Cultural Mandate, Evangelistic Mandate, Prophetic Mandate: Of These Three the Greatest Is…?

Mission programs, like mission theologies, tend to fall into two broad categories: cultural and evangelistic mandates. Current debates have raised the question of which of the two should be assigned priority. In this article the author contends that, from a biblical perspective, all mission(s) is Go...

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Published in:Missiology
Main Author: Aigbe, Sunday (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1991
In: Missiology
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Mission programs, like mission theologies, tend to fall into two broad categories: cultural and evangelistic mandates. Current debates have raised the question of which of the two should be assigned priority. In this article the author contends that, from a biblical perspective, all mission(s) is God's mission(s). Hence, priority should depend on the context of ministry. The prophetic mandate is therefore proposed both as a way out of the prioritization dilemma and as a third dimension of mission that bridges the two mandates into a dynamic, holistic missiology. The thrust, strategy, and relevance of a prophetic ministry are discussed.
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009182969101900103