Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public Discipleship

Missional discipleship is more than a movement seeking a new methodological and strategic mission paradigm. Missional discipleship is the essence of Christianity concerning the ontological foundation for the prime reason for existence as believers and the epistemological lens to see the world from t...

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Auteur principal: Jun, Guichun (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage 2022
Dans: Transformation
Année: 2022, Volume: 39, Numéro: 2, Pages: 111-121
Classifications IxTheo:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
NBF Christologie
RJ Mission
Sujets non-standardisés:B public discipleship
B Lordship of Christ
B Missional discipleship
B followership of believers
B Christlikeness
B public holiness
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Résumé:Missional discipleship is more than a movement seeking a new methodological and strategic mission paradigm. Missional discipleship is the essence of Christianity concerning the ontological foundation for the prime reason for existence as believers and the epistemological lens to see the world from the perspective of transformed values in Christ. In other words, missional discipleship requires acknowledging the lordship of Christ by demonstrating the ontological embodiment of who Christ is and epistemological resemblance by perceiving the reality as Christ does. These radical transformations in both ontological and epistemological areas can enable believers to authentically follow Christ as disciples and demonstrate Christlikeness in all spheres of their existence as missionaries. Christlike attributes and qualities are progressively cultivated in believers lives as they conform to the image of Christ, and the most profound nature of Christlikeness is holiness. Missional discipleship provides a platform to expand the concept of Christlikeness as holiness from the personal dimension to the public dimension to overcome the privatisation of discipleship and Christian religious dualism polarising things into the categories of the sacred and secular.
ISSN:1759-8931
Contient:Enthalten in: Transformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/02653788211062462