Confident Witness - Changing World :

How do we make the gospel clear and the church relevant to the postmodern, post-Christian culture in North America? Confident Witness, Changing World seeks to answer this question in practical terms immediately useful to educators and pastors. Written by twenty-one scholars who are also skilled in doing frontline ministry, this volume discusses the radical cultural shift that has reshaped North America, one of today's most important mission fields, and explores fresh methods for presenting the gospel with confidence amid the challenges presented by our contemporary context.

Craig Van Gelder is professor of congregational mission at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, and coeditor of The Church between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mission in North America.

Contributors

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Introduction

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I. Understanding the North American Context as Mission Field

The Missionary Location of the North American Churches

3

(13)

Richard J. Mouw

Wearing Different Hats: Christian Living in a Fragmented World

16

(10)

Christopher B. Kaiser

The Gospel in a Digital Age

26

(13)

Robert S. Fortner

Reading Postmodern Culture through the Medium of Movies

39

(28)

Craig Van Gelder

II. Understanding the Church in the North American Mission Context

Metamorphosis: From Christendom to Diaspora

67

(13)

Douglas John Hall

Cathedrals of Power: Engaging the Powers in Urban North America

80

(14)

Clinton Stockwell

Faith Twisted by Culture: Syncretism in North American Christianity

94

(16)

Walter C. Hobbs

Strangers but Not Strange: A New Mission Situation for the Church (1 Peter 1:1-2 and 17-25)

110

(17)

Dan Devadatta

III. Understanding the Gospel in the North American Mission Context

Hearing the Gospel Again, for the First Time

127

(14)

James V. Brownson

Living between Gospel and Context: Models for a Missional Church in North America

141

(14)

Stephen Bevans

Preaching to Postmodern People

155

(16)

Lee A. Wyatt

Hearing the Gospel with Asian-American Ears

171

(18)

Stanley K. Inouye

IV. Relating the Gospel to Ministry in the North American Mission Context

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Confident Witness - Changing World : Rediscovering the Gospel in North America

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