World Mission: Theology, Strategy, and Current Issues (original) (raw)
2019, Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press
https://lexhampress.com/products/169185/world-mission-theology-strategy-and-current-issues Also available on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/World-Mission-Theology-Strategy-Current-ebook/dp/B07SK8CLGT Reviews: Southwestern Journal of Theology 62.1 (2019): 113-114. https://swbts.edu/sites/default/files/images/content/docs/journal/62\_1/62.1\_Book\_Reviews.pdf SEND U blog https://sendublog.com/2019/11/19/book-review-world-mission-theology-strategy-current-issues/ World mission needs a fully biblical ethos. This is the contention of the editors of and contributors to World Mission, a series of essays aimed at reforming popular approaches to missions. In the first set of essays, contributors develop a biblical theology of world mission from both the Old and New Testaments, arguing that the theology of each must stand in the foreground of missions, not recede into the background. In the second, they unfold the Great Commission in sequence, detailing how it determines the biblical strategy of all mission enterprises. Finally, they treat current issues in world mission from the prospective of the sufficiency of Scripture. Altogether, this book aims to reform missions to be thoroughly—not just foundationally—biblical, a needed correction even among the sincerest missionaries.
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