69. Redemptive Analogy by Don Richardson
70. Making Disciples of Oral Learners by International Orality Network
71. Why Communicate the Gospel through Stories? by Tom A. Steffen and Transforming Worldviews through the Biblical Story by D. Bruce Graham
72. Three Encounters in Christian Witness by Charles H. Kraft
73. Finding a Place and Serving Movements Within Society by Paul G. Hiebert; Culture Shock: Starting Over by Paul G. Hiebert; and Closing the Gap by Donald N. Larson
74. Communication and Social Structure by Eugene A. Nida

Identity in Culture

75. The Difference Bonding Makes by Elizabeth S. and E. Thomas Brewster
76. Identification in the Missionary Task by William D. Reyburn
77. Identity With Integrity: Apostolic Ministry in the 21st Century by Rick Love; Google-Proof Transparency by L. Mak; and As Unknown, Yet Well-Known: Commending Ourselves as Servants by Bob Blincoe
78. Missions and Money by Phil Parshall; Different Views Concerning Relationships and Money by Joseph Cumming; and The Role of the Righteous Rich by Jonathan J. Bonk

Gospel and Culture Change

79. Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures? by Don Richardson
80. Discovering the Holy Spirit’s Work in a Community by T. Wayne Dye
81. Cultural Implications of an Indigenous Church by William A. Smalley
82. The Missionary’s Role in Culture Change by Dale W. Kietzman and William A. Smalley
83. The Willowbank Report by The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

Part 4: The Strategic Perspective
Strategy for World Evangelization

84. Finishing the Task: The Unreached Peoples Challenge by Ralph D. Winter and Bruce A. Koch
85. Covering the Globe by Patrick Johnstone and God’s Symphony of Effort by Bruce A. Koch and Krikor Markarian
86. The Challenge of the Cities by Roger S. Greenway
87. From Every Language by Barbara F. Grimes
88. Who (Really) Was William Carey? by Vishal and Ruth Mangalwadi
89. The Mission of the Kingdom by Ralph D. Winter
90. On the Cutting Edge of Mission Strategy by C. Peter Wagner
91. Christian Witness to the Chinese People by Thomas Wang and Sharon Chan
92. Christ Movements in the Hindu World by H. L. Richard

Strategies for Transforming Communities

93. State of World Need by World Relief
94. Evangelism: The Leading Partner by Samuel Hugh Moffett
95. Transformational Development: God at Work Changing People and Their Communities by Samuel J. Voorhies
96. What is Poverty Anyway? by Bryant L. Myers
97. The Urban Poor: Who Are We? by Viv Grigg
98. Cities and Salt: Counter-Cultures for the Common Good by Tim Keller
99. Wiping Out HIV by Kay Warren and The Church—The Greatest Force on Earth by Rick Warren
100. Healing the Wounds of the World by John Dawson

Strategies for Church Movements

101. A Church in Every People: Plain Talk About a Difficult Subject by Donald A. McGavran
102. The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches by George Patterson
103. Organic Church by Neil Cole
104. Church Planting Movements by David Garrison
105. Mission Comes Home by Andrew Jones
106. Evangelization of Whole Families by Wee Hian Chua
107. Dependency by Glenn Schwartz
108. His Glory Made Visible: Saturation Church Planting by Jim Montgomery and The Shopping Window of God by Wolfgang Simson
109. Going Too Far? by Phil Parshall and The C-Spectrum by John J. Travis
110. Must All Muslims Leave “Islam” to Follow Jesus? by John J. Travis and Going Far Enough? by Ralph D. Winter
111. Insider Movements: Retaining Identity and Preserving Community by Rebecca Lewis adn Three Types of Christward Movements by Rick Brown and Steven C. Hawthorne

Case Studies

112. A Pioneer Team in Zambia, Africa by Phillip Elkins
113. Distant Thunder: Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans by Brian Hogan
114. The Zaraban Breakthrough by Ken Harkin and Ted Moore
115. Planting Churches: Learning the Hard Way by Tim and Rebecca Lewis
116. Pigs, Ponds and the Gospel by James W. Gustafson
117. A Movement of God Among the Bhojpuri of North India by David L. Watson and Paul D. Watson
118. Ourselves as Servants: Latin American Workers in the Middle East by Andres and Angelica Guzman
119. A Movement of Christ Worshipers in India by Dean Hubbard
120. A Movement to Jesus Among Muslims by Rick Brown
121. An Upper Class People Movement by Clyde W. Taylor
122. The Impact of Missionary Radio on Church Planting by William Mial
123. The Awakening of the Persian Church by Gilbert Hovsepian and Krikor Markarian
124. South Asia: Vegetables, Fish and Messianic Mosques by Shah Ali with J. Dudley Woodberry

World Christian Discipleship

125. Beyond Loving the World: Serving the Son for His Surpassing Glory by David Bryant
126. Reconsecration: To a Wartime, Not a Peacetime, Lifestyle by Ralph D. Winter
127. Life on Purpose by Claude Hickman, Steven C. Hawthorne and Todd Ahrend

Strategic Pursuit of God’s Purpose

128. Join the World Christian Movement by Ralph D. Winter
129. Live with Intentionality by Caroline D. Bower and Lynne Ellis
130. Just Willing by Casey Morgan and All or Nothing? by Greg Livingstone
131. Your Journey to the Nations: Ten Steps to Help Get You There by Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor
132. The Awesome Potential for Mission Found in Local Churches by George Miley and Be a Church Whisperer by Larry Walker
133. Welcoming the World at Your Door by Douglas Shaw and Bob Norsworthy
134. Missio Dei or “Missio Me”? Short-Term Missions and God’s Global Purpose by Roger Peterson
135. Restoring the Role of Business in Mission by Steve Rundle; Blessing Berabistan: Doing Mission Differently by Nicole Forcier; and Tentmakers: Integrating Work and Witness by Ruth E. Siemens
136. The Lausanne Covenant

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by: Ralph D. Winter (Editor), Steven C. Hawthorne (Editor)

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.