Introduction To Christian Missions - Softcover

Thomas Cary Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037136194X ISBN 13: 9780371361948

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Introduction To Christian Missions by Thomas Cary Johnson. This book presents a historical-theological defense of the view that God ordained the Church as a missionary society and that every baptized member bears an imperative, exclusive obligation to participate in mission. Drawing on the Abrahamic covenant, the New Testament command to go and make disciples, and the unity of the Mosaic and Christian economies, the work traces the Church’s missionary character through the apostolic age, the patristic era, the Middle Ages, the Reformation, and the modern period. Johnson surveys the methods and instruments of mission—preaching, writing, education, medicine, and social reform—across Christian traditions, including Protestant and Roman Catholic missions, and highlights the emergence of voluntary missionary societies led by William Carey. The volume culminates with a study of motives for mission—love of God, love of neighbor, personal responsibility, and the desire to advance Christ’s kingdom—aimed at ministers and lay workers seeking a coherent philosophy of missions.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037136194X
• ISBN 13: 9780371361948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235