Jan 30, 2024, 9:16 PM
INT-310 Topic 5 – DQ 1
January 30, 2024
Eli Ruiz
Professor and Classmates,
Missional theology is a catchphrase to cover for theological compromise. In those contexts, “missional” connotes remaking Christ in the values of the culture rather than remaking the culture in the image of Christ. I can relate to this explanation concerning my theology of missions. I understand that we must go out of the church and encounter people for the sake of the
Gospel. Theology of missions is a combination of missional theology, at its best, and never compromises the gospel. “Theology of mission is theology because fundamentally it involves reflection about God. It seeks to understand God’s mission, God’s intentions and purposes, God’s use of human instruments in God’s mission, and God’s working through God’s People in God’s world” (Van Engen, 2004).
I guess that presuppositions that I wrestled with many years ago, growing up as a Pentecostal from the 60s, was growing a beard and using any kind of jewelry other than a wedding band. We were not to be like the Jews or Muslim, we were to look different than them, looking at a clean shaven man was a sign of obedience to God. As far as jewelry, God forbade it, as seen, so I thought, 1 Timothy 2:9, which now I understand was totally misunderstood.
Pastor Eli
Van Engen, C. E. (2004). What is theology of mission. Teología Y Cultura, 1(1), 4. http://teologos.com.ar/arch_rev/van_engen_theology_of_mission.pdf
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