Theology of Mission: A Believers Church Perspective

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Introduction: John Howard Yoder's mission theology : context and contribution / Wilbert R. Shenk -- Yoder's introduction to the topic -- The prophets : Israel and the nations -- Jesus' public ministry and the nations -- The Great Commission and Acts -- The ministry of Paul in salvation history -- Other texts and the New Testament's theology of mission -- Mission and systematic theology -- Church types and mission : a radical Reformation perspective -- Pietist perspective on mission -- The church as missionary -- The church as responsible -- The church as local -- The church as laity -- Ministry in a missionary context -- People movements and the free church -- Salvation is historical -- Salvation is for the world -- Message and medium : presence -- Message and medium : servanthood -- Theology of religions : particularity and universalism -- Radical Reformation perspectives on religion -- Christianity and other faiths -- The missionary challenge of non-non-Christian faiths -- Judaism as a non-non-Christian faith.