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Encountering Theology of Mission Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues

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ISBN-10: 0801026628

ISBN-13: 9780801026621

Edition: 2010

Authors: Craig Ott, Stephen J. Strauss, Timothy C. Tennent, A. Moreau

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This fresh, comprehensive text fills a need for an up-to-date theology of mission. It offers creative approaches to answering some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and missionary practice today. The authors, who are leading mission experts, discuss biblical theology of mission, provide historical overviews of the development of various viewpoints, and address theologically current issues in global mission from an evangelical perspective. This readable yet thorough text integrates current views of the kingdom of God and holistic mission with traditional views of evangelism and church planting. It also brings theology of mission into conversation with ecclesiology and…    
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 5/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

A. Scott Moreau spent fourteen years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), ten years in Africa. He directed a regional team of CCC staff in Swaziland and taught general science in a Swazi public high school for two years. After graduate work at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School he taught at Nairobi International School of Theology for over seven years. Dr. Moreau returned to the United States in 1991 to accept a position at Wheaton College, currently teaching in the Missions and Intercultural Studies Department.

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Biblical Foundations of Mission
God and the Nations in the Old Testament
God and the Nations in the New Testament
The Justification of Mission: Missio Dei
The Purpose and Nature of Mission
The Task of Missions: Convictions and Controversy
The Task of Missions: Convergence and Conclusions
Motives and Means for Mission
The Motivation for Missions
The Church and Mission
The Missionary Vocation
Spiritual Dynamics and Mission
Mission in Local and Global Context
Contextualization and Mission
Christian Encounter with Other Religions: Toward an Evangelical Theology of Religions
The Necessity of Mission: Three Uncomfortable Questions
References
Scripture Index
Subject Index