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...
Published in: | Missiology |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
1991
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Missiology
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969101900103 |