Changing Face of World Missions

Dana Roberts, in her book, Christian Mission; How Christianity Became A World Religion, makes a multitude of statements and provides very useful insight into how mission, specifically Christian mission, has historically been engaged through politically charged issues. Throughout this paper, I will use several of her examples to explain how Christianity has wiggled its way into the form of mission throughout the world. Examples will be show as to how some mission is indeed, following the statement that Jeremy Besset made in his class, COS Mission 423 in the spring of 2016 that the goal of God’s mission is the restoration of creation to the shape in which God originally made it. The paper will also address areas where mission is not necessarily

The overall purpose of the Roland Allen’s book is to convey the dramatic differences between the methods of modern day missionary organizations

With the lenses of a good historian, Noll has given us the role American Christianity has played in the changes that occur in global Christianity today. Terms like “American experience”, “American Christianity”, “American Mission”, “American power”, etc., undoubtedly express the American role in the expansion of Christianity. As they attempted to spread the gospel, Americans, by large, decontextualized neither their theology nor their understanding of missions. Hence, Noll rightly described in his book“…How American Experience Reflects Global Faith.” Both American orthodoxy and orthopraxis were taught and reinforced as a golden standard in various parts of the world.

* Great Commission- found in Matthew 28:19-20; Jesus’ command to spread the gospel to the whole world

Subsequently, the church has a mission which is to go into all the nations making disciples, baptizing them, and to teach them to observe the ways of Christ as noted in Matthew 28:19-20. When looking at the differences between the missional model and the attractional model is the missional goes out to win the lost, and the attractional seeks to bring the lost in not focusing the cultural boundaries. Stetzer and Hirsch state, “Missional represents a significant shift in the way we understand the church. As the people of a missionary God, we are entrusted to participate in the world the same way He does—by committing to be His ambassadors.” In retrospect, Hirsch cites that, “The attractional model, which has dominated the church in the West, seeks to reach out to the culture and draw people into the church—what I call outreach and in-grab. But this model only works where no significant cultural shift is required when moving from outside to inside the church.” Both have their uniqueness, however, they are designed to seek and make disciples.

We know several people who have been on short-term mission trips. Perhaps you’ve even been on one yourself and proclaimed to others that you gained more from that trip than the people you went to serve. Maybe you’re a full-time missionary living in another nation (at least for the majority of the year). Most likely, you’re an average church member who knows the Great Commission but doesn’t feel called to long-term overseas ministry. Regardless of where you stand, “Missions” by Andy Johnson is an excellent introduction to missions. Johnson provides readers with ways to be mission-minded, live missional lifestyles, and serve those who are on mission at home and abroad.

In David Hesselgrave's book: Planting Churches Cross Culturally, he gives Biblical and practical advice for local and foreign missions. He formerly taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. While offering good insight, the book is a bit lengthy and the illustrations can be confusing. Nevertheless, it's good for all Christians who are called to evangelize.

This book review, “Let the Nations be Glad,” by John Piper. The first section of the book is called Making God Supreme in Missions: the purpose, the power, and the price. John Piper explains the supremacy of God in Missions through Worship, prayer, and suffering. His thesis clearly demonstrates the focal point is Worship. John Piper states, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church.

Many priests and evangelical persons have traveled from Sydney to other parts of the world, to preach the Gospels of Christ, and to make the people of the world believe in the concept of humanity and service to all the human beings and animals of the world.

Mission is seen as the comprehensive label for the Church’s response to God’s calling while missions are the particular ways and organizational structures through which the Church’s global outreach is carried out. Christ’s Great Commission is a powerful call to the Church to win and disciple those of all people groups. Mission is rooted in the

Think about the poverty and problems that all countries around the world are facing today and every day. As Americans we have an urge to go into these countries to help as much as possible because of that we have begun a revolution. Americans began going on mission trips around the 1960s but did not really pick up until the 1990s. The trend grew after multiple natural disasters, Americans saw and need and went, since then short term mission trips show no sign stopping anytime soon. As the popularity of leaving our comfort zones, many people have found issues with the way the trips are led to the extent of questioning whether or not these trips are really worth the amount of money and time that they consume. Through periodicals, interviews, narratives, and articles, I will show the issues and improvements that could be made to the living situations, attitude of the Americans, and relationships that are acquired during the short term mission trips.

God has a plan to reconcile His relationship with man after sin entered the world. This plan revolves around making His name known throughout all tribes and nations. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, the Bible presents God’s missionary purpose for humanity. For this reason, Christians involved in missions will travel to dangerous places to proclaim God’s name and saving power.

We need to be increasing our global efforts through mobilizing, training, equipping, partnering, and sending disciples globally to help people find and follow Jesus. A growing number of churches are letting their commitment to missions slide down their priority list. They have fantastic worship services, enticing and God-honoring music, uplifting worship leaders using every subtlety known, but for too many churches, it simply stops there. No mention of the Great Commission or discipling and far too few encouragements to go out

These words are so popular for many Christian communities, they might be considered a brilliant dogmatic theology, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (28:19). This commission turns the church’s attention to the Gentiles mission without excluding the Jews. The Great Commission challenges the church of the twenty first century still, to bring others into a relationship with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit while remaining the mission of the church, and molding our call to mission and ministry in our contemporary world. Our task, as a church, is just as crucial today to teach and embody Jesus’ teaching, life, and attitude as when the gospel writer penned these words. Just as the writer of Matthew noted, we too must be confident that God’s abiding presence in Christ is available to us as we seek to share the gospel news. “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (NRSV 28:20).

The last of the initial tasks for missions is spreading the Gospel. Once a strong, healthy body of believers has been organized that is well provided for and self-sufficient it