The Disintegration of Mission

Krish KandiahEvangelical Alliance

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THEM

USThe Disintegration of Mission

ImperialismSyncretismUS > THEMUS = THEM

ColonialSuperiority

Relativisticinactivity

“The reality of the world’s great religions, however, has now become inescapable for all Westerners… as devotees of these religions reside among us as our neighbours, not merely as figures in textbooks or missionary photographs.”

Stackhouse, J.G. Jr. (2001) No Other Gods Before Me? - evangelicals and the challenge of world religions. Grand Rapids: Baker

HERE

THEREThe Disintegration of Mission

As narcissism has waxed, empathy has waned. In 2010, researchers at the University of Michigan reported that contemporary college students scored about 40 percent lower than their predecessors in the 1970s on tests assessing their ability to put themselves in other people’s shoes. They were more likely than their parents’ generation to agree with statements like “other people’s misfortunes do not usually disturb me a great deal,” and less likely to agree with prompts like “I sometimes try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective” and “I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me.”

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MORALISTICTHERAPEUTICDEISM

WORD

WORKSThe Disintegration of Mission

“Preach the gospel use words if you have to...”

attributed St Francis of Assisi

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LAITYThe Disintegration of Mission

MissionaryPastor

Youth / WorshipDoctor / LawyerTeacher / Nurse

Accountant / Plumber / Web Designer

PYRAMID OF POWER

WHICH OF THESE FACTORS ARE MOST PERTINENT?

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The Reintegration of Mission

THEM&US

ImperialismSyncretismUS > THEMUS = THEMUS < THEM

Humility

ColonialSuperiority

Relativisticinactivity

MissionaryService

ACTS 10

READING THE BIBLE WITH THE

DAMNED

ADOPTIONFOSTERING

The Reintegration of Mission

HERE &THERE

OPPORTUNITIESSOCIAL MEDIAGLOBAL MARKETSSPIRITUALITYPRAYERSHORT TERM VISION TRIPSBEING A MISSIONARY IN YOUR OWN CULTURE

The Reintegration of Mission

CLERGY&LAITY

OPPORTUNITIES

MISSION NOT MISSIONSTHIS TIME TOMORROWVOCATIONAL TRAININGRHYTHMSCOMMISSIONING