{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"An introduction to the science of missions \/ J.H. Bavinck ; translated by David Hugh Freeman.","author":"Bavinck, J. H.","isbn":"087552124X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"P & R Publishing"},"datePublished":"1960","inLanguage":"English","description":"Reprint. Originally published: Phillipsburg, N.J. : Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, \u00a91960.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 311-323).\n\nPublished in: PHILIP\n\nPhysical description: xxi, 323 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Christianity encountering world religions : the practice of mission in the twenty-first century \/ Terry Muck, Frances Adeney.","author":"Muck, Terry C.; Adeney, Frances S.","isbn":"9780801026607","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic"},"datePublished":"2009","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \t\r\npt. 1. Context, text and pre-texts -- Context: the world of religion today -- Text: what the Bible says -- Pre-texts: theology and personality -- pt. 2. Practices: Beyond competition and cooperation -- Universality: reaching out to all, including Christians -- Fellowship: Belonging precedes believing -- Localization: focusing on questions and concerns of the local community -- Commitment: holding ideas with conviction; acting decisively on those ideas; not letting those ideas be divisive -- Freedom: honoring the principle of religious choice -- Effectiveness: allowing the context to determine the form of witness -- Consistency: striving for consistency between methods and goals -- Variety: communicating the Gospel in many forms -- Respect: not disparaging others in order to champion your own; not disparaging your own in order to respect others -- Charity: loving those to whom we witness -- Missional ecumenicity: practicing mission as the joint project of the church -- Jesus, mission innovator: Jesus's model of giftive mission -- pt. 3. Method: how do we do it -- The spiral of knowledge acquisition: learning about new cultures and new religions -- Experiencing: the influence of our personal histories -- Bracketing: putting convictions on hold -- Encountering: learning from a new culture and religion -- Evaluating: appraising the new culture and religion from a Christian viewpoint -- Integrating : reshaping our own views and mission practices -- pt. 4. Giftive Mission -- Metaphors for mission -- The four gifts -- Giftive misssion -- Appendix. Biblical interreligious encounters.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \t\r\nGiven the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian missions it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model \"giftive mission,\" since it is based on the metaphor of a free gift. They suggest that seeing mission activity as giving the greatest gift possible-- the gospel message-- not only has the potential for greater missionary success but also enables us to imitate more closely God's gracious activity in the world - from back of the book.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 407 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Developing a strategy for missions : a biblical, historical, and cultural introduction \/ John Mark Terry, J.D. Payne.","author":"Terry, John Mark; Payne, Jervis, David","isbn":"9780801039539","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group"},"datePublished":"2013","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tStrategy defined -- The crafting of mission strategy -- Contemporary objections to missionary strategy -- Strategic planning in biblical perspective -- Missiological principles for strategy development -- The apostle Paul's missionary strategy -- Missions strategy in the early church -- Roman Catholic strategy -- Pioneer Protestant strategies -- Faith missions strategy -- Mission strategies on the American frontier -- The indigenous mission strategy -- The church growth movement -- Frontier strategies -- Contextualization strategies -- Understanding cultural research -- Developing a people-group profile -- Developing a communication strategy -- Discerning receptivity -- Discerning need -- Visioning for the future -- Forming a team -- Assessing the resources -- Setting goals -- Choosing appropriate methods -- Execution -- Evaluation.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \t\"In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform and guide the development of an effective missions strategy. The book includes all the features that have made other series volumes useful classroom tools, such as figures, sidebars, and case studies. Students of global or domestic mission work and mission practitioners will value this new resource\"--Publisher description.\r\n\r\nOther Notes \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Michigan\n\nPhysical description: x, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Eternal word and changing worlds : theology, anthropology, and mission in trialogue \/ Harvie M. Conn.","author":"Conn, H.M","isbn":"0310453216","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Zondervan Pub. House"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-358).\r\nIncludes indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 372 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ministerial formation for mission today \/ ed. by John S. Pobee.","author":"World Council of Churches; Pobee, J. S.; Programme on Theological Education","isbn":"9964782144, 97899647","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Asempa Publishers"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Switzerland : , Accra.\n\nPhysical description: v, 128 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The church is bigger than you think : the unfinished work of world evangelisation \/ Patrick Johnstone.","author":"Johnstone, Patrick J. St. G.","isbn":"1857922697","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Christian Focus Publications"},"datePublished":"2005","inLanguage":"English","description":"Reprint. Previously published: 1998.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.\n\nPublished in: Fearn, Ross-shire\n\nPhysical description: 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}