Christianity is the world's most global faith. Evangelical Christianity, meanwhile, is the world's fastest growing major religion in terms of conversion growth. And yet, at the dawn of the third millennium, the church's primary task ("go and make disciples of all nations") remains undone. Missions in the Third Millennium charts 21 trends—both positive and negative—with continuing significance for the Great Commission community in the 21st century. Revised and updated with two new chapters on urban missions and evangelizing Muslims, this up-to-date volume offers insights to help students, churches, missionaries, agencies, and Christians from outside the West grasp the big picture and take practical steps for more effective involvement. This edition contains extensive notes, expanded suggestions for further reading, and discussion questions.
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"Diversity of viewpoint is a distinct strength of Guthrie's... valuable for introducing and discussing the broad field of missions." -- World Christian Magazine, March 2002
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"Stan Guthrie does us a great service of sketching the panorama of change."
DAVID NEFF Editor, Christianity Today
"Essential reading for Christian leaders in churches and all walks of life who are concerned for the health and growth of the Kingdom of God."
PATRICK JOHNSTONE Operation World
"Necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand the issues that mission agencies and missionaries must face if we are to carry out our work in the new millennium."
SCOTT MOREAU Chair, Missions and Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College, Editor, Evangelical Missions Quarterly
DAVID NEFF Editor, Christianity Today
"Essential reading for Christian leaders in churches and all walks of life who are concerned for the health and growth of the Kingdom of God."
PATRICK JOHNSTONE Operation World
"Necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand the issues that mission agencies and missionaries must face if we are to carry out our work in the new millennium."
SCOTT MOREAU Chair, Missions and Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College, Editor, Evangelical Missions Quarterly
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Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine. His latest book, All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, has just been released by Baker. J.I. Packer says, "Guthrie's book is a landmark, perhaps a classic. I urge you to buy it and read it again and again."
Stan is also author of Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century.
Stan writes the monthly "Priorities" column for BreakPoint.org and produces monthly opinion pieces for Crosswalk.com. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan has appeared on National Public Radio's "Tell Me More," WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, Nightline's Twittercast, and many Christian shows, including "The Chris Fabry Show" and Moody Radio's "New Day Florida."
An inspirational speaker, he hosts a weekly podcast with John Wilson of Books & Culture. He also is an author and editorial advisor for ChristianBibleStudies.com.
A former columnist for CT, Stan served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, "Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?"
You can learn more about Stan, publishing, and journalism at his Stan Guthrie Communications website, http://stanguthrie.com/.
Stan is also author of Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century.
Stan writes the monthly "Priorities" column for BreakPoint.org and produces monthly opinion pieces for Crosswalk.com. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan has appeared on National Public Radio's "Tell Me More," WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, Nightline's Twittercast, and many Christian shows, including "The Chris Fabry Show" and Moody Radio's "New Day Florida."
An inspirational speaker, he hosts a weekly podcast with John Wilson of Books & Culture. He also is an author and editorial advisor for ChristianBibleStudies.com.
A former columnist for CT, Stan served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, "Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?"
You can learn more about Stan, publishing, and journalism at his Stan Guthrie Communications website, http://stanguthrie.com/.
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I ordered this book as a source for a research paper for college. It is exactly what I needed and will now become one of my main sources for the topic of contextualization. This book would be excellent for the mission major, as at the end of each chapter, all sources are cited, great for a spidering search. My professor was excited about the book, as it is required reading before he begins his doctorate studies. I would recommend it to any missions student. Highly relevant information, you will definitely use it for any research.
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One of the trends is that 9/10 pastors who leave their villages for theological education never return to serve their people. This fact was significant in my decision to join Mission Aviation Fellowship's Learning Technologies department.See http://ontherhoads.org for more.
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A missions elder from a megachurch told Sam Metcalf of Church Resource Ministries in Pasadena, California, why his church had decided to discontinue the ministry of a missionary. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
missionary malaise, evangelization plans, spiritual warfare movement, problem with success, holistic mission, spiritual mapping, evangelical presence, open theism, territorial spirits, world evangelization, missionary force, missions movement, evangelical fellowship, unreached peoples, missions commission, church planting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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missionary malaise, evangelization plans, spiritual warfare movement, problem with success, holistic mission, spiritual mapping, evangelical presence, open theism, territorial spirits, world evangelization, missionary force, missions movement, evangelical fellowship, unreached peoples, missions commission, church planting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Pulse, Great Commission, Stan Guthrie, Grand Rapids, Latin America, William Carey, Mission Handbook, United States, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, New York, Christianity Today, Downers Grove, Patrick Johnstone, Paul Borthwick, Holy Spirit, Jim Reapsome, North Africa, Jesus Christ, Operation World, Sri Lanka, Jim Raymo, John Piper, North America, Putting Down Stakes, Wall Street New!
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- Operation World - 21st Century Edition, Updated and Revised Edition (When We Pray God Works) by Patrick Johnstone on 11 pages
- Operation World: A Day-to-day Guide to Praying for the World by Patrick Johnstone on 11 pages
- Mission Handbook on 8 pages
- Operation World by Jason Mandryk on 5 pages
- The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins on 4 pages
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- Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions by Steven L. Rundle in Back Matter
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