Outreach Resource of the Year
The American church is at a critical crossroads. Our witness has been compromised, our numbers are down, and our reputation has been sullied, due largely to our own faults and fears. The church's ethnocentrism, consumerism, and syncretism have blurred the lines between discipleship and partisanship.Pastor Eric Costanzo, missiologist Daniel Yang, and nonprofit leader Matthew Soerens find that for the church to return to health, we must decenter ourselves from our American idols and recenter on the undeniable, inalienable core reality of the global, transcultural kingdom of God. Our guides in this process are global Christians and the poor, who offer hope from the margins, and the ancient church, which survived through the ages amid temptations of power and corruption. Their witness points us to refocus on the kingdom of God, the image of God, the Word of God, and the mission of God. The path to the future takes us away from ourselves in unlikely directions. By learning from the global church and marginalized voices, we can return to our roots of being kingdom-focused, loving our neighbor, and giving of ourselves in missional service to the world.
Spis treści
1. Why the American Church Needs Saving
Part 1: The Kingdom of God
2. Kingdom Centered
3. Decentering the (White) American Church
Part 2: The Image of God
4. American Christian Idols
5. Imago Dei and Neighbor
Part 3: The Word of God
6. The Bible with Eyes to See and Ears to Hear
7. God’s Inclination Toward the Poor, Oppressed, and Vulnerable
Part 4: The Mission of God
8. Advocacy and Discipleship Freed from Partisanship
9. American Religion or the Great Commissions?
Conclusion. A Declaration of Dependence
Acknowledgments
Notes
Name Index
Scripture Index
O autorze
Matthew Soerens is the US director of church mobilization for World Relief and the national coordinator of the Evangelical Immigration Table.
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