In May 2009, thirty-five theologians from Asia, Africa, and Europe met in Wuppertal, Germany, for a consultation on mission theology organized by the United Evangelical Mission: Communion of 35 Churches in Three Continents. The aim was to participate in the one-hundredth anniversary of the Edinburgh conference through a study process and to reflect on the challenges for mission in the twenty-first century. The papers in this book are drawn from those...

"The Bible is alive – it has hands and grabs hold of me, it has feet and runs after me". Thus spoke Martin Luther, as cited by Knud Jørgensen in a quotation that summarizes the deeper meaning of this book. To the authors of Bible in Mission, the Bible is the book of life, and mission is life in the Word. This core reality cuts across the diversity of contexts and hermeneutical strategies represented in these essays. The authors are committed to...

The New Testament church is universal and local at the same time. The one, holy, universal, and apostolic church appears in local manifestations. Missiologically speaking, the church can take courage as it faces the increasing impact of globalization on local communities today. Being both universal and concrete, the church is geared for the simultaneous challenges of the global and local-the "glocal."

Cross-cultural mission has always been a primary learning experience for the church. It pulls us out of a mono-cultural understanding and helps us discover a legitimate theological pluralism that opens us for new perspectives in the gospel. Translating the gospel into new languages and cultures is a human and divine means of making us learn new "incarnations" of the good news. This book is composed of contributions from young missiologists from different...

"With war raging about her and soldiers closing in, the wounded missionary Gladys Aylward (as portrayed in the movie, "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness) sets out on the most difficult journey of her life--a 100 mile trek over the mountains to a safe haven. But it's not her own safety that concerns this little woman with big faith. It's the safety and well being of the 100 orphaned children in her care."--Container.

This volume studies Pentecostalism in Latin America as a broad, diverse, and multifaceted movement. It describes different features and colors that together shape its collective face. This is done from context to context, weaving in various relationships with society and politics. Pentecostalism is situated as a collective actor embedded in a changing reality that blends various streams for theological reflection. The book explains how Pentecostals...

Christian education is an essential component of church development and transformation. Due to the low level of Christian education among lay mission workers, the growth of the Diocese of Yangon was almost stagnant from 1877 on. Such a low level of Christian education in the diocese is mainly, due to the failure of the successive bishops in not training lay workers and lay leaders since the formation of the diocese. They may have worked hard for the...

The Missionary Vision of the Bible examines the foundational plot of the Bible: the story of God's love for the world and the mission of God's people to live out and proclaim this love. The emphasis is on the coherence of the biblical message from the beginning to the end. The author sheds light on the challenges of the church's mission. He reflects on the plot of God's narratives in search of God's people and on God's desire, that the church will...

A unique book which chronicles the revealing 'story' of microfinance, captures the rich diversity of the industry and explores the invaluable contribution of the Christian faith to this vibrant and fast-growing multi-billion dollar global business.