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Why Church?: A Basic Introduction

Why Church?: A Basic Introduction

by Scott W. Sunquist

2020 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year ("Also Recommended," Church)Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is it something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? This can be hard to believe when we look at what happens in any one congregation or denomination. Certainly not all churches act l… Read more…

The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century

The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century

by Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong

Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, TheologyToward the end of the twentieth century, Lesslie Newbigin offered a penetrating analysis of the challenges of pluralism that confronted a Western culture and society reeling from the dissolution of Christendom. His enormous influence has been felt ever since. Newbigin (1909-1998) was a longtime Church… Read more…

The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000

The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000

by Scott W. Sunquist and Mark Noll

In 1900 many assumed the twentieth century would be a Christian century because Western "Christian empires" ruled most of the world. What happened instead is that Christianity in the West declined dramatically, the empires collapsed, and Christianity's center moved to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. How did this happen so quickly? Respected… Read more…

Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory

Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory

by Scott W. Sunquist

This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church th… Read more…