
Making Disciples in a World Parish
Global Perspectives on Mission & Evangelism
Paul W. Chilcote(Editor)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 1. April 2011
352 pages
978-1-4982-7352-7 (ISBN)
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In this collection of inspirational and challenging essays, Methodists from around the globe reflect on the practice of disciple-making in their own contexts. From their own perspectives, they address questions like: What are the challenges you face? What biblical images shape your missional practice? What examples of Christian authenticity inspire your communities? What gifts related to mission and evangelism do you offer the global community of faith?
Churches on every continent have their own stories of struggle and faithfulness. Indeed, each distinct community within any given region has a voice of its own that deserves to be heard. The voices included in this volume belong to women and men alike. Likewise, they resound with the accents of Africa and Asia, Latin and North America, Europe, and Oceania. Each voice is distinct, but all articulate a vision of faith made effective through love.
In a world characterized variously by poverty and violence as well as prosperity and peace, the church must reclaim its central mission "to make disciples of Jesus Christ." In their effort to articulate a vision of mission and evangelism, the contributors to this volume bear witness to the fact that we can no longer do this work in isolation from one another. To be the ambassadors of the gospel, we need each other and we need to pay attention to the voices that sound different from our own. This volume takes a large step in that vital direction.
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Eugene
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Paul W. Chilcote is Professor of Historical Theology & Wesleyan Studies and Director of the Center for Applied Wesleyan Studies at Ashland Theological Society in Ohio.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: "Love, that never, never fails"
- Further Reading on Wesleyan Disciple-Making, Mission, and Evangelism
- Part One: Africa: Riding the Flood Tide
- Introduction to Part I
- Chapter 1: Being a Disciple of Christ in the African Great Lakes Region
- Chapter 2: Making Disciples in Kenya
- Chapter 3: Evangelism, Mission, and Discipleship in Southern Africa
- Chapter 4: Local Church-An Arena for Making Disciples
- Chapter 5: Disciple-Making in a Zimbabwean Church
- Further Reading on African Contexts
- Part Two: Asia & Oceania: Navigating Cross-Currents
- Introduction to Part 2
- Chapter 6: Making Disciples in China
- Chapter 7: Multi-Lingual Disciples
- Chapter 8: Making Disciples in a Philippine Context
- Chapter 9: Making Disciples in Singapore
- Chapter 10: The Spread of Missionary Congregations in Korea
- Chapter 11: Making Disciples in the Tongan Diaspora
- Further Reading on Asian and Oceanic Contexts
- Part Three: Europe-Persevering through Ebb Tide
- Introduction to Part 3
- Chapter 12: Making Disciples in Estonia
- Chapter 13: Making Disciples in a Eurasian Parish
- Chapter 14: Enabling People to Believe and Live
- Chapter 15: Making Disciples in Britain
- Chapter 16: Making Disciples in Eastern Europe
- Further Reading on European Contexts
- Part Four: Latin America & Caribbean-Tacking into the Wind
- Introduction to Part 4
- Chapter 17: Caribbean Perspectives on Mission/Evangelism
- Chapter 18: The Mission of God and the Mission of the Church in Latin America
- Chapter 19: Disciple-Making Systems and Models for Mexico
- Further Reading on Latin American Contexts
- Part Five: North America-Exploring a New Ocean
- Introduction to Part 5
- Chapter 20: Making Disciples in the Canadian Context
- Chapter 21: Making Disciples in a Post-Christendom USA
- Chapter 22: Graceful Articulation
- Chapter 23: Discipleship and Empire
- Further Reading on North American Contexts
- Part Six: Cross-Continental Witness-Valuing the Confluence of Streams
- Introduction to Part 6
- Chapter 24: Holistic Mission and Evangelism
- Chapter 25: A Permeable Church of New Disciples
- Chapter 26: Baptism of Water and Spirit
- Chapter 27: Becoming, Being, and Making Disciples in Cross-Cultural Appointments
- Chapter 28: Christian Vitality in Cuba
- Further Reading on Global Witness
- Conclusion: Lessons from the World Parish
- Bibliography
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