Confident witness--changing world :
Confident witness--changing world : rediscovering the Gospel in North America /
edited by Craig Van Gelder.
- Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, c1999.
- xvii, 313 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
- The Gospel and our culture series .
Proceedings of a conference held in 1996.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1 : Understanding the North American Context as Mission Field.
Missionary location of the North American churches / Richard J. Mouw --
Wearing different hats: Christian living in a fragmented world / Christopher B. Kaiser --
Gospel in a digital age / Robert S. Fortner --
Reading postmodern culture through the medium of movies / Craig Van Gelder. Part 2 : Understanding the Church in the North American Mission Context.
Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --
Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --
Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --
Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) / Dan Devadatta. Part 3 : Understanding the Gospel in the North American Mission Context.
Hearing the gospel again, for the first time / James V. Brownson --
Living between gospel and context: models for a missional church in North America / Stephen Bevans --
Preaching to postmodern people / Lee A. Wyatt --
Hearing the gospel with Asian-American ears / Stanley K. Inouye.
Part 4 : Relating the Gospel to Ministry in the North American Mission Context.
Witness to the gospel and refounding the church / William R. Burrows --
Witness in the midst of religious plurality: the model of E. Stanley Jones / Mary Lou Codman-Wilson --
Prophetic voice of poverty / George D. Beukema --
Gifts fron the global church / Isaac K. Fokuo and Patricia Lloyd-Sidle. Part 4 : Rethinking the Church in the North American Mission Context.
Church in a postmodern context / Alan J. Roxburgh --
Covenant community: a practical approach to the renewal of the church / Paul C. Dinolfo --
Reaching out without dumbing down: a theology of worship for the church in postmodern times / Marva J. Dawn --
Riding the waves of change: how to facilitate change toward a missionary identity / Jon M. Huegli.
Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --
Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --
Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --
Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) / Dan Devadatta. Epilogue.
People of God as a hermeneutic of the gospel / Mary Jo Leddy.
0802846556 (paper : alk. paper)
99012913
Missions--North America.
Christianity and culture.
Missions--Theory.
Evangelistic work--North America.
North America--Religion--20th century.
266.0097/CON
Proceedings of a conference held in 1996.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1 : Understanding the North American Context as Mission Field.
Missionary location of the North American churches / Richard J. Mouw --
Wearing different hats: Christian living in a fragmented world / Christopher B. Kaiser --
Gospel in a digital age / Robert S. Fortner --
Reading postmodern culture through the medium of movies / Craig Van Gelder. Part 2 : Understanding the Church in the North American Mission Context.
Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --
Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --
Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --
Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) / Dan Devadatta. Part 3 : Understanding the Gospel in the North American Mission Context.
Hearing the gospel again, for the first time / James V. Brownson --
Living between gospel and context: models for a missional church in North America / Stephen Bevans --
Preaching to postmodern people / Lee A. Wyatt --
Hearing the gospel with Asian-American ears / Stanley K. Inouye.
Part 4 : Relating the Gospel to Ministry in the North American Mission Context.
Witness to the gospel and refounding the church / William R. Burrows --
Witness in the midst of religious plurality: the model of E. Stanley Jones / Mary Lou Codman-Wilson --
Prophetic voice of poverty / George D. Beukema --
Gifts fron the global church / Isaac K. Fokuo and Patricia Lloyd-Sidle. Part 4 : Rethinking the Church in the North American Mission Context.
Church in a postmodern context / Alan J. Roxburgh --
Covenant community: a practical approach to the renewal of the church / Paul C. Dinolfo --
Reaching out without dumbing down: a theology of worship for the church in postmodern times / Marva J. Dawn --
Riding the waves of change: how to facilitate change toward a missionary identity / Jon M. Huegli.
Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --
Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --
Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --
Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) / Dan Devadatta. Epilogue.
People of God as a hermeneutic of the gospel / Mary Jo Leddy.
0802846556 (paper : alk. paper)
99012913
Missions--North America.
Christianity and culture.
Missions--Theory.
Evangelistic work--North America.
North America--Religion--20th century.
266.0097/CON
