TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Gelder,Craig
AU  - Zscheile,Dwight
TI  - Participating in God's Mission: A Theological Missiology for the Church in America
T2  - The Gospel and Our Culture Series (GOCS) Series
SN  - 9781467449670
AV  - BV2061.3 .V36 2018 
U1  - 266 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Missions
KW  - Mission of the church
KW  - Missions-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by John R. Franke -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Defining the Challenge -- 1. Why a Theological Missiology for the United States? -- 2. Developing a Missiological Approach to the Church in the United States -- Part 2: Understanding the Challenge -- 3. The Colonial Experience, 1600s to 1780s -- 4. The Expanding Frontier, 1790s to 1870s -- 5. The Church in the City, 1880s to Early 1940s -- 6. The Suburban Success, Mid-1940s to Mid-1970s -- 7. Late-Modern Success Strategies, Mid-1970s to Early 2000s -- Part 3: Engaging the Challenge -- 8. A Missiological Interpretation of the Contemporary Cultural Environment -- 9. Participating in the Triune God's Mission -- 10. Church Organization and Leadership Formation for a New Missionary Age -- 11. Conclusion: Toward a Faithful Future -- Appendix: Ecumenical and Evangelical Mission Conferences of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries -- Select Bibliography -- Index
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