Evangelism Lost? A Need to Redefine Christian Integral Mission

This article proposes a clarification of the integral mission concept and a change in the way the relationship between social action and evangelism is understood in practical integral mission operations. The idea of “primacy” of evangelism has been under fire: if evangelism is given “primacy”, then...

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Authors: Hartropp, Andrew (Author) ; Ronsen, Oddvar Sten (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Mission studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-84
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lausanne Movement / Mission (international law / Evangelization / Anticipation
RelBib Classification:RH Evangelization; Christian media
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Integral Mission evangelism social action Lausanne anticipation
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:This article proposes a clarification of the integral mission concept and a change in the way the relationship between social action and evangelism is understood in practical integral mission operations. The idea of “primacy” of evangelism has been under fire: if evangelism is given “primacy”, then everything else is “secondary”. The “ultimacy” of evangelism concept has been suggested as a solution: evangelism should ultimately not be left undone. The main flaw of the “ultimacy” concept is that it has no time element.
ISSN:1573-3831
Contains:In: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341434