Paul's Missionary Methods: In His Time And In Ours - Softcover

Terry, Robert L Plummer And John Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844746151 ISBN 13: 9781844746156

Publisher: IVP, 2013

Synopsis

Veteran scholar-missionaries Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry edit this collection of entry points into the missionary methods of the Apostle Paul.

With contributions from Michael Bird, Eckhard Schnabel and Craig Keener, this volume examines Paul's missionary methods from the perspective of Paul's activities in the first century and the perspective of his ongoing impact on missions today.

The first part of the book examines Paul's environment, activity and teaching. The second portion investigates the application of Paul's methods and principles to modern missionary work.

The occasion for this book is the centennial of Roland Allen's Missionary Methods: Saint Paul's or Ours? a classic in the field which Paul's Missionary Methods enthusiastically engages with.

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Review

The editors of this book have combined biblical and missiological scholarship that further enhances the relevance of Roland Allen's piece 'Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours?', while also moving us beyond it to the challenges of a new century. Perhaps the most salient insight rendered is the reminder that each generation should avoid simple replication of the methods Allen assessed but should resubmit to the call to ascertain whether or how our missionary actions reflect biblical patterns and then take corrective measures where needed. Correction entails constructive self-study, which is always an emotive challenge. Missionaries, globally engaged pastors, students and mission administrators should read this, mark it up, think through its implications, and do the hard work of analysis for our time. --Dr. Keith Eitel, dean of the Fish School of Evangelism and Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas

About the Author

Robert L. Plummer: Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Editor of 'Journeys of Faith' (Zondervan); author of '40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible' (Kregel), 'Paul's Understanding of the Church's Mission' (Paternoster), and many other articles and essays. Has served on mission assignments in China, Malaysia, Ghana, Israel, Turkey, India and Trinidad.

John Mark Terry: Professor of missions at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary. Has served as a missionary in the Philippines and vice-president of the Evangelical Missions Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844746151
• ISBN 13: 9781844746156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Plummer Robert L