Crossing Boundaries: Sharing God's Good News through Mission - Softcover

Scott, David W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945935472 ISBN 13: 9781945935473

Publisher: Wesley's Foundery Books, 2019

Synopsis

See mission in a new way. With many concerns facing churches, mission is often dismissed as an extraneous add-on or treated as simply another program among many. This book advocates for a new understanding of mission, one that connects it to the very heart of what it means to live the Christian faith in its fulness as we experience and share the Good News.While many books discuss local mission, domestic mission, OR international mission, this book lays out principles that apply to all three. Further, it draws on Wesleyan theology to do so, something lacking from many other resources.

Mission is the practice of cultivating relationships across boundaries for the sake of fostering conversations in word and deed about the nature of God's Good News. To understand the boundaries that need to be crossed, the book demonstrates how we all exist in particular situations that shape our understanding of God's Good News and how to best share it. The book leads readers to think more deeply about their own contexts, others' contexts, and offers practical steps about how to cultivate relationships that lead to conversations about good news across differences in context. The author includes reflection questions suitable for group study.

About this title

About the Author

David W. Scott, PhD, is the Director of Mission Theology for the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. In this role, he teaches missionaries and mission leaders from around the world. Prior to his current position, he taught religion and leadership at Ripon College in Ripon, WI. He has previously published Mission as Globalization: Methodists in Southeast Asia at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, along with several scholarly articles on mission. He is the editor and main author for the popular blog UM & Global (www.umglobal.org).

Review

"Dr. David Scott has given Christian churches a practical, biblical, and Wesleyan understanding of mission. His well-rounded and systematic presentation overcomes the false dialectic between mission and evangelism and shows how mission should be and can be central to Christian identity and congregational life. For pastors and church leaders seeking to deepen their congregation's engagement with the gospel, this book is an excellent guide and offers useful tools for engaging individuals and groups in further reflection on God's calling to enact the Gospel in word and deed."

--Robert Hunt, Director of Global Theological Education, Perkins School of Theology

Edition details

• Publisher: Wesley's Foundery Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1945935472
• ISBN 13: 9781945935473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 154