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Fourth Edition ^Ed ited by RALPH D. WINTER STEVEN C. HAWTHORNE PERSPECTIVES O N T H E W O R L D C H R I S T I A N M O V E M E N T A Reader Fourth Edition Contributing Editors David J. Hesselgrave Professor Emeritus, School of World Mission and Evangelism Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Paul G. Hiebert Professor of Mission and Anthropology, School of World Mission and Evangelism Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Stephen T. Hoke Vice-President of Staff Development and Training, Church Resource Ministries Adjunct Professor, School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth Fuller Theological Seminary J. Herbert Kane Professor Emeritus, School of World Mission and Evangelism Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Lloyd E. Kwast Chairman, Department of Missions Talbot Theological Seminary Donald A. McGavran Dean Emeritus, School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth Fuller Theological Seminary Kenneth B. Mulholland Dean and Professor of Missions Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions PERSPECTIVES O N T H E W O R L D C H R I S T I A N M O V E M E N T A Reader Fourth Edition Editors: Ralph D. Winter Founder U.S. Center for World Mission Steven C. Hawthorne Curriculum Development Institute of International Studies Associate Editors: Darrell R. Dorr D. Bruce Graham Bruce A. Koch WILLIAM CAREY LIBRARY 1605 East Elizabeth St Pasadena, California 91104 © 1981, 1992, 1999, 2009 by the Institute of International Studies All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Because most of the material in this reader is used by non-exclusive permission, William Carey Library is unable to grant translation, reprint or reproduction permission on all articles. Please note the source as shown on the first page of each article and write the original publisher. If you do not have the address, you may write: Rights and Permissions William Carey Library 1605 East Elizabeth St Pasadena, California 91104 Phone (626) 720-8210 Published by William Carey Library 1605 East Elizabeth St Pasadena, California 91104 Cover Design: Chad M. Upham, modified by Katie Koch Cover photos courtesy of Caleb Resources, International Mission Board and Create International Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perspectives on the world Christian movement: a reader / editors: Ralph D. Winter, Steven C. Hawthorne ; associate editors: Darrell R. Dorr, D. Bruce Graham, Bruce A. Koch. — 4th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87808-390-9 1. Missions. 2. Evangelistic work. I. Winter, Ralph D. II. Hawthorne, Steven C., 1953- III. Dorr, Darrell R. IV. Graham, D. Bruce. V. Koch, Bruce A. BV2070.P46 2009 266—dc22 2008046331 4th Edition published 2009. Third Printing 2009. Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 1009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 COU 15000 Contents Forewords ................................................................................................................................................xiii Leighton Ford and S. Douglas Birdsall Introduction................................................................................................................................................xv Ralph D. Winter The Biblical Perspective 1. The Living God is a Missionary God...................................................................3 John R. W. Stott 2. Israel’s Missionary Call.......................................................................................10 Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. 3. Everyone’s Question: What is God Trying to Do?...........................................17 Stanley A. Ellisen 4. The Bible in World Evangelization.....................................................................21 John R. W. Stott 5. Mission and God’s Earth....................................................................................27 Christopher J. H. Wright 6. Blessing as Transformation.................................................................................34 Sarita D. Gallagher and Steven C. Hawthorne The Story of Blessing Prevailing Over Curse...................................................38 Richard Bauckham 7. The Biblical Foundation for the Worldwide Missions Mandate......................42 Johannes Verkuyl 8. The Story of His Glory.......................................................................................49 Steven C. Hawthorne 9. Let the Nations Be Glad!.....................................................................................64 John Piper 10. Beyond Duty........................................................................................................70 Tim Dearborn 11. On Mission With God........................................................................................74 Henry T. Blackaby and Avery T. Willis, Jr. 12. Witness to the World..........................................................................................78 David J. Bosch Two Forces..........................................................................................................80 Jonathan Lewis 13. The Gospel of the Kingdom...............................................................................83 George Eldon Ladd D-Day before V-E Day.........................................................................................90 Ken Blue 14. Building for the Kingdom...................................................................................96 N.T. Wright CONTENTS The Kingdom of God in the Life of the World.............. .98 Lesslie Newbigin God at War....................................................................... 100 Gregory A. Boyd To Inaugurate His Kingdom........................................... 105 N.T. Wright Jesus and the Gentiles..................................................... 112 H. Cornell Goerner A Man for All Peoples..................................................... 118 Don Richardson A Violent Reaction to Mercy........................................... 120 Patrick Johnstone The Master’s Plan............................................................. 122 Robert E. Coleman Mandate on the Mountain............................................. 126 Steven C. Hawthorne Discipling All the Peoples............................................... 132 John Piper Acts of Obedience........................................................... 137 Steven C. Hawthorne The Wall and the Canyon............................................... 140 Steven C. Hawthorne The Turning Point: Setting the Gospel Free.................... 143 M. R. Thomas Become Like, Remain Like............................................. 146 Harley Talman A New Creation............................................................... 148 David Anthony The Apostle Paul and the Missionary Task...................... 149 Arthur F. Glasser The Church in God’s Plan............................................... 154 Howard A. Snyder Prayer: Rebelling Against the Status Quo...................... 159 David Wells Strategic Prayer............................................................... 163 John D. Robb Lost.................................................................................. 170 Robertson McQuilkin The Uniqueness of Christ............................................... 176 Charles Van Engen The Supremacy of Christ................................................. 183 Ajith Fernando If I Perish........................................................................... 193 Brother Andrew Suffering and Martyrdom: God’s Strategy in the World 195 Josef Tson The Hope of a Coming World Revival........................... 199 Robert E. Coleman Apostolic Passion............................................................. 