A word in season :perspectives on Christian world missions /Lesslie Newbigin.
Description
A riverside sermon -- The pattern of the Christian world mission -- Missions and the work of the Holy Spirit -- Mission in a modern city -- The pastor's opportunities: evangelism in the city -- Does society still need the parish church? -- The cultural capacity of Western Christianity as a challenge to a missionary church -- By what authority? -- Our missionary responsibility in the crisis of Western culture -- The enduring validity of cross-cultural mission -- Mission in the world today -- Reflections on the history of missions -- Evangelism in the context of secularization -- Mission in a pluralist society -- Mission agenda -- The ecumenical future and the WCC: a missionary's dream -- Learning to live in the spirit in our European home.
xi, 208 p. ;23 cm.
Book Details
Author
Newbigin, Lesslie.
Place Published
City
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Date Published
1994
Publication Subjects
Missions--Theory.
Call No.
BV 2063 .N43 1994
ISBN
0802807305 (paper), 0715207040 (Saint Andrew Press)
LCCN
94019013
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208).