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Church in Life breaks fresh ground by proposing a new framework for thinking about innovation in the church, by arguing that starting new ecclesial communities should be at the centre of the church's life and thought, and by offering new theology and methodologies for church planting. Church planters will find in it the theoretical and practical resources for a radical missional ecclesiology, while theologians will find a nuanced reworking of the purpose and nature of the church. -- back cover

In May 1856 the EFS (the Swedish Evangelical Mission Society), influenced by the new evangelism-movement, was established as an "internal mission" within the Church of Sweden. During the same period the "new evangelism" revival movement established regional organizations in order to coordinate the movement in different parts of the country. These regional organizations consisted of the movement's local mission societies in a province or part of a province of Sweden. This study will focus on democracy and theological identity in the EFS through an analysis of how the regional organizations acted, what role they played, how the EFS was influenced by them and how the EFS decided to establish its own regional organization. One result of the earlier tensions between the regional mission organizations and the EFS was the establishment of the independent organizations Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionsförbundet) (1878-) and Mission Society of Bible faithful Friends (Missionssällskapet Bibeltrogna Vänner) (1911-). This investigation looks into 17 of 36 regional mission organizations that existed. The time frame of the investigation is from the establishment of the EFS in 1856 to the establishment of the regional structure of the EFS in 1922. The EFS changed over time. The change of society and wishes from the movement's local mission societies and regional mission organizations were agents in this transformation. An important result of this research is that this transformation of the EFS proceeded at a slow pace and with the preservation of the EFS's theological identity.

Against the accepted wisdom that modernization generally brings about increased secularization & a decline in the significance of religion, analyzed here are some religious revival movements & the emergence of new religious organizations in Sweden in the 19th-century, a period of rapid modernization, & their role in the public education system. The process of "functional differentiation" described by secularization theorists is examined in terms of how the societal roles played by religion & religious institutions were redefined, not eradicated. Focus is on changes in compulsory education, particularly in the Swedish folkskola (modern elementary school), demonstrating how it originated & evolved in the 19th century through a new church-state partnership. K. Hyatt Stewart

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- 1 - Introduction -- 1.1. A Personal Search -- 1.2. You Can't Sit at Home and Wait -- 1.3. Theological Perspectives Given -- 1.4. Ecumenical Movement: A Red Flag -- 1.5. The Question at Stake -- 1.6. The Perspective Matters -- 2 - God and His Mission in the Old Testament -- 2.1. God - the Source and Foundation -- 2.2. God Created the World with a Purpose -- 2.3. Humans Are Set to Fulfill God's Plan -- 2.4. God Reveals Himself in History -- 2.5. God Seeks to Heal His Creation -- 2.6. Israel - Example and Paradigm -- 2.7. A Holy Nation among the Nations -- 2.8. The Messiah Comes from Israel -- 3 - Mission and Politics in the Old Testament -- 3.1. Creation and the Cultural Mandate -- 3.2. Blessed to Be a Blessing for the Nations -- 3.3. The God Who Saves and Restores -- 3.4. Mission to All Nations -- 3.5. The Messiah of Israel -- 3.6. The Mission of God and Politics in the Old Testament -- 4 - Mission in the New Testament -- 4.1. The God of the New Testament -- 4.2. Missio Patri - Laying Foundations -- 4.3. Missio Christi - God's Way of Transformation -- 4.4. Missio Spiritus - God's Praxis of Transformation -- 4.5. The Mission of the Triune God -- 4.6. Is God's Mission Political? -- 5 - The Nature and Mission of the Church of Christ -- 5.1. Called to Be Responsible -- 5.2. Sent to Be Light of the World -- 6 - The Political Task of the Church -- 6.1. Politically Responsible Institution -- 6.2. A Communal Priest -- 6.3. A Royal Servant -- 6.4. A Prophetic Witness -- 6.5. The Place of Political Involvement -- 6.6. The Alternative Society -- 7 - Missio Politica - a Mission of Peace -- 7.1. Men and Women of Peace -- 7.2. Mission, Violence, and Peace -- 7.3. A Person of Peace Promotes Peace -- 7.4. Peacemaking - the Heart of God's Mission -- 7.5. Peacemaking in Context.

Introduction /Frans Wijsen and Peter Nissen -- 'Mission is a Must'. A missiological profile of Rogier van Rossum. /Peter Nissen -- The Epistle to Diognetus - An Open Dialogue /Leo Meulenberg -- The Conversion of a Missionary: Reflections on the Life of Martin of Nantes (1638-1714) /Jan Rietveld -- Missio ad gentes in the Spirituality of St. Vincent De Paul /Gerard van Winsen -- Church, Colonialism and Nationalism in Tanzania /Albert de Jong -- Searching for the heart of the Mayas Five hundred years of spreading Christianity in Guatemala /Mario Coolen -- The Trinity on Mission /Michael Amaladoss -- The Evolution, Involution and Revolution of the Concept and Reality of Mission and Evangelization. /Arnulf Camps -- The Consequences of the Choice of a Word The Thick and Thin of Interreligious Dialogue /Sjef Donders -- Sing: \'Precious shouts of murderous crowds\'. Bach and mission's third act. /Wiel Eggen -- Jacques Dupuis as a Theologian with a Reversed Mission Some remarks on his controversial theology of religious pluralism /Pim Valkenberg -- Multiculturalism and Xenophobia Reflections on a Common Dilemma /Wilhelm Dupré -- The Challenge of a Multicultural and Multireligious Europe /Jan A.B. Jongeneel -- Correlational Model for Interfaith Prayer Meetings /Jan van Lin -- Muslims and the Christian Other: Nasara in Qur'anic Readings /Karel Steenbrink -- Albert Peyriguère's Existential Dialogue /Ton Storcken -- \'When two elephants fight the grass gets hurt\' Muslim-Christian Relationships in Upcountry Tanzania. /Frans Wijsen -- About the Contributors /Frans Wijsen and Peter J.A. Nissen.

Intro -- Preface -- Introduction Prophetic Theology in the Church Today -- Part 1 The Origins of the Prophetic Church -- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Developments and Difficulties -- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Their Message for Today -- Jesus Christ as Prophet -- Part 2 The Betrayal of the Prophetic Church -- The Christian Crusades of the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries -- Prophetic Theology and Imperialism: The Colonial Sermons of the Early Seventeenth Century -- Imperialism Replacing Prophetic Theology: The Hymns of Isaac Watts -- Mission on the Edges of Christianity: Three Conversations -- Part 3 The Recovery of the Prophetic Church -- Prophetic Theology from Martin Luther to Max Weber -- The Prophetic Theology of Paul Tillich -- The Prophetic Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr -- Part 4 Towards the Prophetic Church -- A Theory of Theological Development from the Perspective of Western Christian Faith -- Towards a Theology of Prophetic Action -- Theological Education for a Prophetic Church -- Appendix 1 Criteria for Prophetic Action -- Appendix 2 Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 3 -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Names and Subjects

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The globalization of ministry outreach is emerging as the church is expanding its reach beyond the local community. As a result, many congregations have embraced multicultural mission team development. As models of leadership are capturing opportunities to develop strategic liaisons globally with various nations politically, educationally, financially, and socially, there appears to be an opportunity to implement or receive initiatives that mutually benefit both the hosting country and the serving organization. These opportunities are available to the local church or a consortium of local churches. The growth of the church and its impact is readily observed through the implementation and utilization of multicultural mission collaboration.