[PDF] Pauls Understanding Of The Churchs Mission eBook

Author : Robert Lewis Plummer
Publisher : OCMS
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 35,37 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781842273333

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This book engages in a careful study of Pauls letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in missionary activity. It helpfully summarizes the discussion on this debated issue, judiciously handling contested texts and provides a way forward in addressing this critical question. While admitting that Paul rarely explicitly commands the communities he founded to evangelize, Plummer amasses significant incidental data to provide a convincing case that Paul did indeed expect his churches to engage in mission activity. Throughout the study, Plummer progressively builds a theological basis for the churchs mission that is both distinctively Pauline and compelling.

Author : Robert L. Plummer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597527238

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Did Paul expect his churches to engage in evangelistic activity which mirrored his own? Or have modern readers of the Bible wrongly projected Paul's apostolic passion upon the communities that he founded? Such is the charge of several recent authors, and if their thesis is correct nothing could have larger implications for how the modern church engages in mission. In this book, Robert L. Plummer engages in a careful study of Paul's letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Plummer helpfully summarizes the discussion to date on the debated issue, judiciously handles contested texts, and provides a way forward in addressing this critical question. While admitting that Paul rarely explicitly commands the communities he founded to evangelize, Plummer amasses significant incidental data to provide a convincing case that Paul did indeed expect his churches to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Throughout the study, Plummer progressively builds a theological basis for the church's mission that is both compelling and distinctively Pauline.

Author : Christopher R. Little
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780820476353

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What relevance does the Apostle Paul have for the mission of the church in the twenty-first century? By investigating his socioeconomic background, examining his doxological orientation in mission, delineating how and why he shared resources in the first century, and then relating all this to what has been called the contemporary International Partnership Movement, this book demonstrates that when the church engages in cross-cultural mission and ignores Pauline orthopraxy, it places unnecessary obstacles in the path of the missio Dei. Therefore, Mission in the Way of Paul: Biblical Mission for the Church in the Twenty-First Century is pertinent for any course devoted to learning from and implementing biblical models of mission today.

Author : Robert L. Plummer
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830859896

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Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry edit this collection of entry points into the missionary methods of the Apostle Paul. Conducting a major reappraisal of Roland Allen?s Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? Michael Bird, Eckhard Schnabel and others reconsider the relevance of Paul's missionary activities for the church today.

Author : Nils A. Dahl
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,80 MB
Release : 2002-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592440045

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Prof. Dahl examines the life, theology, and significance of the Apostle Paul in the development of the church. The variety of topics and the thoroughness of the research make these essays indispensable to all who study the New Testament.

Author : Eckhard J. Schnabel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830879007

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Drawing on his monumental scholarly study Early Christian Mission (Volume 2), Eckhard J. Schnabel's gives us an overview of Paul's missionary practices, strategies and methods, and then weighs contemporary evangelical missiology and practice in light of Paul.

Author : E. P. Sanders
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0192854518

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In this original introduction to Paul's life and thought Sanders pays equal attention to Paul's fundamental convictions and the sometimes convoluted ways in which they were worked out.

Author : Kevin DeYoung
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143352693X

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Social justice and mission are hot topics today: there's a wonderful resurgence of motivated Christians passionate about spreading the gospel and caring for the needs of others. But in our zeal to get sharing and serving, many are unclear on gospel and mission. Yes, we are called to spend ourselves for the sake of others, but what is the church's unique priority as it engages the world? DeYoung and Gilbert write to help Christians "articulate and live out their views on the mission of the church in ways that are theologically faithful, exegetically careful, and personally sustainable." Looking at the Bible's teaching on evangelism, social justice, and shalom, they explore the what, why, and how of the church's mission. From defining "mission", to examining key passages on social justice and their application, to setting our efforts in the context of God's rule, DeYoung and Gilbert bring a wise, studied perspective to the missional conversation. Readers in all spheres of ministry will grow in their understanding of the mission of the church and gain a renewed sense of urgency for Jesus' call to preach the Word and make disciples.

Author : United Church of God
Publisher : United Church of God
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0557876532

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Jesus Christ said that He would build His Church and that it would never die out. Is today's Christianity, with its hundreds of denominations with widely differing beliefs and practices, the Church Jesus promised that He would build? -- Inside this Bible study aid booklet: -- A People Special to God -- The Historical Background of the Term Church -- 'Church' and 'Congregation' in the Scriptures -- A Spiritually Transformed People -- The Apostles: A Case Study in Conversion -- The Responsibility and Mission of the Church -- What is the True Gospel? -- Is Today the Only Day of Salvation? -- The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity -- Changes in Christian Scholars' Perspective on God's Law -- Early Trends That Affected the Future of the Church -- The Church of God Today -- What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice? -- The Church as the Bride of Christ