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How does the church’s calling to take the whole gospel to the whole world manifest in contexts of poverty, injustice, and conflict? In this collection of essays, drawn from the 7th Micah Global Triennial Consultation in the Philippines, Christians from across the globe reflect on the church’s role in alleviating suffering and developing transformed communities.
At the heart of these reflections is the topic of resilience and its role in Christian community, integral mission, and faith-based development work. Offering both theological frameworks and practical tools for the development of resilient communities, this book ignites a biblical passion for integrating justice and proclamation, witness and social concern, evangelism and community transformation. Relentless Love is a powerful reminder of Christ’s calling to join him in his work to bring wholeness, reconciliation, and redemption to the earth.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	02 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781839730382
Langue	English

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This book is an exceptional resource in the way it brings to light underrepresented issues in the academy and the church today. In the Middle East the implications of issues around poverty, injustice and conflict are often underestimated or overlooked. The global perspectives in this resource are like “a cry in the wilderness” to every listening ear. Every page throbs with resilience. It is sweeping, challenging, inspiring and applicable!
Grace Al-Zoughbi
Lecturer in Biblical Studies,
Bethlehem Bible College, Palestine
This book is about resilient communities, and resilience may be a word that is more en vogue lately, but it is as old as humanity’s first couple and God’s care for them after disaster struck. Resilience is not external to who we are as God’s people but is part of the fabric of our being and acting in the world as Christians are enabled by the Spirit to be light and salt even in the most tragic contexts. This extensive volume looks at the multifaceted ways communities have reflected upon their engagement with the world and the biblical-theological bases that frame the church’s mission. This is a book that will engage seminary students, pastors, community leaders and activists alike, with thought-provoking essays and challenging questions for how best we are to live as followers of Christ in our many different ways and places.
C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, PhD
Principal,
Redcliffe College, Gloucester, UK
Executive Director,
Theological Commission, World Evangelical Alliance
Relentless Love may be the clearest indication to date that a revolution in Christian mission is already underway. Through a diverse collection of voices, this compelling volume reveals new ways of being church that are emerging from the Majority World and are fueled by a shalomic imagination for the common good. This book is a vital guide for operationalizing the love of God as the love of neighbor, while equipping us to appreciate that love of neighbor always invites love of neighborhood.
Dwight J. Friesen, DMin
Associate Professor of Practical Theology,
The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, Washington, USA
The 7th Micah Global Consultation called for a renewal of faith and energy in the face of global scandals – poverty, injustice, and conflict. The authors in this volume meet that challenge resoundingly. In these chapters you will find the biblical, theological, and spiritual reimagining that defines personal and collective resilience in the face of these contemporary realities. With heavy hearts, yet renewed energy and continued resolve, this book encourages us to say “No!” to injustice and “Yes!” to God’s shalom!
Rev Darrell Jackson, DTh
Associate Professor and Director of Research,
Whitley College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia
As the contributors to this volume point out, integral mission is intuitively practiced in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania, where 67 percent of all Christians now live. Compared to what has been a largely Western enterprise, these community-based cultures offer solutions to human problems from a fundamentally different perspective. This book presents a starting point for a new global Christian approach; as opposed to a Western theoretical framework that artificially separates evangelism and social justice, this new approach coheres the whole message and story of the Bible, fostering community resilience and redressing injustice at its roots. And, as a bonus, some contributors wisely contend for greater representation for women in every level of leadership – after all, women do most of the work.
Todd M. Johnson, PhD
Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
This book is a rich distillation of twenty-first-century practitioner-wisdom; contextually relevant and laced with enduring biblical and theological insight. A recommended read for those thirsty for transformation.
Carol Kingston-Smith
MA Tutor,
ForMission College, Birmingham, UK
Co-founder, “the jusTice initiative”
The biggest challenge which evangelical mission theology faces today is the augmentation of the integral mission concept. This is an inevitable missional request, and the COVID-19 situation will accelerate this request. I highly recommend this book as the most appropriate resource to respond to these current needs.
Hyun Mo (Tim) Lee, PhD
Professor of Missions,
Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary, Daejeon, South Korea
Chair, Missions and Evangelism Committee,
Asia Pacific Baptist Federation
It is incredibly exciting to see a book on integral mission from authors around the world, reflecting on mission and resilience in their various contexts! I know of no book comparable to this, and I particularly appreciate the contributions from Africa, because evangelical reflections on mission by leaders here are much needed.
Stephanie A. Lowery, PhD
Lecturer in Theology,
Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya
This book presents distinctive theological and biblical features of contextual development. Each study is based on a specific theme close to the social and cultural context of the contributor. The list of the contributors reveal a heavy emphasis on Majority World scholars and on the diversity of church traditions. The authors make a remarkable connection between the theology process and the real-life experience of God’s people. This collective contextual theology, however, is also pertinent to the global church. Furthermore, the book succeeds in being both biblically truthful and culturally applicable, emphasizing that the word of God is for the whole of humanity throughout its entire history and various cultures. Each author represents contemporary rationale among an extensive selection of traditional academics. The book will inspire and challenge local and global church leaders and theologians.
Julie C. Ma, PhD
Professor of Missions and Intercultural Studies,
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Graham Joseph Hill is a foremost leader in bringing critical conversations and theological reflection from the Majority World to the forefront for the edification of the church worldwide. In this great work, Hill brings leading global voices together around the essential topic of resilience and compassionate Christian witness. The depth and timeliness of this book and its importance in integral mission cannot be overstated.
Lisa Rodriguez-Watson
National Director, Missio Alliance
Relentless Love provides holistic hope in these challenging days. This collection brings together a wide range of profound reflective practitioners whose combined voice helps us better understand how to present the face of Christ with resilience, spirituality, compassion, and reconciliation. Thank you to Micah Global for its rich biblical challenge to act justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.
Perry Shaw, EdD
Former Professor of Christian Education,
Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon
Let’s just admit it: bearing witness to the whole gospel among the last, the least, and the lost in the world is exhausting. How do we counter the onset of what can be called integral mission fatigue? Many of us have come to rely on Micah Global to inspire, encourage, and buoy us in the work. This volume, which brings together select voices from the last consultation held in the Philippines, calls us with one voice to resilience in the Spirit, not only to sustain ourselves, but to flourish in our service to the world’s most vulnerable.
Al Tizon, PhD
Executive Minister, Serve Globally, Evangelical Covenant Church
Affiliate Associate Professor, Missional and Global Leadership,
North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The voices in this book are prophetic and paramount in making a clarion call to the global Christian church to be ambassadors of Christ’s reconciliation and to boldly act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly in serving people to the end of the earth.
Mary Alice Trent, PhD
Professor of English,
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, USA
In view of the worldwide events in our turbulent time, this book offers readers invaluable insight and understanding of resilience in integral mission of the global church. These multiple voices provide refreshing and compelling ways, in both theory and praxis, to embrace and embody the transforming power of the whole gospel for the whole creation.
Xiaoli Yang, PhD
Research Scholar, University of Divinity,
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia

Relentless Love

Living Out Integral Mission to Combat Poverty, Injustice, and Conflict
Edited by
Graham Joseph Hill

© 2020 Micah Global
Published 2020 by Langham Global Library
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