Well, I am not very good at getting my "Meanings of Missional" series out on Monday. My new post is done, but I am waiting to get a couple of quotes confirmed. So, as soon as I hear back, I will post it... hopefully very soon. In the meantime... let me share about an upcoming project.
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I think it is a good thing to understand and engage popular culture and practical ministry. I talk a lot about biblical fidelity, cultural relevance, local church ministry, and leadership. And I try to write some things to help pastors and leaders. But, I also think it is a good thing to engage in scholarly discussion of the issues that undergird such conversations. As such, I am co-editing a forthcoming missiology book with David Hesselgrave.
It will be a missions "issues" book, looking at hot topics from multiple angles, and intended for people thinking through God's mission, missions, contextualization, and the future, In other words, it is an "issues" book to help students, pastors, and missiologists wrestle through important subjects.
The tentative title is Mission: God's Initiative in the World.
There are three grand essays and then people respond to each grand essay.
Mission: God’s Initiative in the World
Co-editors:
• David Hesselgrave, Professor Emeritus of Mission, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Ed Stetzer, Missiologist in Residence, LifeWay Research
Essay 1: Mission Described and Defined
By Chuck Van Engen, Arthur F. Glasser Professor of Biblical Theology of Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Respondents:
• Keith Eitel, Dean of the School of Evangelism and Missions, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Enoch Wan, Professor of Intercultural Studies, Western Seminary
Essay 2: Issues in Contextualization
Paul Hiebert, Distinguished Professor of Mission and Anthropology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Respondents:
• Michael Pocock, Senior Professor of World Missions, Dallas Theological Seminary
• Darrell Whiteman, Vice President - Mission Education and Resident Missiologist, The Mission Society
Essay 3: The Future of Christian Mission
Ralph Winter, Founder and President, US Center for World Mission, Pasadena CA
Respondents:
• Christopher Little, Professor of Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University
• Scott Moreau, Professor of Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College
David and I will end each section responding to the essays / respondents and then adding a concluding chapter.
This was Paul Hiebert's final written contribution to missiology, so we are both honored and humbled that he is a part.
Comments (3)
Wow, this sounds excellent.
Posted by Jamie Arpin-Ricci | September 11, 2007 9:50 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 09:50
Ed,
Great line-up of contributors! I really look forward to reading this book. Who is the publisher and when will it be released?
P.S. Plummer's book is in the mail. ;)
Posted by Timmy Brister | September 11, 2007 5:30 PM
Posted on September 11, 2007 17:30
Some of the same material is explored in an Intro to Missions textbook, "Discovering Missions," co-authored by Chuck Gailey and myself, that is hot off the press at Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. There is a publisher's flyer about it at: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/discover.pdf
Here are a couple of things some missions leaders are saying about the book:
"....new vistas of mission thinking." David Hesselgrave, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"....should become a standard text for academic mission studies programs and missionary training centers." Kenneth Gill, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
While the book lists for $34.99 from the publisher, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, it is available at a discount on such sites as Amazon.com
Posted by Howard Culbertson | November 28, 2007 2:18 PM
Posted on November 28, 2007 14:18