5910 Global Evangelism
5910 Global Evangelism
5910 Global Evangelism
GLOBAL EVANGELISM
Course requirements:
2. Purchase, borrow or download the following books and articles, process them
in the order listed and be prepared to dialog with other class members by e-
mail at an appropriate time. [Textbooks are available through our book
services on campus. You may order by email to bdavid@hugsr.edu, by
phone at 901-432-7735 or 800-366-7481, or by fax at 901-761-1358.]
C. Philip Slate, “Short-Term vs. Long Term Missions and the Stewardship of
Western Missions Money”
www.mrnet.org/conent/Documents/Library/Short-term vs. long term and the
stewardship of western missions money.
3. Read and write a review (up to two pages) of two articles found at either
www.mrnet.org or www.wmausa.org Select articles that you judge to be helpful
to you in your relationship with global evangelism.
Grades will be computed as follows: two exams (40%), research paper (30%),
Internet/e-mail interactions (10%), articles reviews (5%), missionary
biography review (10%) and class discussions (5%).
Library services
If you have not taken Advanced Theological Research (5990) or took it more
than a year ago, go to the HUGSR Web site (www.hugsr.edu) for information
concerning library services to students. Under the “library” tab you will find a link
to and instructions for searching the HUGSR online catalog (called Quest).
There are also instructions for using the following databases available through
the library: OCLC FirstSearch, EBSCOhost, Infotrac, and Religious and
Theological Abstracts. Contact the library for passwords to these databases.
Also available are the research guides distributed in 5990. These annotated
bibliographies list basic tools you will find helpful in your research.
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
I. Introduction
1. Urbanization
General
Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
____________ The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global
South. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture.
Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1986.
Rainer, Thom S., editor. Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century. Wheaton, IL:
Harold Shaw, 1989.
*Van Rheenen, Gailyn and Bob Waldron. The Status of Missions: A Nationwide
Survey of Churches of Christ. Abilene, TX: ACU Press, 2004.
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Works on missions and evangelism are legion. This Bibliography includes references to
classical as well as current works. Items marked by an asterisk (*) are by members of churches
of Christ or Independent Christian Churches.
Biblical/ Theological
O’Brien, Peter T. Gospel and Mission in the Writings of Paul: An Exegetical and
Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995.
Piper, John. Let the Nations be Glad. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House,
Senior, Donald and Carroll Stuhlmueller. The Biblical Foundations for Missions.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1983. RC.
Granberg, Stanley E., ed. 100 Years of African Missions: Essays in Honor of
Wendell Broom. Abilene, TX: A. C. U. Press, 2001.
Kane, J. Herbert. A Concise History of the Christian World Mission. Rev. ed.;
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1997.
Collins, Marjorie. Who Cares abut the Missionary? Winona Lake, IN: Don
Wardell, 1974.
Greenway, Roger S. and Tim Monsma. Cities: Missions New Frontier 2nd. ed.;
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2000.
Guder, Darrell L., editor. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the
Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub.
Co., 1998.
__________ The Reentry Team: Caring for Your Returning Missionary. San
Diego, CA: Emmaus Road, 2000.
Taylor, William D., Editor. Too Valuable to Lose: Exploring the Causes and
Cures of Missionary Attrition. Pasadena CA: William Carey Library, 1997.
Telford, Tom and Lois Shaw. Today’s All-Star Mission Churches: Strategies to
help your Church get into the Game. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book
House, 2001.
Van Engen, Charles. God’s Missionary People: Rethinking the Purpose of the
Local Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991.
Allen, Roland and Michael Nazar-Ali. Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours?
London: Lutterworth/ Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,
2006 (First edition by Allen appeared in 1912).
Allen, Roland and Michael Turnbull. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church:
And the Causes which hinder it. London: Lutterworth Press, 2006. (First
edition published in 1927.)
*Choate, J. C. The Moving Christian. Winona, MS: J. C. Choate Publications,
1971.
Hiebert, Paul. The Gospel in Human Context: Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book
House, 2009.
Lewis, Jonathan, editor. Working Your Way to the Nations: A Guide to Effective
Tentmaking. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1993.
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