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Western Christians in Global Mission What's the Role of the North American Church?

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ISBN-10: 0830837809

ISBN-13: 9780830837809

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul Borthwick, Femi B. Adeleye

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The world has changed. A century ago, Christianity was still primarily centered in North America and Europe. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, Christianity had become a truly global faith, with Christians in Asia, Africa and Latin America outpacing those in the rest of the world. There are now more Christians in China than in all of Europe, more Pentecostals in Brazil than in the United States, and more Anglicans in Kenya than in Great Britain, Canada and the United States combined. Countries that were once destinations for western missionaries are now sending their own missionaries to North America. Given these changes, some think the day of the Western missionary is over. Some are…    
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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 11/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Paul Borthwick (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior consultant for Development Associates International and teaches missions at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Through his speaking, writing and resource ministry, Borthwick works to mobilize others to participate in world missions. Borthwick is an active speaker and teacher, holding adjunct positions at Gordon College, Alliance Theological Seminary (Manila) and Lanka Bible College (Sri Lanka)--plus a guest faculty position at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously he served for more than twenty years on the staff of Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts--first as youth pastor and then as minister of…    

Femi B. Adeleye (M.Th., University of Edinburgh) is a Christian minister and ordained priest in the Anglican communion. He is associate general secretary for partnership and collaboration for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). He previously served as regional secretary for the IFES movement in English-speaking Africa. Adeleye has also been a featured speaker at the Urbana Student Missions Conference and spoke at the Cape Town 2010 Lausanne Congress.He is the author ofPreachers of a Different Gospel(Zondervan, 2011). He is currently pursuing a doctorate in African Christian history from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology in Ghana.

Foreword
Preface: An Invitation to a Journey
Introduction: Questions for the Journey
Where Are We Now?
The State of the World
An Appraisal of the North American Church
An Appraisal of the Majority World Church
Moving Forward
Biblical Continuity
A Posture of Humility
Purposeful Reciprocity
Sacrifice-Not Just Generosity
Partnership Equality
Listening to Our Non-Western Brothers and Sisters
United Together-So That the World Might Know
Conclusion: Responding to the Invitation
Acknowledgments and Dedication
Further Reading
Appendix: Letters to the North American Church
Notes