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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Megatrends That Are Shaping Twenty-first Century Missions | |
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From Moratorium and Malaise to Selah and Rebirth | |
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The Triune God and the Missio Dei | |
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A Trinitarian, Missional Theology | |
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A Trinitarian Framework for Missions | |
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God the Father: The Providential Source and Goal of the Missio Dei | |
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A Missional Perspective on the Bible | |
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The God of Mission Reveals His Plan | |
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The Sending Father and the Sent Church | |
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Creation, Revelation} and the Human Response to God's Rule | |
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A Trinitarian, "New Creation" Theology of Culture | |
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An Evangelical Theology of Religions | |
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God the Son: The Redemptive Embodiment of the Missio Dei | |
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Missions History as a Reflection of the Incarnation | |
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Turning Points in the History of Missions before 1792 | |
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The "Great Century" of Missions, 1792-1910 | |
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The Flowering of World Christianity, 1910-Present | |
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Cross-Cultural Communication as a Reflection of the Incarnation | |
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The Incarnation and the Translatability of the Gospel | |
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Access and Reproducibility in Missions Strategy | |
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Reflecting the Incarnation in Holistic Missions | |
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God the Holy spirit: The Empowering Presence of the Missio Dei | |
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Empowering the Church to Embody the Presence of the Future | |
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The Holy Spirit, the Book of Acts, and the Missio Dei | |
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The Church as the Embodiment of the New Creation | |
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Missionaries as Agents of Suffering and Heralds of the New Creation | |
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The Suffering, Advancing Church | |
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Conclusion: The Church as the Reflection of the Trinity in the World | |
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Bibliography | |
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Scripture Index | |
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Subject Index | |