World Christianity and the unfinished task : a very short introduction /
Young, F. Lionel III,
World Christianity and the unfinished task : a very short introduction / F. Lionel Young III ; foreword by Muthuraj Swamy. - xiv, 154 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index.
Shifting southward: how the gospel is turning the world upside down -- Counting every soul on earth : how we know so much about world Christianity -- Converting Colonialism : how secular critics of missionaries get it mostly wrong -- The surprising work of God : why the work of Western missionaries is only part of the story -- The unfinished task : why the mission to save the world remains unfinished -- The white man's burden : why the West cannot save the rest and should not try -- A century of partnerships? : new trends in missions that could transform the world.
This book is a short introduction to one of the most remarkable transformations in the modern world that many people still do not know about. In 1900 more than 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America and nearly all of the world's missionaries were sent out "from the West to the rest." In a dramatic turn of events Christianity experienced a decidedly "Southern shift" during the twentieth century. Today nearly 70 percent of the world's 2.5 billion Christians live in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while nearly half of all missionaries are being sent out into all the world from places like Brazil, Ethiopia, and South Korea. This book is intended to change the way readers think about the church and challenge the way Western Christians engage in contemporary missions. -- back cover
9781725266537 1725266539 9781725266544 1725266547
2021278244
Missions.
BV2061.3 / .Y67 2021
266
World Christianity and the unfinished task : a very short introduction / F. Lionel Young III ; foreword by Muthuraj Swamy. - xiv, 154 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index.
Shifting southward: how the gospel is turning the world upside down -- Counting every soul on earth : how we know so much about world Christianity -- Converting Colonialism : how secular critics of missionaries get it mostly wrong -- The surprising work of God : why the work of Western missionaries is only part of the story -- The unfinished task : why the mission to save the world remains unfinished -- The white man's burden : why the West cannot save the rest and should not try -- A century of partnerships? : new trends in missions that could transform the world.
This book is a short introduction to one of the most remarkable transformations in the modern world that many people still do not know about. In 1900 more than 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America and nearly all of the world's missionaries were sent out "from the West to the rest." In a dramatic turn of events Christianity experienced a decidedly "Southern shift" during the twentieth century. Today nearly 70 percent of the world's 2.5 billion Christians live in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while nearly half of all missionaries are being sent out into all the world from places like Brazil, Ethiopia, and South Korea. This book is intended to change the way readers think about the church and challenge the way Western Christians engage in contemporary missions. -- back cover
9781725266537 1725266539 9781725266544 1725266547
2021278244
Missions.
BV2061.3 / .Y67 2021
266