{"product_id":"the-two-structures-of-gods-redemptive-mission","title":"The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow Available for Pre-order!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: January 12, 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Ancient Pattern for Missions Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the New Testament and throughout history, God’s mission has advanced through two complementary structures: Churches and mission societies. Yet today, many Christians assume that the local church alone is the biblical model for mission. In The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission, Bob Blincoe and other notable missiologists present and expand upon Ralph D. Winter’s influential two-structure paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors show how throughout the history of Christian missions, churches and missionary societies have repeatedly worked together to spark gospel breakthroughs among unreached peoples. They address common criticisms of the two-structure model and explore its implications for global mission. This volume calls both churches and mission agencies to recover a biblical partnership that has shaped the church’s greatest missionary advances and is essential to fulfilling the Great Commission today. [\/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]A Scholarly Approach to the Future of Christian Mission[\/SUBTITLE][PREORDER]01\/12\/27[\/PREORDER][CREDIT] Robert A. Blincoe [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 272 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2027 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eFor the effective advancement of Christ’s mission, Ralph D. Winter’s two-structure model must be reintroduced and adapted for a new generation. Bob Blincoe has done just that. In addition to his own work, Blincoe has brought together articles by leading scholars and practitioners of Christian mission. The reader will gain a deeper appreciation for the two-structure model and learn how to employ it in advancing Christ’s mission today.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eBill Bjoraker\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMissionary to Jewish people, Assemblies of God \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eAt last, we have in hand Blincoe’s book on Ralph D. Winter’s two-structure model. Among this book’s remarkable features is the deep respect Blincoe expresses for the contribution made by Catholic missionary orders to world evangelization in the centuries prior to 1792, the year William Carey’s Enquiry into the Use of Means launched in the Protestant mission era. I believe Dr. Blincoe’s book will help many Protestant church leaders and mission agency executives enjoy the privilege of partnering together to complete the Great Commission.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eRobert L. Brenneman\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMissionary and Professor of Global Studies, North Central University\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis masterpiece paints a compelling panorama of the historicity and global impact of sodalities and modalities. My own spiritual journey has been profoundly shaped by sodalities. I came to Christ through Young Life, was discipled by the Navigators, served with Frontiers for twenty-two years in Asia Minor and am now working with Operation Mobilization (OM) in Europe. Even within my own mission societies our church-planting conversations are exclusively about planting modalities. Where are the conversations about planting new sodalities? I hope this collection of essays will help spark such discussions in seminaries, churches, and mission organizations.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eScott Breslin\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNordic Regional Leader, Operation Mobilization\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT4] [ENDORSEMENT5]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThese essays by Ralph D. Winter and other scholars provide valuable perspectives on our Lord’s Great Commission. They enable the reader to appreciate the relationship between churches and mission agencies, for the sake of completing the missionary task. I say Amen to Blincoe’s achievement in bringing together in one volume these twenty essays on “The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission.” \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eLeonard J. Cerny \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCo-Founder, Missionary Care International \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT5] [ENDORSEMENT6]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eBob Blincoe has written the definitive case for Ralph Winter’s two-structure model, that the churches and the mission agencies have always been God’s complementary instruments. Calling on a strong suite of contributors, this book reads like a who’s who of missiologists across the last half-century. Blincoe traces the idea to the Jewish hevrah of first-century Israel and then forward through church history, culminating with the fifty extraordinary years in which there have been major gains in planting Christian communities among unreached peoples. The text handles objections and addresses some of the critics of the two-structure model. The closing assessment is practical, urging the planting of younger missions, suggests we choose the “Jonathan Edwards” way, and entreats believers to start small to win great victories wherever God has placed them. If you care about why the church is what it is, why mission keeps reinventing itself, and what to do next, this book will unlock insights and provide you with inspiration to go forth on mission.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eTed Esler\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresident, Missio Nexus\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT6] [ENDORSEMENT7]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book offers hope for churches seeking to participate more effectively in God’s global mission. Partnering with mission organizations—often called “parachurches”—enables churches to advance the gospel among diverse peoples, in varied settings, while meeting a wide range of needs.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eSteve Hawthorne\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLead editor, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT7] [ENDORSEMENT8]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eAs one who has been active in the local church and in parachurches for almost fifty years, I have found the concept of the two structures of mission to be liberating and instructive. Yet the debate surrounding this concept goes on. The articles Dr. Blincoe has gathered here will help the reader understand and validate the two-structure concept, a matter of considerable importance if we are to be faithful and effective in mission. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eAjith Fernando\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYouth for Christ, Sri Lanka\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT8] [ENDORSEMENT9]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eWilliam Carey’s key insight—Protestants needed “means” to reach across continents and cultures—finally opened the mission floodgates. Bob Blincoe has brought together the most insightful writings of the last fifty years to demonstrate that God has always used two structures to advance his kingdom on earth. Today, the strength of the global south mission effort will depend on new sending structures to enable Christians in Asia to reach least-reached Frontier People Groups, where the gospel has yet to take hold.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eR. W. Lewis\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCEO Telos Fellowship\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT9] [TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Ralph D. Winter’s “Two Structures” Essays \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The Legitimacy of So-Called Parachurch Structures in the Overall Christian Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Protestant Mission Societies and the Other Protestant “Schism”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The New Missions and the Mission of the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The Planting of Younger Missions \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Establishing New Denominational Mission Agencies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. A New Era of Voluntarism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. A Plea for New Mission Orders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Why We Need a Second Mission Agency \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3. An Appreciation of the Roman Catholic Orders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Some Questions Directed to Protestants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. A Protestant Mission Ice Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. The Monastic Rescue of the Church: Benedict’s Rule \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: The Vanderbilt Essays \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Para-Parochial Movements: The Religious Orders Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Church and Parachurch: Christian Freedom and Ecclesiastical Order \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: British Perspectives on the “Two Structures” Mission Model\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. An Historical Comparison of American and British Mission Societies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Missionary Societies and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: Critics of Ralph D. Winter’s “Two Structures” Mission Paradigm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Bruce Camp’s Objection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. J. Eckhard Schnabel’s Objection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Who Really Sent the First Missionaries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 7: Women’s Mission Societies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19. “Females” Bring their Mites\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20. Her Zeal for the Lord: Presbyterian Women’s Mission Societies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21. Advance and Assessment: Fifty Extraordinary Years \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword: Requesting the Pleasure of Your Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Carey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49861343150339,"sku":"9781645087502","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (Lumina Reader app)","offer_id":49861343117571,"sku":"9781645087526","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/5615\/1158\/files\/Two-Structures_CVR-Front.jpg?v=1792172989","url":"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/products\/the-two-structures-of-gods-redemptive-mission","provider":"MissionBooks.org","version":"1.0","type":"link"}