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 .
<br/><br/> Proceedings of a conference held in 1996. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 : Understanding the North American Context as Mission Field.<br/><br/>Missionary location of the North American churches / Richard J. Mouw --<br/>Wearing different hats: Christian living in a fragmented world / Christopher B. Kaiser --<br/>Gospel in a digital age / Robert S. Fortner --<br/>Reading postmodern culture through the medium of movies / Craig Van Gelder. Part 2 : Understanding the Church in the North American Mission Context.<br/><br/>Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --<br/>Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --<br/>Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --<br/>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.<br/><br/>Hearing the gospel again, for the first time / James V. Brownson --<br/>Living between gospel and context: models for a missional church in North America / Stephen Bevans --<br/>Preaching to postmodern people / Lee A. Wyatt --<br/>Hearing the gospel with Asian-American ears / Stanley K. Inouye.<br/> Part 4 : Relating the Gospel to Ministry in the North American Mission Context.<br/><br/>Witness to the gospel and refounding the church / William R. Burrows --<br/>Witness in the midst of religious plurality: the model of E. Stanley Jones / Mary Lou Codman-Wilson --<br/>Prophetic voice of poverty / George D. Beukema --<br/>Gifts fron the global church / Isaac K. Fokuo and Patricia Lloyd-Sidle.  Part 4 : Rethinking the Church in the North American Mission Context.<br/><br/>Church in a postmodern context / Alan J. Roxburgh --<br/>Covenant community: a practical approach to the renewal of the church / Paul C. Dinolfo --<br/>Reaching out without dumbing down: a theology of worship for the church in postmodern times / Marva J. Dawn --<br/>Riding the waves of change: how to facilitate change toward a missionary identity / Jon M. Huegli.<br/><br/><br/>Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora / Douglas John Hall --<br/>Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America / Clinton Stockwell --<br/>Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity / Walter C. Hobbs --<br/>Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) / Dan Devadatta. Epilogue.<br/><br/>People of God as a hermeneutic of the gospel / Mary Jo Leddy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0802846556 (paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99012913  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Missions--North America.<br/>Christianity and culture.<br/>Missions--Theory.<br/>Evangelistic work--North America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>North America--Religion--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>266.0097/CON