Mission in the twenty-first century : exploring the five marks of global mission /
Andrew F. Walls and Cathy Ross, editors.
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2008.
- xvi, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219).
The five marks of mission -- To proclaim the good news of the kingdom / Ken Gnanakan, D'zac Niringiye -- To teach, baptise, and nurture new believers / Emmanuel Egbunu, Ande Titre -- To respond to human need by loving service / Melba Maggay, Haami Chapman -- To seek to transform unjust structures of society / Valdir Raul Steuernagel, Bev Haddad -- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth / Calvin DeWitt, Dave Bookless -- Issues in mission -- Whose religion is Christianity? Reflections on opportunities and challenges in Christian theological scholarship: the African dimension / Kwame Bediako -- Migration and mission: the religious significance of the north-south divide / Jehu J. Hanciles -- The church and its missionary vocation : the Islamic frontline in a post-Christian West / Lamin Sanneh -- Reading the Bible in the non-western Church : an Asian dimension / Moonjang Lee -- Worship is nothing but mission : a reflection on some Japanese experiences / Ken Miyamoto -- Education as mission : perspectives on some new opportunities / Geald Pillay -- Discipleship : marked for mission / Tim Dakin -- Afterword: Christian mission in a five-hundred-year context / Andrew F. Walls.