Four views on the church's mission / Jonathan Leeman, Christopher J. H. Wright, John R. Franke, Peter J. Leithart ; Jason Sexton, general editor ; Stanley N. Gundry, series editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Counterpoints. Bible & theology.Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, 2017Copyright date: 2017Description: 208 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780310522737
  • 0310522730
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 601.8 .F68 2017
Contents:
Soteriological Mission: Focusing In on the Mission of Redemption / Jonathan Leeman -- Participatory Mission: The Mission of God's People Revealed in the Whole Bible Story / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Contextual Mission: Bearing Witness to the Ends of the Earth / John R. Franke -- Sacramental Mission: Ecumenical and Political Missiology / Peter J. Leithart -- Conclusion: Recalibrating a Church for Mission / Jason S. Sexton.
Summary: What is the mission of the church? Is it simply verbal proclamation of the gospel? What about social justice? Is the Kingdom of God related to the mission of the church? What is the gospel? These important questions and many more shape and are shaped by our understanding of the mission of the church. In the helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates unqiue theological frameworks, doctrinal convictions, and missiological conclusions that inform and distinguish the four varying views on the church's mission. -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Soteriological Mission: Focusing In on the Mission of Redemption / Jonathan Leeman -- Participatory Mission: The Mission of God's People Revealed in the Whole Bible Story / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Contextual Mission: Bearing Witness to the Ends of the Earth / John R. Franke -- Sacramental Mission: Ecumenical and Political Missiology / Peter J. Leithart -- Conclusion: Recalibrating a Church for Mission / Jason S. Sexton.

What is the mission of the church? Is it simply verbal proclamation of the gospel? What about social justice? Is the Kingdom of God related to the mission of the church? What is the gospel? These important questions and many more shape and are shaped by our understanding of the mission of the church. In the helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates unqiue theological frameworks, doctrinal convictions, and missiological conclusions that inform and distinguish the four varying views on the church's mission. -- Provided by publisher.

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