02384ctm a22002534a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200024000880400018001120500022001300820016001521000024001682450129001922600053003213000021003744400038003955040066004335051596004996500022020956500013021171580348920250312110323.0ta150518s2010    miu      b    001 0 eng    a  2009027471  a9780825438837 (pbk)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBV2063b.T33 201000a266.0092221 aTennent, Timothy C.10aInvitation to world missions :h[manuscript] :ba trinitarian missiology for the twenty-first century /cTimothy C. Tennent.  aGrand Rapids, MI :bKregel Publications,cc2010.  a559 p. ;c24 cm. 0aInvitation to Theological Studies  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 507-529) and indexes.0 aIntroduction -- Section A: Megatrends that are shaping twenty-first century missions -- From moratorium and malaise to 'selah' and rebirth -- Section B: The Triune God and the Missio dei -- A trinitarian, missional theology -- A trinitarian framework for missions -- God the Father : the providential source and goal of the Missio dei -- Section A: A missional perspective on the Bible -- The God of mission reveals his plan -- The sending Father and the sent church -- Section B: Creation, revelation, and the human response to God's rule -- A trinitarian, "new creation" theology of culture -- An evangelical theology of religions -- God the Son : the redemptive embodiment of the Missio dei -- Section A: Missions history as a reflection of the incarnation -- Turning points in the history of missions before 1792 -- The "great century" of missions, 1792-1910 -- The flowering of world Christianity, 1910-present -- Section B: Cross-cultural communication as a reflection of the incarnation -- The incarnation and the translatability of the Gospel -- Access and reproducibility in missions strategy -- Reflecting the incarnation in holistic missions -- God the Holy Spirit : the empowering presence of the Missio dei -- Section A: Empowering the church to embody the presence of the future -- The Holy Spirit, the book of Acts, and the Missio dei -- The church as the embodiment of the new creation -- Section B: Missionaries as agents of suffering and heralds of the new creation -- The suffering, advancing church -- Conclusion: the church as the reflection of the trinity in the world. 0aMissionsxTheory. 0aTrinity.