Sister Churches - American Congregations and Their Partners Abroad

In Sister Churches Janel Bakker draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants in congregation-to-congregation partnerships between Western churches and churches in the global South to explore the sister church movement and in particular its effects on American churches.

About the author

Janet Kragt Bakker is an Independent Scholar (Ph.D., Catholic Univeristy of America, 2010).

Summary

In Sister Churches Janel Bakker draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants in congregation-to-congregation partnerships between Western churches and churches in the global South to explore the sister church movement and in particular its effects on American churches.

Additional text

The rise and development of Christianity in the global South is a major fact of our time, but what is its impact on Christianity in the United States? In this path-breaking study, Janel Kragt Bakker explores a growing 'sister church' movement, which pairs congregations in the U.S. with ones in Africa, Asia or Latin America. What she finds is that in spite of unequal material resources, these sister churches can experience genuine partnership and a mutual meeting of needs. What do the Americans need and gain? Spiritual depth and strength, Bakker says, and strikingly different views of America's role in the world. This is a solidly researched and fascinating look into the new reality of world Christianity-in America.

Product details

• Authors: Janel Kragt Bakker, Janel Kragt (Associate Director Bakker, Bakker Janel Kragt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2013
• EAN: 9780199328208
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932820-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; USA, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, United States of America, USA, Religious mission and Religious Conversion