A Case Study in Contextualization: The History of the German Church Growth Association 1985-2003 - Brossura

McRae, Fred W.

 
9781620328507: A Case Study in Contextualization: The History of the German Church Growth Association 1985-2003
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ISBN 10: 162032850X ISBN 13: 9781620328507
Casa editrice: Wipf and Stock, 2014

Sinossi

The content of the gospel never changes; however, communicating it constantly fluctuates. Conveying the gospel to a homeless, hungry woman may include providing a hot bowl of chili, while an agnostic co-worker might be open after several rounds of golf. The message is the same, but the method of communicating it is as wide and varied as life itself. Finding the correct method is like hitting the "sweet spot" on a tennis racket or golf club. It takes time, study, and practice, but once you find it you have more success. The "sweet spot" in missions is called contextualization and involves much more than learning a new language. It means knowing a country's religious, political, and social conditions. Correct theology, financial backing, and language acquisition are meaningless without contextualization. This book tells the story of a German organization struggling to contextualize the gospel in a very hostile environment. Its mission was to revive a dying church, characterized by centuries-old religious pride and pluralism. This study details the challenges of faithfully communicating the gospel in a post-Christian culture and serves as a study to enable missionaries to recognize and respond to cultural issues affecting the contextualization process.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Fred McRae, a missionary with Global Outreach International, has worked in Germany as a church planting and church growth consultant since 1986. Before arriving in Germany, he planted churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He received a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1980. In 2009 he earned a PhD from the Evangelical Theological Faculty, in Leuven, Belgium for his research on the German Church Growth Association.

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Editore
Wipf and Stock
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
162032850X
ISBN 13 
9781620328507
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
254
Contatto del produttore
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9781498266567: A Case Study in Contextualization: The History of the German Church Growth Association 1985-2003

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ISBN 10:  1498266568 ISBN 13:  9781498266567
Casa editrice: Wipf and Stock, 2014
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