Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718891031 ISBN 13: 9780718891039

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 2002

Short description: No one was more radically critical of the ministry and the inherited Church policy that surrounds it than Allen, whose prophetic writings constantly challenge the whole mission of the Christian Church, and his writings on the subject are collected here.

About the Author:

Rev Dr David M Paton had ten years as a missionary in China before, during, and after the period of Liberation in 1949. He was later Professor of Oral Biology & Bioethics at the University of Alberta, and is a priest in the Diocese of Saskatoon (Canada) Publications: Christian Missions and the Judgement of God, 1953 The Ministry of the Spirit, 1962 New Forms of Ministry, 1965 The missionary church in East and West (Edr with Charles C West), 1959 Breaking Barriers, The Official Report of the Fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Edr), 1976 Christianity in Today's China: Taking Root Downward, Bearing Fruit Upward, 2000

Review:

"The passion of his writing and the fundamental concerns which he addresses mean there is wealth of relevant and thought-provoking analysis in these highly commendable books." Mission Catalyst, magazine of the BMS World Mission