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Emerging church:session 1 - history
Emerging church:session 1 - history
when did it begin?
Larson + Osborne,
1970
When historians of the future of the church look back ... they will doubtless see .. a day of new beginnings, 9
Larson + Osborne,
1970
When historians of the future of the church look back ... they will doubtless see .. a day of new beginnings, 9
communities that practice the way of Jesus within postmodern cultures, 33
world
God
church
world(postmodern)
God(Jesus)
church(communities)
communities that practice the way of Jesus within postmodern cultures, 33
world
God
church
world everybody reads the same story differently
world
God
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Neil Ormerod, The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church, “major divide in ecclesiology, between those who study ... an idealist Platonic form in some noetic heaven, and ... a realist Aristotelian form, grounded in the empirical data of historical ecclesial communities.” 639
world
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God
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communities that practice the way of Jesus within postmodern cultures, 33
Missions Quiz
the mission of a big, global Godthe mission of a big, global God
1. What country is the highest missionary sender in the world today (based on missionaries per church)
• Canada• New Zealand• Korea• Zambia
2. When did first missionary go to Vietnam?
•1533•1833•1883•1933
3. How many new missionaries does South Korea commission annually?
•485•800•1,100•1250
4. What is the total number of non-Western cross cultural missionaries in world today? A. 85,000B. 97,000C.103,000D.117,000
5. What was the largest missionary sending city in the 10th century?
•London•Jerusalem•Rome•Constantinople
6. In 1287, Kublai Khan sent a Chinese Christian bishop as an ambassador to Rome
•True•False
7. Best place to train as a missionary in the 5th century was in Turkmenistan
•True•False
Missions Answers
1. What country is the highest missionary sender in the world today (based on missionaries per church)
• Canada• New ZealandA. KoreaB. Zambia
...1 missionary for every 4.2 churches. Which makes little old Opawa last year, with Judy and Chris, pretty exceptional!
2. When did first missionary go to Vietnam?
•1533A.1833B.1883C.1933
(His name was Ignatio)
3. How many new missionaries does South Korea commission annually?
•485•800A.1,100 (as many as all Western countries combined)B.1250
4. What is the total number of non-Western cross cultural missionaries in world today? A. 85,000B. 97,000C.103,000 (approx same as USA+Canada)D.117,000
5. What was the largest missionary sending city in the 10th century?
•London•Jerusalem•RomeA.Constantinople
6. In 1287, Kublai Khan sent a Chinese Christian bishop as an ambassador to Rome
•TrueA.False
7. Best place to train as a missionary in the 5th century was in Turkmenistan
•TrueA.False
The capital of Turkmenistan was Merv. One of largest cities at that time. Had its own Bishop and from the year 500 its own Bible College that included the study of Greek thinkers like Aristotle. This was some 600 years before universities began to emerge in Europe.
the mission of a big, global the mission of a big, global GodGod
Paradigm
Early
Primitive
Patristic
Reformation
Enlightenment
Postmodern
Paradigm
Early
Primitive
Patristic
Reformation
Enlightenment
Post-
Biblicaltext
New Testament
John 3:16 God loves
Luke 14:23 compel them
Romans 1:16 Godʼs rightliving
Matt 28:18-20 To earth’s end
??
“translatability” of gospel
Lamin Sanneh
“in our native
language?” Acts 2:8-11
Primitive
a Celtic monastery
a Celtic monastery
Primitive
Patristic
Reformation
Reformation
“thriving, orderly, hard-working community where the latest in agricultural machinery was in
everyday use ... even a large bakery ... Europeans were always welcome”
“Samson went out and caught 300 hundred foxes and tied them tail to
tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails”
Paradigm
Early
Primitive
Patristic
Reformation
Enlightenment
Post-
Biblicaltext
New Testament
John 3:16 God loves
Luke 14:23 compel them
Romans 1:16 Godʼs rightliving
Matt 28:18-20 To earth’s end
??
story
Ethiopian
Brendan the navigator
Azherbijan
Jesuit mission to Vietnam
Parihaka - Judges
??
Paradigm
Early
Primitive
Patristic
Reformation
Enlightenment
Post-
Biblicaltext
New Testament
John 3:16 God loves
Luke 14:23 compel them
Romans 1:16 Godʼs rightliving
Matt 28:18-20 To earth’s end
??
story
Ethiopian
Brendan the navigator
Azherbijan
Jesuit mission to Vietnam
Parihaka - Judges
??
DISCUSSION: Implications for ...how we engage (contemporary) culture? our understanding of the Gospel?for emerging/fresh expressions of church?
DISCUSSION: Implications for ...how we engage (contemporary) culture? our understanding of the Gospel?for emerging/fresh expressions of church?
Paradigm Biblical text story host/guest flower
Early Acts 8 Ethiopian
Primitive John 3:16 Brendan the navigator
Patristic Luke 14:23 Azherbijan
Reformation Romans 1:16 Jesuit mission to Vietnam
Enlightenment Matt 28:18-20 Parihaka - Judges
Post-
APPLICATION: of “Eric” ...Who in each story is host? Who is guest? What is flowering?
APPLICATION: of “Eric” ...Who in each story is host? Who is guest? What is flowering?
Paradigm Biblical text story host/guest flower
Early Acts 8 Ethiopian Ethiopian/Philip
baptism
Primitive John 3:16 Brendan the navigator
Picts/Brendan
monasteries
Patristic Luke 14:23 Azherbijan Armenian/Mongol
Azherbijani gospels
Reformation Romans 1:16 Jesuit mission to Vietnam
Vietnam/Alexander de Rhodes
translation, lay movements,
Enlightenment Matt 28:18-20 Parihaka - Judges
Parihaka/settlers
ploughing as non-violent resistance
Post- Luke 10:1-12 culture/church
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