Mission and the Emerging Church: Pauline Reflections on a New Kind of Missiology
The emerging church movement is best seen as an ecclesiological and missiological response to postmodern culture. Three key themes illustrate the movement's attempt to contextualize the gospel in this setting: an embrace of mystery, a stress on journey, and a commitment to conversation. While t...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2012
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Missiology
Year: 2012, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-328 |
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Summary: | The emerging church movement is best seen as an ecclesiological and missiological response to postmodern culture. Three key themes illustrate the movement's attempt to contextualize the gospel in this setting: an embrace of mystery, a stress on journey, and a commitment to conversation. While these themes can claim some biblical and theological warrants, Paul's missiological approach in Galatians assumes a coherent gospel, a call to conversion, and a commitment to proclamation, a trio of themes that provide a necessary balance to approaches to mission in the emerging church. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182961204000307 |