Urban Face of Mission: Ministering the Gospel in a Diverse & Changing World
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Publisher: P and R Publishing Company
Author: Ortiz, Manuel and Susan Baker (eds.); Harvie M. Conn
Textbook Note PTM 151: 100%
ISBN-10: 087552401X | ISBN-13: 9780875524016
Binding: Paperback
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Publisher Review: How do we sing the Lord's song in "the strange land" that is now the 21st century? How do we take appropriate account of where and when we are without compromising the "old, old story of Jesus and his love?"
Harvie Conn pressed these questions while teaching missions for twenty-six years, and this volume, written by former colleagues in his honor, does the same. Contributing chapters are: Paul Hiebert, Raymond Bakke, Roger Greenway, Samuel Escobar, Charles Kraft, William Dyrness, and others. The volume begins with a previously unpublished essay by Conn on missions and theology.
In The Urban Face of Missions, writes Samuel Logan, "voices from around the world call all of us to think again about what the unchanging word of Scripture really does say about the changing world in which we live."
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The Urban Face of Mission: Ministering the Gospel is a Festschrift for the late Harvie Conn (1933-1999), professor of missions at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1972 to 1998. Edited by Manuel Ortiz and Susan Baker, the book contains contributions from William Barker, Samuel T. Logan Jr., John Leonard, among others. The volume attempts to extend Conn�s passion for urban missions by examining topics such as the city�s role in mission, the challenges of globalization, and the interface of social changes and the message of the Gospel. By touching on the themes that pervaded his own work, this volume serves as a fitting tribute to Harvie Conn's missionary heartbeat. The Urban Face of Mission serves well as both an introduction and a guide for further study concerning issues of urban and international ministry in a diverse world, of the place of social justice in evangelism, of the need for creative approaches to theological education, and of specific appropriation of the gospel among the diverse peoples who bear the name of Jesus. - Matthew Harmon - Westminster Bookstore Staff
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