Mission Possible: The Biblical Strategy for Reaching the Lost

Mission Possible: The Biblical Strategy for Reaching the Lost
ISBN-10
1532601182
ISBN-13
9781532601187
Series
Mission Possible
Category
Evangelistic work
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2017-10-25
Publisher
Wipf and Stock
Author
Julie C. Ma

Description

This book is ""written by foot,"" as I hiked the mountains to share God's good news; a missiology book ""for the rest of us,"" so that missiology will become liberated from the specialists to every believer. On the other hand, during my own teaching, the need for a textbook that is simple and friendly, and yet solid in biblical interpretation, became apparent particularly for the ""majority Christian world."" This book links the biblical teaching to the actual and contemporary mission setting, thus serving two important purposes: Asian minds and all non-western worlds learn more effectively as examples are given; and the biblical development is brought to our contemporary setting, making the Bible come to alive today. The additional chapters were written while working in a very different context: in Oxford serving mission leaders of the global Church. These two radically different contexts, however, did not change the message of the scripture, affirming the universal claim of its authority. Julie Ma's book is a refreshing and much needed return to first principles. This is God's world; reconciliation is God's work; self-giving service for others is God's way. Mission is possible precisely because it is God's mission, in God's world, undertaken by God's people, in God's way. God's mission is not only possible, but its ultimate objective is inevitable. Dr. Jonathan Bonk, Executive Director Emeritus, OMSC; Research Professor of Mission, Boston University Since the original edition of the book came in 2005, Dr. Ma's Mission Possible has been praised and quoted in a large scale, not only in the realm of academic field but also in the lay people's daily life. It is thus not a surprise at all to see the revised and expanded edition of the book. By doing this, she demonstrates in a fascinating way that the church, whose reason of existence is to do missionary work, is the earthly institute between the first coming of Christ and the parousia of our Lord. Dr. Younghoon Lee, Senior Pastor, Yoido Full Gospel Church Two important new factors characterize the Christian mission in our area: internalization and the growing Pentecostal movement. Therefore I welcome this contribution to mission theology from a Korean scholar, a woman who works both in village tribal evangelism and theologian education (for the first edition). Dr. Paul E. Pierson, Dean Emeritus, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA Julie C. Ma (MA and PhD in Intercultural Studies, Fuller) served as a Korean missionary in the Philippines (1981-2006), and as Research Tutor of Missiology at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Oxford, UK. She is currently Associate Professor of Missiology and Intercultural Studies, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK. Among her publications are When the Spirit Meets the Spirits: Pentecostal Ministry Among the Kankana-ey Tribe in the Philippines (Peter Lang, 2000), and (with Wonsuk Ma) Mission in the Spirit: Towards a Pentecostal/Charismatic Missiology (Oxford: Regnum, 2010). She served as a general council member and executive committee member of Edinburgh 2010.

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