Bøger af Jared Looney

The twin forces of globalization and urbanization are transforming the context of global missions. While the Western church grapples with the challenges of evangelism in an age of globalization, new evangelistic opportunities are emerging that blur the conventional boundaries between local and global outreach. Even as the rise of a persistent post-Christendom presents new challenges for the church, global migration is rearranging the religious and ethnic makeup of our cities. Cities are centers of constant change, and in an urban world, current missionaries will need to become adaptable. Furthermore, contemporary missions strategies will need to engage a world organized along networks that may transcend geographic boundaries. Painting a picture of evangelism and church planting in our urban and global world, Crossroads of the Nations utilizes contemporary data and together with missionary accounts - both actual and recent - tells a story of transnational missions impacting our world.

The world as we've known it is changing. The impact of globalization and urbanization is felt far and near. Church planters face the daunting task of sharing the Gospel, training leaders, and starting new faith communities in cities with ever increasing economic and international diversity, a constantly evolving urban culture, and widespread cultural influence. The challenges and complexity of global cities is immense. However, the response to these new challenges may be found in principles and strategies that are simple, natural, but yet perhaps counter-intuitive. Nevertheless, they echo the response of missionary voices over many decades. While addressing new complex issues and contexts, the missionary enterprise remains an organic process that leads to life transformation. Organic church planting may provide a pathway for those longing for Gospel movements in the world's leading cities.