No longer strangers : transforming evangelism with immigrant communities /
No longer strangers : transforming evangelism with immigrant communities /
edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page.
- xx, 187 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Ann Voskamp -- Evangelism and the way of the cross / Andrew F. Bush -- Evangelizing the hurt and trauma / Issam Smeir -- Doing evangelism as a church / Laurie Beshore -- Beyond welcoming / Sandra Maria van Opstal -- Public witness and advocacy / Jenny Yang -- Evangelism that reconciles / Torli H. Krua -- The great concern + the great commandment = the great commission / K.J. Hill -- Evangelism that heals / Samira Izadi Page.
What does evangelism look like at its best? Evangelism can hurt sometimes. Well-meaning Christians who welcome immigrants and refugees and share the gospel with them will often alienate the very people they are trying to serve through cultural misconceptions or insensitivity to their life experiences. In No Longer Strangers, diverse voices lay out a vision for a healthier evangelism that can honor the most vulnerable--many of whom have lived through trauma, oppression, persecution, and the effects of colonialism--while foregrounding the message of the gospel. With perspectives from immigrants and refugees, and pastors and theologians (some of whom are immigrants themselves), this book offers guidance for every church, missional institution, and individual Christian in navigating the power dynamics embedded in differences of culture, race, and language. Every contributor wholeheartedly affirms the goodness and importance of evangelism as part of Christian discipleship while guiding the reader away from the kind of evangelism that hurts, toward the kind of evangelism that heals.
9780802878656 0802878652
2020045491
Church work with immigrants.
Church work with refugees.
Evangelistic work.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Ann Voskamp -- Evangelism and the way of the cross / Andrew F. Bush -- Evangelizing the hurt and trauma / Issam Smeir -- Doing evangelism as a church / Laurie Beshore -- Beyond welcoming / Sandra Maria van Opstal -- Public witness and advocacy / Jenny Yang -- Evangelism that reconciles / Torli H. Krua -- The great concern + the great commandment = the great commission / K.J. Hill -- Evangelism that heals / Samira Izadi Page.
What does evangelism look like at its best? Evangelism can hurt sometimes. Well-meaning Christians who welcome immigrants and refugees and share the gospel with them will often alienate the very people they are trying to serve through cultural misconceptions or insensitivity to their life experiences. In No Longer Strangers, diverse voices lay out a vision for a healthier evangelism that can honor the most vulnerable--many of whom have lived through trauma, oppression, persecution, and the effects of colonialism--while foregrounding the message of the gospel. With perspectives from immigrants and refugees, and pastors and theologians (some of whom are immigrants themselves), this book offers guidance for every church, missional institution, and individual Christian in navigating the power dynamics embedded in differences of culture, race, and language. Every contributor wholeheartedly affirms the goodness and importance of evangelism as part of Christian discipleship while guiding the reader away from the kind of evangelism that hurts, toward the kind of evangelism that heals.
9780802878656 0802878652
2020045491
Church work with immigrants.
Church work with refugees.
Evangelistic work.