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God is Missional Understanding God as missional or Missio Dei is an important concept in exploring the function of the church and the importance of Christians to be mission-oriented. These resources can be used to teach master s level classes or could be resources for churches to dig deeper in the area of missiology. Churches which are missional in nature are growing churches. Wright, Christopher, J.H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible s Grand Narrative. Downer s Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006. This comprehensive text of the Bible from a missional stance refers to poverty throughout specific areas of interest are: Searching for and shaping a missional hermeneutic (29-69) including context and advocacy (41-43) God s Model of Restoration: The Jubilee (poverty prevention) (289-323) Missional ethics and election, redemption, covenant and the church (357-396) Since this text is highly recommended the following are a portion of the relevant citations referenced in Wright s, The Mission of God: Baker, Christopher J. Covenant and Liberation: Giving New Heart to God s Endangered Family. Frankfurt: Peter Lange: New York: Peter Lang, 1991. Blew, Johannes. The Missionary Nature of the Church. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. Blockmuehl, Klaus. Evangelicals and Social Ethics. Downer s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1975. Bosch, David. Witness to the World: The Christian Witness in Theological Perspective. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott. Bosch, David. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1991. Brownson, James. Speaking the Truth in Love: Elements of a Missional Hermeneutic. In The Church Between Gospel and Culture, edited by George R. Hunsberger and Craig Van Gelder, 228-59. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968. Burnett, David. God s Mission, Healing the Nations ed. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster, 1996. Cotterell, Peter. Mission and Meaninglessness: God Good News in a World of Suffering and Disorder. London: SPCK, 1990.
Escobar, Samuel. A Time for Mission: The Challenge for Global Christianity. Global Christian Library, Leicester, U.K.: Downer s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003. Fager, Jeffrey, A. Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee. JSOT Supplements 155. Sheffield, U.K.: JSOT Press, 1993. Filbeck, David. Yes, God of the Gentiles Too: The Missionary Message of the Old Testament. Wheaton, IL: Billy Graham Center, 1994. Glasser, Arthur. Help from an Unexpected Quarter, or the Old Testament and Contextualization. Missiology 7 (1979): 403-10. Gnanaken, Ken. Kingdom Concerns: A Biblical Theology of Mission Today. Bangalore: Theological Books Trust, 1989; Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993. Hedlund, Roger. The Mission of the Church in the World: a Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. Hesslegrave, David J. A Missionary Hermeneutic: Understanding Scripture in the Light of World Mission. International Journal of Frontier Missions 10 (1993): 17-20. Kirk, Andrew J. What is Mission? Theological Explorations. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, Minneapolis: Fortress, Press, 1999. Kirk, J. Andrew and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed. To Stake a Claim: Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1999. Kostenberger, A.J. and P.T. O Brien. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission. Leicester, U.K.: Apollos, 2001. Larkin, William J. and Joel F. Williams, eds. Mission the New Testament: An Evangelical Approach. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1998. Marshall, I. Howard. New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press, Downer s Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 2004. Middleton, J. Richard, and Brian J. Walsh. Truth is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age. Downer s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, London: SPCK, 1995. Mott, Stephen Charles. Jesus and Social Ethics. Grove Booklets on Ethics. Nottingham, U.K.: Grove Books, 1984. Murray, Robert. The Cosmic Covenant: Biblical Themes of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. London: Sheed & Ward, 1992.
Nash, James A. A Loving Nature: Ecological Integrity and Christian Responsibility. Nashville: Abingdon, 1991. Newbigin, Lesslie. Trinitarian Doctrine for Today s Mission. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster, 1998. O Donovon, Oliver. Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics. Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press, 1986. Peskett, Howard and Vinoth Ramachandra. The Message of Mission. The Bible Speaks Today Series, Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press; Downer s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 2003. Peters, George W. A Biblical Theology of Missions. Chicago: Moody Press, 1972. Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions. 2 nd. ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1993; Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press, 2003. Plant, Raymond. Politics, Theology and History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Ramachandra, Vinoth. God s That Fail. Modern Idolatry and Christian Mission. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster; Downer s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996. Ramachandra, Vinoth. The Recovery of Mission. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster; Downer s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996. Ringe, S.H. Jesus, Liberation, and the Biblical Jubilee: Images for Ethics and Christology. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1996. Samuel Vinay, and Chris Sugden, ed. Sharing Jesus in the Two-Thirds World: Evangelical Christologies from the Contexts of Poverty, Powerlessness and Religious Pluralism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983. Schluter, Michael, and John Ashcroft, eds. Jubilee Manifesto: A Framework, Agenda & Strategy for Christians Christian Social Reform. Leicester, U.K.: Inter-Varsity Press, 2005. Stott, John, R.W. Christian Mission in the Modern World. London: Falcon, 1975. Van Engen, Charles. The Relationship of Bible and Mission in Mission Theology. In The Good News of the Kingdom, edited by Charles Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland and Paul Pierson, -27-36). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. Walls, Andrew T. The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis; Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1996. Wink, Walter. Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.
Wink, Walter. Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces that Determine Human Existence. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. Wink, Walter. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. London: SPCK, 1992. Wright, Nigel. A Theology of the Dark Side: Putting the Power of Evil in Its Place. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster, 2003.