03541pam a2200385 a 4500 4520507 AU-EpEBC 20121023110920.0 990210s1999 miua b 100 0 eng 99012913 0802846556 (paper : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC NEMB n------ 266.0097/CON EW 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. Missions North America. Christianity and culture. Missions Theory. Evangelistic work North America. North America Religion 20th century. Van Gelder, Craig, ed. ddc 13850 13850 0 0 ddc 0 0 266 Missions MAIN MAIN OS 2012-09-28 Donated by Chris Haeusler, EBC Registrar, 2012. 10.00 0 266.0097/CON 11685 2015-08-26 00:00:00 1 50.00 2012-09-28 AM