Planning strategies for world evangelization / by Edward R. Dayton and David A. Fraser. [print]

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Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Beginnings 3 -- What Do We Mean by a People or People Group? 6 -- A Comprehensive Approach Is Needed 7 -- 2. Perspective 9 -- The Future Lies in the Future 10 -- A Theology of the Future 11 -- The Importance of the Future 12 -- 3. Strategy 13 -- Why Have a Strategy? 14 -- Types of Strategies 14 -- Is Our Strategy "Western"? 16 -- What Happens When We Have No Strategy? 17 -- 4. Management 18 -- What Do We Mean by Management? 19 -- Nehemiah Was a Manager 20 -- The Role of the Holy Spirit 21 -- Recapturing the Biblical Balance 24 -- 5. Management for Mission 25 -- An Overview of the Task 25 -- The Basic Approach 31 -- A Circular Model 31 -- Step 1 Defining the Mission 39 -- Considerations 41 -- 6. Mission and Evangelization 42 -- Mission and the Church 43 -- Evangelization 46 -- The Meaning of Evangelism 49 -- Defining Evangelism When Developing a Strategy 52 -- Evangelization as a Process 55 -- 7. Defining Your Mission 57 -- Assumptions for Mission Definition 58 -- The Need for Mission Definition 60 -- Field Selection Practices 61 -- Theology and Field Selection 64 -- Field Selection Criteria 69 -- Unreached People Defined 72 -- Perspective 74 -- Step 2 The People to be Reached 77 -- Considerations 79 -- 8. A People-Centered Approach 81 -- The Importance of a People-Centered Approach 82 -- Peoples and People Groups in the Bible 85 -- Evangelism and Peoples of the New Testament World 89 -- Paul's People-Centered Approach 93 -- 9. Defining and Describing Peoples and People Groups 97 -- The Debate about Mono-Ethnic Churches 97 -- The Homogeneous Unit and People Group Evangelization 99 -- Membership in Groups 101 -- What Are Peoples and People Groups? 102 -- 10. Understanding Peoples and People Groups 105 -- Three-Dimensional Understanding 105 -- The Meaning System of Peoples and People Groups 107 -- Understanding the Needs of Peoples and People Groups 116 -- Understanding the Behavior of Peoples and People Groups 123 -- Receptivity and Resistance 129 -- Step 3 The Force for Evangelization 133 -- Considerations 135 -- 11. The People Available 136 -- What Is This People Group Like? 137 -- Looking for the Best Fit 141 -- The Going Community 143 -- Recruiting 145 -- Thousands of Young People Are Willing to Be Trained 148 -- The Challenge of Training 155 -- The Local Church Can Change the World 155 -- 12. The Organizations Available 158 -- Organizational Structures 160 -- Priorities for the Christian Organization 163 -- An Organizational Checklist 164 -- Missions in Partnership 166 -- Step 4 Means and Methods 171 -- Considerations 173 -- 13. Selecting Means and Methods 174 -- Methods and the Holy Spirit 175 -- What Difference Do Methods Make? 176 -- What Are Means and Methods? 181 -- Classifying Methods 185 -- Selecting Methods for Evangelization 190 -- Perspective on the Selection Process 193 -- 14. Developing Means and Methods 194 -- New Testament Examples 195 -- The Experiences of Other Christians 197 -- The Experience of Pseudo-Christian and Other Religious Movements 199 -- The Means and Methods of the People Group Being Evangelized 201 -- Development as Evangelism 203 -- Final Considerations 204 -- Step 5 Defining an Approach 207 -- Considerations 209 -- 15. Planning the Strategy 210 -- Levels of Strategy 211 -- The Example of the Turkana 214 -- The Diffusion of Innovation 216 -- Stating Our Approach 218 -- 16. Assumptions 220 -- Assumptions about Yourself 222 -- Assumptions about the Organization 223 -- Assumptions about Other Churches and Missions 224 -- Assumptions about the Country in Which You Work 224 -- Assumptions about the World 225 -- What Now? 225 -- Step 6 Anticipated Outcomes 229 -- Considerations 231 -- 17. Movement Toward Christ 232 -- The Meaning of Conversion 233 -- The Starting Point 235 -- The Ultimate Objective 238 -- 18. The Resulting Church 241 -- The Church in the Freedom of the Spirit 242 -- Models for the Resulting Church 243 -- Criteria for the Resulting Church 250 -- 19. Ready for Results 252 -- Four Types of Possible Outcomes 254 -- Ways We Hide from Results 257 -- Changes and the Strategy Cycle 258 -- Failing on Paper 259 -- Step 7 Your Role 261 -- Considerations 263 -- 20. Who Are You? 264 -- Roles and Social Structures 265 -- Personal Role Definition 270 -- Our Primary Role Identification 272 -- 21. Where Do You Fit? 274 -- Questions to Ask 275 -- Bringing About Change 278 -- Step 8 Planning 283 -- Considerations 285 -- 22. Goals for Evangelization 286 -- The Difference between Purposes and Goals 286 -- The Relationship of Goals to One Another 288 -- The Power and Advantages of Goals 289 -- Writing Clear Goals and Purposes 290 -- Goals for People 291 -- 23. Plans for Evangelization 293 -- What Do We Mean by Planning? 293 -- Thinking Christianly about Planning 294 -- Basic Planning Concepts 295 -- The Dynamics of Planning 299 -- Short-and Long-Range Planning 302 -- Methods for Planning 303 -- Step 9 Act 305 -- Considerations 307 -- 24. Taking Action 308 -- Resources, Means, Goals 309 -- Course Correction--Replanning 314 -- Step 10 Evaluation 317 -- Considerations 319 -- 25. Evaluation 320 -- Set up an Evaluation Procedure 321 -- Goals Evaluation 321 -- Evaluating Means and Methods 322 -- Evaluating Resources 323 -- Evaluation as a Process 324 -- Personal Performance Evaluation 325 -- Closing the Circle 326.

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