Pentecost Mission, Eschatology, and the Embodiment of the Full Gospel in a Wounded World
Pentecostal mission activity was initially motivated by a commitment to the premillennial return of Christ. This eschatological basis for mission was driven by a number of factors, not least being interpretations of Matthew 24:14, in which the gospel needed to reach every nation before the end would...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Mission studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 270-290 |
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Kingdom of God
B Full Gospel B spirit empowerment B Premillennialism B pentecostal missiology B Eschatology B embodied mission |
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| Summary: | Pentecostal mission activity was initially motivated by a commitment to the premillennial return of Christ. This eschatological basis for mission was driven by a number of factors, not least being interpretations of Matthew 24:14, in which the gospel needed to reach every nation before the end would come. But a focus on the next world also led Pentecostal mission strategy away from this world concerns, and Pentecostals have long been criticized for a history of mission that involved proclamation of a future hope without any form of present-day relief. In an increasingly wounded world, such an approach becomes less and less palatable, which is why there has now been a significant shift towards social justice and welfare aspects of mission within Pentecostal efforts. However, it has been argued that the relegation of eschatological motivation to the periphery of mission has detrimental consequences for Pentecostal mission as a whole and therefore needs to be rethought (Ma and Ma 2010:280). This article endeavors to contribute to this discussion by drawing together theological and missiological reflections on the Pentecostal full gospel to reflect on whether such relegation is inevitable, or whether an amended eschatological vision is still helpful for mission efforts in a wounded world. 五旬节宣教活动最初受到对基督千年国再来的承诺的激励。这种基督再临的末世论基础推动了宣教，其中包括对马太福音24:14的解释，即福音需要在末日降临之前传遍每一个国家。但对另一个世界的关注也使五旬节宣教战略远离了对这个世界的关切，长期以来，五旬节教会因宣扬未来的希望而不关心现实生活而受到批评。在一个日益受伤的世界中，这种方法变得越来越不可取，这就是为什么现在在五旬节教会中出现了明显的转变，转向了宣教中的社会公义和福利方面。然而，有人认为将末世论动机边缘化对作为整体的五旬节宣教是有害的，因此需要重新思考。本文力图通过整合关于五旬节全备福音的神学和宣教学思考来参与这一讨论，以反思在一个受伤的世界中，是否这种边缘化是不可避免的，或者修正的末世愿景对宣教工作仍然有帮助。 |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341967 |