Lesson 2 - The Story in the Stories Flashcards
What is the mandate for world evangelization?
The Whole Bible
Who was the first person to preach the Gospel?
God
When did the biblical idea of “mission” begin?
The biblical idea of mission did not begin with Jesus words in Matthew 28:18-20 or Acts 1:8. Neither did it begin in Genesis 12, with the Abrahamic Promise. Mission begin in the very nature of God, in the relationship of the Trinity, in eternity past with God’s plan for the nations.
What is Scripture’s relationship to “mission?”
Scripture is a part of God’s mission
What does it mean to say that the authors of the New Testament were “task theologians?”
It means that the NT authors did not do theology from their office, but through their missional work. The NT authors and early church did theology as they planted churches, answered questions in evangelism, trained others for discipleship, and took the gospel to different cultures. For them, theology went with the task of mission. They were inseparable.
What is the culmination of the Mission of God?
The New Heavens and New Earth
What is the difference between “Mission” and “Missions?”
Mission - the Mission of God that involves the cosmic scope of what God’s plan is for the world.
Missions - the derivative mission of the church given to it by God
What distinguishes “Missions” from the rest of the Church’s work?
Missions is crossing cultural barriers with the Gospel
What is the difference between Evangelism and Missions?
Evangelism is growing the church where it is.
Mission is going where the church isn’t.
What were Dr. Childers’ two takeaways about the global Church from the Amsterdam 2000 congress?
The Church is primarily a people of color and poverty
