Worldview: The Missing Dimension of Evangelism in Post-Communist Society
For a while Christians considered the Soviet Union to be a great potential mission field; nevertheless when the door for missions opened wide, it happened unexpectedly. Despite thousands of missionaries and millions of dollars invested immediately in spreading the gospel in the post-communist world,...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Princeton Theological Sem.
2008
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Religion in Eastern Europe
Année: 2008, Volume: 28, Numéro: 3, Pages: 27-64 |
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Résumé: | For a while Christians considered the Soviet Union to be a great potential mission field; nevertheless when the door for missions opened wide, it happened unexpectedly. Despite thousands of missionaries and millions of dollars invested immediately in spreading the gospel in the post-communist world, after a short-term tide, church growth declined back to pre-perestroika level. The research made during that period demonstrated that the so-called awakening had nothing to do with the biblical concept of repentance (i.e. a radical change of a person’s worldview). An explanatory model of the worldview transformation dynamics in post-communist society is developed as an attempt to understand what actually happened with the people worldview distribution during the collapse of Soviet Union. |
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ISSN: | 1069-4781 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion in Eastern Europe
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