The Burden of Baggage: First-Generation Issues in Coming to Christ - Softcover

Oksnevad, Roy

 
9780878080823: The Burden of Baggage: First-Generation Issues in Coming to Christ
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0878080821 ISBN 13: 9780878080823
Publisher: William Carey Library, 2018

Synopsis

Every person coming to Christ has baggage, but a first-generation believer, especially one coming from little or no connection to Christianity, has an uncommon amount of cultural baggage that they bring with them. This book tackles a variety of issues and sees specific examples play out in the Iranian church as a prime example of these challenges. The Burden of Baggage explores how cultural upbringing is expressed in the personal, interpersonal, family, leadership, and spiritual nuances of church life-contributing to both strengths and weaknesses. Church teaching must shift the emphasis away from the self as perceived by the community in terms of honor and shame, instead encouraging people to give up their honor through humility, and refocus their attention on God and loving others. Readers will walk away knowing they are not alone in their struggles as they deal with gut-wrenching issues that often aren't solved in one generation. 

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About the Author

Roy Oksnevad, PhD, has been an urban pioneer church planter, cross-cultural missionary in Belgium, and founder and director of COMMA (Coalition of Ministries to Muslims n North America). He is an author, speaker, and educator. He also teaches for Pars Theological Centre. 

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Publisher
William Carey Library
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0878080821
ISBN 13 
9780878080823
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208