Mission is first and foremost about God and God's historical redemptive initiative on behalf of creation. In this regard, the Third Lausanne Congress affirms that the Church is called to witness to Christ today by sharing in God's mission of love through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. The World Council of Churches states that 'all Christians, churches and congregations are called to be vibrant messengers of the gospel of Jesus Christ'. How the Church participates in the mission of God is a question on which one should reflect. This article therefore discusses the mission approaches of Ghanaian Pentecostal churches. The article begins with a description of the Ghanaian mission strategic plan, their spiritual approach to mission, and then proceeds with other approaches in the light of Walls' 'five marks of mission' (i.e. evangelism, discipleship, responding to the social needs of people through love, transforming the unjust structures of society, and safe-guarding the integrity of creation) and Krintzinger's (and others') holistic mission approach (i.e. kerygmatic, diaconal, fellowship, and liturgical). This article argues that mission should be approached with a careful strategy.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
241-269
عنوان
Journal of Pentecostal Theology
شماره جلد
24/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1745-5251
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اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
Ghana
اصطلاح موضوعی
History of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
mission approaches
اصطلاح موضوعی
mission spirituality
اصطلاح موضوعی
pentecostalism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
strategic planning
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
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