204 Floyd McClung CONTENTS vii The Historical Perspective The Expansion of the World Christian Movement 36. The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History....................209 Ralph D. Winter 37. The History of Mission Strategy.......................................................................228 R. Pierce Beaver 38. Asian Christianity: Facing the Rising Sun.......................................................239 Scott W. Sunquist 39. The Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission.........................................244 Ralph D. Winter 40. Missionary Societies and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church..............254 Andrew F. Walls 41. Three Mission Eras: And the Loss and Recovery of Kingdom Mission..........263 Ralph D. Winter 42. A History of Transformation............................................................................279 Paul Pierson 43. The Social Impact of Christian Missions.........................................................286 Robert D. Woodberry 44. Europe’s Moravians: A Pioneer Missionary Church.......................................291 Colin A. Grant 45. Women in Mission............................................................................................294 Marguerite Kraft and Meg Crossman 46. A Historical Survey of African Americans in World Missions.......................299 David Cornelius 47. Student Power in World Missions...................................................................305 David M. Howard Pioneers of the World Christian Movement 48. An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens.......................................................................312 William Carey 49. The Call to Service............................................................................................319 J. Hudson Taylor 50. China’s Spiritual Need and Claims...................................................................323 J. Hudson Taylor 51. Tribes, Tongues and Translators.......................................................................327 William Cameron Townsend 52. The Glory of the Impossible............................................................................329 Samuel Zwemer 53. The Bridges of God..........................................................................................335 Donald A. McGavran 54. The New Macedonia: A Revolutionary New Era in Mission Begins..............347 Ralph D. Winter viii CONTENTS The Status and Future of the World Christian Movement 55. The State of the Gospel....................................................................................361 Jason Mandryk 56. No Longer Emerging........................................................................................369 Beram Kumar The Surging Non-Western Mission Force.......................................................370 Bruce A. Koch 57. African Sending................................................................................................371 Timothy Olonade Brazilian Sending..............................................................................................371 Bertil Ekstrom Korean Sending................................................................................................372 Chul Ho Han Indian Sending..................................................................................................373 K. Rajendran Chinese Sending................................................................................................374 Enoch Wan Filipino Sending................................................................................................374 Berting Fernando Latin American Sending..................................................................................375 Carlos Scott 58. Now is the Time................................................................................................376 Bill Taylor Old Ways for a New Day................................................................................376 David Ruiz 59. New Pioneers Leading the Way in the Final Era.............................................377 Yvonne Wood Huneycutt 60. Expecting a Harvest..........................................................................................382 Patrick Johnstone 61. From Western Christendom to Global Christianity.......................................387 Todd Johnson and Sandi S. K. Lee The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity..........................390 Philip Jenkins 62. Are We Ready for Tomorrow’s Kingdom?.......................................................393 Ralph D. Winter The Cultural Perspective Understanding Culture 63. Understanding Culture....................................................................................397 Lloyd E. Kwast 64. Culture, Worldview and Contextualization...................................................400 Charles H. Kraft 65. The Flaw of the Excluded Middle.....................................................................407 Paul G. Hiebert 66. Is God Colorblind or Colorful? The Gospel, Globalization and Ethnicity....................................................................................................415 Miriam Adeney Created to Create Culture..............................................................................417 Erich Sauer 67. Clean and Dirty: Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings in India........................423 Paul G. Hiebert CONTENTS ix Culture and Communication 68. The Role of Culture in Communication.........................................................425 David J. Hesselgrave 69. Redemptive Analogy........................................................................................430 Don Richardson 70. Making Disciples of Oral Learners.................................................................437 International Orality Network 71. Why Communicate the Gospel through Stories?...........................................440 Tom A. Steffen Transforming Worldviews through the Biblical Story...................................442 D. Bruce Graham 72. Three Encounters in Christian Witness.........................................................445 Charles H. Kraft 73. Finding a Place and Serving Movements Within Society...............................451 Paul G. Hiebert Culture Shock: Starting Over..........................................................................452 Paul G. Hiebert Closing the Gap................................................................................................455 Donald N. Larson 74. Communication and Social Structure.............................................................460 Eugene A. Nida Identity in Culture 75. The Difference Bonding Makes......................................................................465 Elizabeth S. and E. Thomas Brewster 76. Identification in the Missionary Task...............................................................470 William D. Reyburn 77. Identity With Integrity: Apostolic Ministry in the 21st Century....................477 Rick Love Google-Proof Transparency............................................................................478 L. Mak As Unknown, Yet Well-Known: Commending Ourselves as Servants..........479 Bob Blincoe 78. Missions and Money........................................................................................482 Phil Parshali Different Views Concerning Relationships and Money.................................483 Joseph Cumming The Role of the Righteous Rich......................................................................484 Jonathan J. Bonk Gospel and Culture Change 79. Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures?.................................................................486 Don Richardson 80. Discovering the Holy Spirit’s Work in a Community.....................................493 T. Wayne Dye 81. Cultural Implications of an Indigenous Church.............................................497 William A. Smalley 82. The Missionary’s Role in Culture Change.......................................................503 Dale W. Kietzman and William A. Smalley 83. The Willowbank Report....................................................................................506 The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization
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