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No longer strangers : transforming evangelism with immigrant communities / edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xx, 187 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802878656
  • 0802878652
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

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.

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