Craig Ott

Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities Craig Ott

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; 8; One hundred years ago Roland Allen authored his landmark study Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? The 2012 annual conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society celebrated this centennial by addressing this ever relevant topic. The present volume brings to readers insights from that conference examining the theological foundations, historical precedence, and practical challenges regarding missionary methods. Missiologists, missionary practitioners, and strategic leaders alike will benefit from these essays, which give fresh perspective on methods for fulfilling the Great Commission in our day--; Provided by publisher.. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Methodological Stewardship: Always Evaluating, Always Adjusting / J. D. Payne -- Part I. Biblical Understandings of Missionary Methods -- 1. Missionary Methods: St. Paul's, St. Roland's, or Ours? / Robert L. Gallagher -- 2. Roland Allen's Understanding of the Spirit's Centrality in Mission / Rob S. Hughes -- 3. Reassessing John Stott's, David Hesselgraves, and Andreas Kostenberger's Views of the Incarnational Model / John Cheong -- