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This book brings together Methodist scholars and reflective practitioners from around the world to consider how emerging practices of mission and evangelism shape contemporary theologies of mission.
Engaging contemporary issues including migration, nationalism, climate change, postcolonial contexts, and the growth of the Methodist church in the Global South, this book examines multiple forms of mission, including evangelism, education, health, and ministries of compassion. A global group of contributors discusses mission as no longer primarily a Western activity but an enterprise of the entire church throughout the world.
This volume will be of interest to researchers studying missiology, evangelism, global Christianity, and Methodism and to students of Methodism and mission.
List of contents
Introduction-David W. Scott and Darryl W. Stephens; Part I: Cultivating Global Relationships; 1 The Challenge of Intercultural Theology for Methodist Theology in a Global Context-Hendrik R. Pieterse; 2 Decolonizing Methodist Mission Partnerships-Taylor Walters Denyer; 3 The Economics of International Mission- David W. Scott; Part II: Practicing Contextual Engagement; 4 An Oceanic View of Methodist Mission-Carmen C. Manalac-Scheuerman and Akanisi Tarabe; 5 Interpreting Korean Bible Women from a Terracultural Model of Mission-K. Kale Yu; 6 Creating a Post-Colonial Future for United Methodist Mission in Africa-Nelson Kalombo Ngoy; 7 The Impact of Public Health and Education on Mission in Southern Africa-Stephen J. H. Hendricks; 8 Sororidad de Gracia as Mission by, with, and for Women in Latin America-Andrea Reily Rocha Soares; 9 Diaspora Missiology with Anglophone Caribbean Immigrants in the United States-Sheryl Marks-Williams; 10 Healing a Fractured Salvation in North America-Mark R. Teasdale; Part III: Educating for Missional Formation; 11 Divergent Theologies of Mission within United Methodism-Darryl W. Stephens; 12 Dismantling Structural Eco-Recklessness through Zero-Emission Mission-Jenny Phillips; 13 Empowering Women in Africa through Mission Education-Elmira Sellu, with Flory Atieno, Sara Jalloh, Jaka Joice, Rose Musooko, and Evelyn Ann Ouma; 14 Fresh Expressions of Methodist Theological Education-Jeffrey A. Conklin-Miller; 15 A Wesleyan Spirit of Mission Among Muslims-Sam Kim; Part IV: Discerning the Future of Mission Together; 16 A Mission of Hope and Peace amid Suffering-Mande Muyombo; 17 Finding the Future of Methodist World Mission in Lay Migrant Initiatives-Stephen Skuce; 18 Turning Mission Upside Down-Joy Eva Bohol; 19 Methodist Mission in an Era of World Christianity-David W. Scott
About the author
David W. Scott is a mission theologian for the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church and a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Global Christianity & Mission at Boston University, USA.
Darryl W. Stephens is Director of United Methodist Studies and Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ministry at Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA and is an ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church.
Summary
This book brings together Methodist scholars and reflective practitioners from around the world to consider how emerging practices of mission and evangelism shape contemporary theologies of mission.
