Making Disciples: Obstacles and Opportunities in Urban Congregations
This article looks at the current theological understanding and practice of evangelism in the United Methodist Church. In the early 2000s, the denomination crafted and adopted the mission statement Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World. As someone who has worked at bot...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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International review of mission
Year: 2016, Volume: 105, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-14 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church RH Evangelization; Christian media |
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| Summary: | This article looks at the current theological understanding and practice of evangelism in the United Methodist Church. In the early 2000s, the denomination crafted and adopted the mission statement Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World. As someone who has worked at both the local church and denominational levels of the United Methodist Church, I have seen a gap between the denomination's stated mission and the actual ministry of local churches due to two primary obstacles. Congregations are unsure of what it entails to make disciples and do not understand that the purpose is for the transformation of the world. Through interviews and the study of local congregations, impediments to fulfilling this statement emerged. The article concludes by offering an example of an outlier congregation that is effectively engaged in life-affirming evangelism in an urban setting. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12123 |