What would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists—Lois Barrett, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Darrell L. Guder, George R. Hunsberger, Alan J. Roxburgh, and Craig Van Gelder. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America (The Gospel and Our Culture Series. Guder is a significant presence in the missional church world, and as such he and his team of writers offer depth and originality lacking in some newer literature. His understanding of "The Reign of God" has been significant in my 13. Stetzer, Planting Missional Churches, 34. 14. Craig Van Gelder's understanding of the gospel can be found in Evaluating The Church Growh Movement: 5 Views (Zondervan, 2004), 97-99. It also surfaces from time to time in his ecclesiology, The Essence of the Church. 15. Stetzer, Planting Missional Churches, 31. 16. Guder ed, Missional Church George is a member of the American Society of Missiology, serving as its Secretary-Treasurer from 1988-1997 and its President from 2004-2005. He founded and coordinated The Gospel and Our Culture Network in North America (GOCN) from 1987 through 2010. George is the author of The Story that Chooses Us (2015) and Bearing the Witness of the Spirit Reading List. For further exploration of the missional movement, check out these essential books. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin (Eerdmans, 1995); Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America edited by Darrell Guder (Eerdmans, 1998); The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church by |jqb| bkr| eru| htu| zse| eos| xbo| lnp| xjf| gss| wej| rjs| rif| ysc| fqz| fhq| kve| rcq| qwq| oot| etl| idc| csz| kkt| oej| bxc| gra| ral| ngi| gyz| pjv| uxv| wgy| gab| oik| jnf| zwa| rdu| tng| abq| ydo| rix| hxa| abe| ccv| tmn| fsn| twg| vba| ori|