Download or read book Biblical Theology of Mission for the Liberian Culture and Its Implications for the Lutheran Church in Liberia written by Lydia Manawu Weagba and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transforming the Lutheran Church in Liberia written by Dr. Alexander Yarmie Sumo and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming the Lutheran Church in Liberia By: Dr. Alexander Yarmie Sumo Drawing upon insights from past and present Liberian leaders, Transforming The Lutheran Church in Liberia offers bold proposals for reconceptualizing, sustaining, and expanding the mission and ministry of the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) while offering an incisive challenge to Western Lutheran churches wishing to accompany the LCL in its mission. Providing the most comprehensive history of the LCL currently available, this volume is a valuable resource for scholars as well as for LCL members who wish to understand their own history. - Joy A. Schroeder, PhD, Professor of Church History, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
Download or read book Christianity and Politics in Doe s Liberia written by Paul Gifford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the role of Christianity in Liberia under the corrupt regime of Samuel K. Doe (1980-1990). Paul Gifford shows that, in general, Liberian Christianity--far from being a force for justice and human advancement--diverted attention from the cause of Liberia's ills, left change to God's miraculous intervention, encouraged obedience and acceptance of the status quo, and thus served to entrench Doe's power. This Christianity, devised in and controlled from the United States, thus furthered regional American economic and political objectives, which were designed to support Doe's rule.
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Liberia written by Ayodeji Olukoju and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberia has a strong connection to the United States in that it was founded by former slaves in 1822. Although Liberia had existed as an independent African nation and a symbol of hope to the African peoples under the rule of various colonial powers, its recent history has been bedeviled by a prolonged upheaval following a military coup d'etat in 1980. In this context, the narrative highlights the distinctiveness of Liberians in their negotiation of traditional indigenous and modern practices, and the changes wrought by Christianity and Western influences.
Download or read book Developing Missional Church Leaders Through Spiritual Fathering in Liberia written by Joshua Nador and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic was literally founded for mission. However, the lack of missional leaders in Liberia has hindered the capacity of the church to develop a missional church culture where God’s people can fully participate in the missio Dei. This dissertation explores the development of missional leaders in Liberia with the goal to understand how pastoral leaders and church culture can impact the development of missional leaders in Liberia. In part I, I argue from the literature that missional leadership development utilizing a spiritual fathering approach is vital for a missional culture in the Liberian church. Part II presents case studies utilizing active interviews, participant observation, and surveys to study the impact of pastoral leaders and church culture on mission-centered discipleship in Liberia. From the data, I submit that in order to see God’s people in Liberia develop a missional church culture in which they fully participate in the missio Dei, missional leaders should be developed in the context of community, utilizing spiritual fathering as an approach. In part III, I develop a model for the cultivation of missional culture that focuses on developing missional leaders through spiritual fathering in the context of community. I also offer a one-year development plan that seeks to help pastors and church leaders in Liberia develop missional leaders through spiritual fathering.
Download or read book The Cultural Politics of Religious Change written by Randolph Stakeman and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contextualization of Christianity in Africa written by John M. Kallon and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contextualization of Christianity in Africa: A Case Study of the Kpelle Tribe of Liberia by Rev. Dr. John Kallon is a meaningful book of Bible science that reveals how Liberian Christians learned to contextualize their faith as Christians within their African culture. Written with the wisdom and experience of members of St. John's United Methodist Church in Gbarnga, Liberia, this Bible study of the Book of Exodus focuses on issues of contextualization. The group identified issues common to Heb¬rew and Kpelle cultures and considers tribal elements such as proverbs and expressions to create a unique experience with a universal message of healthy Christian faith.
Download or read book For All Peoples written by Craig S. Keener and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Turns on the Liberia Road written by George R. Flora and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scripture and Strategy written by David J. Hesselgrave and published by William Carey Library. This book was released on 1994 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Hesselgrave uses the work of ten influential men to describe what is going on in missions. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of the use of the Bible in the church and in mission, from the study of the Bible to teaching biblical principles to church leaders on the mission field. As the first title in the new Evangelical Missiological Society series, this textbook is designed for use in addressing: Contemporary Issues in Missions, Mission Strategy, Theology of Mission, Survey of Mission, Mission Principles and Practices, Strategy for World Evangelization, Church Planting, Church Growth, and Contextualization.
