Invitation to world missions
Subtitle: a trinitarian missiology for the twenty-first century
By: Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780825438837
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Section A: Megatrends that are shaping twenty-first century missions; title: From moratorium and malaise to 'selah' and rebirth; title: Section B: The Triune God and the Missio dei; title: A trinitarian, missional theology; title: A trinitarian framework for missions; title: God the Father : the providential source and goal of the Missio dei; title: Section A: A missional perspective on the Bible; title: The God of mission reveals his plan; title: The sending Father and the sent church; title: Section B: Creation, revelation, and the human response to God's rule; title: A trinitarian, "new creation" theology of culture; title: An evangelical theology of religions; title: God the Son : the redemptive embodiment of the Missio dei; title: Section A: Missions history as a reflection of the incarnation; title: Turning points in the history of missions before 1792; title: The "great century" of missions, 1792-1910; title: The flowering of world Christianity, 1910-present; title: Section B: Cross-cultural communication as a reflection of the incarnation; title: The incarnation and the translatability of the Gospel; title: Access and reproducibility in missions strategy; title: Reflecting the incarnation in holistic missions; title: God the Holy Spirit : the empowering presence of the Missio dei; title: Section A: Empowering the church to embody the presence of the future; title: The Holy Spirit, the book of Acts, and the Missio dei; title: The church as the embodiment of the new creation; title: Section B: Missionaries as agents of suffering and heralds of the new creation; title: The suffering, advancing church; title: Conclusion: the church as the reflection of the trinity in the world.