Confident witness--changing world : rediscovering the Gospel in North America /

Confident witness--changing world : rediscovering the Gospel in North America / [print] edited by Craig Van Gelder. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, (c)1999. - xvii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Proceedings of a conference held in 1996.

Includes bibliographical references.

Missionary location of the North American churches Wearing different hats: Christian living in a fragmented world Gospel in a digital age Reading postmodern culture through the medium of movies Metamorphosis: from Christendom to diaspora Cathedrals of power: engaging the powers in urban North America Richard J. Mouw -- Christopher B. Kaiser -- Robert S. Fortner -- Craig Van Gelder -- Douglas John Hall -- Clinton Stockwell -- Faith twisted by culture: syncretism in North American Christianity Strangers but not strange: a new mission situation for the church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25) Hearing the gospel again, for the first time Living between gospel and context: models for a missional church in North America Walter C. Hobbs -- Dan Devadatta -- James V. Brownson -- Stephen Bevans -- Preaching to postmodern people Hearing the gospel with Asian-American ears Witness to the gospel and refounding the church Witness in the midst of religious plurality: the model of E. Stanley Jones Prophetic voice of poverty Gifts fron the global church Lee A. Wyatt -- Stanley K. Inouye -- William R. Burrows -- Mary Lou Codman-Wilson -- George D. Beukema -- Isaac K. Fokuo and Patricia Lloyd-Sidle -- Church in a postmodern context Covenant community: a practical approach to the renewal of the church Reaching out without dumbing down: a theology of worship for the church in postmodern times Riding the waves of change: how to facilitate change toward a missionary identity People of God as a hermeneutic of the gospel Alan J. Roxburgh -- Paul C. Dinolfo -- Marva J. Dawn -- Jon M. Huegli -- Mary Jo Leddy.



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Missions--North America.
Christianity and culture.
Missions--Theory.
Evangelistic work--North America.

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