Ministry of the Spirit : Selected Writings of Roland Allen

Allen, Roland; Paton, David M. (EDT); Sanneh, Lamin O. (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0718891732 / ISBN 13: 9780718891732

Published by Lutterworth Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ministry of the Spirit : Selected Writings of Roland Allen
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718891732
• ISBN 13: 9780718891732
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Extracts from the writings of the radical thinker on missionary work, whose ideas have proved hugely influential for the modern approach to mission.

Roland Allen is internationally renowned for his controversial solutions to dilemmas within churches and missions. His works were first written in the first decade of the twentieth century, yet their ideas are so radical that they are still relevant today. Indeed, Allen predicted that his principles would not be broadly accepted until around fifty years after their creation. This selection of works by this mission pioneer and creative thinker takes extracts from Allen's other writings, which although having potential to be just as influential as those better known, have long been out of print. It is now the present-day reader's chance to investigate the theories within texts such as: Pentecost and the World, Non-Professional Missionaries, Mission Activities Considered in Relation to the Manifestation of the Spirit, St. Paul and the Judaizers: A Dialogue, An Illustration from V.S. Azariah, The Case for Voluntary Clergy and To the Parishioners of Chalfont St. Peter. Throughout all of these writings is Allen's central belief that the Holy Spirit is in the Church everywhere. This selection of texts makes an ideal accompaniment to Allen's significant works on missionary methods and principles, including: Missionary Methods: St Paul's or Ours?; Missionary Principles; The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church all of which have been reprinted by The Lutterworth Press

About the Author

Lamin Sanneh is D. Willis James Professor of Missions &World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale Divinity School and author of countless books and articles, including Whose Religion is Christianity? and Disciples of All Nations. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Commission of the Historical Sciences, and by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Commission on Religious Relations with Muslims. He has received an award as the John W. Kluge Chair in the Cultures and Societies of the South by the Library of Congress. For his academic work, he was made Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Lion, Senegal's highest national honor.