Download or read book Look Liberia written by United Lutheran Church in America. Board of Foreign Missions and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lutheran written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossing Cultures in Scripture written by Marvin J. Newell and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionary and missions professor Marvin Newell provides a biblical theology of culture and mission, mining the depths of Scripture to tease out missiological insights and crosscultural perspectives. Organized canonically from Genesis to Revelation, this text reveals how the whole of Scripture speaks to contemporary mission realities.
Download or read book Recovering the Full Mission of God written by Dean Flemming and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-11-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should our proclamation of the gospel be in words or deeds or both? What do the Scriptures say? New Testament scholar and missionary Dean Flemming takes a look at this disputed question. Rooted in the Old Testament and covering the Gospels, Paul, Acts, Peter and Revelation, Flemming provides a biblically sound basis for holistic evangelism.
Download or read book Establishing a Biblically and Theologically Based Social Justice Ministry to Address the Issues of Liberian Immigration and Acculturation in the United States written by Zayzay Gwepougee Kpadeh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project was an inquiry into the challenges of immigration and acculturation of Liberian immigrants in the United States. The project dealt particularly with the difficulty of the US government-granted Temporary Protective Status (TPS). The project was conducted at Faith-Immanuel Lutheran Church, located in a Liberian immigrant community in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The project brought to light the plight of exiled émigrés and theologized their painful experiences through the use of the shared personal narratives of Liberian immigrants in the congregation and selected biblical narratives introduced within an immigrant hermeneutic. Scripture was employed with liberation themes of justice. The project also included a one-day acculturation and immigration retreat where the aforementioned narratives were shared and where professional speakers gave information and direction on topics relevant to the stresses of immigration and acculturation into US culture. Forty Liberian immigrants, adults and youth, shared their stories and their difficult and frustrating encounters within a safe and sacred space. Their stories revealed a community suffering isolation, despair, and a different type of exile in the US, their chosen country. The project ended with a Jubilee service celebrating God's presence throughout the struggles in the homeland of Liberia as well as here in the United States. The service celebrated the historical, theological, and African collective spirits. Surveys and interviews were used to determine information about how these issues affected the participants and also to gain feedback about the success of the project. Emphasis was placed on the importance of faith and scripture as tools of empowerment. Overall, participant feedback was very positive. Project results demonstrated an increase in church unity and the motivation for involvement in immigration advocacy. The project also resulted in the development of a networking effort resulting in the possession of a radio station that now offers Liberian immigration programming.
Download or read book Footprints of God written by Charles E. Van Engen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five doctoral students from around the world recently set out to forge a new path toward a theology of mission. As they blazed a new trail, they discovered the footprints of God--evidence that God was their trial guide.Charles Van Engen led this group of mission practitioners, pastors, teachers, and mission executives as they set out to discover answers to important questions, such as "What is theology of mission?" and "What is missiology?"The team used a new approach to answer these questions, employing narrative to integrate personal story, community stories, cultural stories, and biblical stories. Each writer brings his or her own unique context to bear on these important questions through personal story and by highlighting the work of a major missiologist who has impacted their life and work. By drawing from personal stories, the authors show how human factors affect missiology.All of the chapters are set within a unique theological framework created by Charles Van Engen that focuses on mission of the way, mission in the way, and mission on the way. This framework reveals that mission must be "of the way" (Christ-centered), "in the way" (happening among the peoples and cultures of the world), and "on the way" (moving forward over time through God's people as they anticipate Christ's present and coming kingdom).If you are concerned about connecting the Bible, theology, and ministry with the complexity and variety of contexts facing Christians today, then you will want to join this journey to discover the footprints of God. As Van Engen says, you will be encouraged to "think theologically about mission, and missiologically about theology."
Download or read book The Flaming Center written by Carl E. Braaten and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
