Comments on: Mission After Christendom http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: African Theology: Displaying God’s Wisdom in its Rich Variety | Every Tongue http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-89 African Theology: Displaying God’s Wisdom in its Rich Variety | Every Tongue Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:52 +0000 http://underthebaobabtree.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-89 [...] borrow an idea from a Qom pastor from Argentina (quoted by David Smith in Mission after Christendom), there is no longer a need for westerners to go and teach the Bible to those in Africa, Asia or [...] [...] borrow an idea from a Qom pastor from Argentina (quoted by David Smith in Mission after Christendom), there is no longer a need for westerners to go and teach the Bible to those in Africa, Asia or [...]

]]> By: Why African Christianity is "a mile wide and an inch deep" « Ben Byerly’s Blog http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-33 Why African Christianity is "a mile wide and an inch deep" « Ben Byerly’s Blog Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:04:13 +0000 http://underthebaobabtree.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-33 [...] of the African cultures. My mind was going in several directions at this point when I read Mark at Under the Baobab Tree’s review of David Smith’s Mission After Christendom by David [...] [...] of the African cultures. My mind was going in several directions at this point when I read Mark at Under the Baobab Tree’s review of David Smith’s Mission After Christendom by David [...]

]]> By: Mark http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-32 Mark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:42 +0000 http://underthebaobabtree.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-32 I think you're right that Christian missions of today are not overtly promoting globalisation, and many people are involved because they want to stand against the exploitation of the poor. I guess the issue is that if we're unaware of the breadth of the worldwide church and how our understanding of God and the Bible are limited by our cultural perspective, we can unintentionally end up creating followers of ourselves rather than of Jesus. Like you I'm constantly wrestling with these questions - my job is Recruitment Coordinator for Wycliffe Bible Translators in the UK, trying to encourage people of all ages to get involved in mission and serve overseas. One of our challenges is to present global mission work in a realistic way that honours God and the partners we are serving with, and to make sure that new members and volunteers go overseas with the perspective that they won't necessarily be teaching, leading and directing, but rather partnering with and serving the local church. I think you’re right that Christian missions of today are not overtly promoting globalisation, and many people are involved because they want to stand against the exploitation of the poor. I guess the issue is that if we’re unaware of the breadth of the worldwide church and how our understanding of God and the Bible are limited by our cultural perspective, we can unintentionally end up creating followers of ourselves rather than of Jesus.

Like you I’m constantly wrestling with these questions – my job is Recruitment Coordinator for Wycliffe Bible Translators in the UK, trying to encourage people of all ages to get involved in mission and serve overseas. One of our challenges is to present global mission work in a realistic way that honours God and the partners we are serving with, and to make sure that new members and volunteers go overseas with the perspective that they won’t necessarily be teaching, leading and directing, but rather partnering with and serving the local church.

]]> By: paul merrill http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-31 paul merrill Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:29:45 +0000 http://underthebaobabtree.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-31 We are praying for God's continued blessings on the work of Bible translation around the world. Thanks for your bringing the need to the light! -Paul Merrill for Wycliffe's The Seed Company http://www.theseedcompany.org/ We are praying for God’s continued blessings on the work of Bible translation around the world. Thanks for your bringing the need to the light!

-Paul Merrill for Wycliffe’s The Seed Company
http://www.theseedcompany.org/

]]> By: crowdeddesert http://everytongue.co.uk/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-30 crowdeddesert Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:16:13 +0000 http://underthebaobabtree.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-30 I agree with you and Smith on the thought that "when mission is strongly tied to christendom and modernism (or to any one particular culture), the message it spreads is a poor version of Christianity, severely limited by the cultural lens through which it is portrayed." However, I wonder if Christian missions, be it short or long term, evangelism, translation, community and economic development, and teaching, is as tied to and promoting globalization as 19th-20th Century missions promoted Western colonialism. I'm trying to discern the difference. silkroadguesthouse.com I agree with you and Smith on the thought that “when mission is strongly tied to christendom and modernism (or to any one particular culture), the message it spreads is a poor version of Christianity, severely limited by the cultural lens through which it is portrayed.” However, I wonder if Christian missions, be it short or long term, evangelism, translation, community and economic development, and teaching, is as tied to and promoting globalization as 19th-20th Century missions promoted Western colonialism. I’m trying to discern the difference.
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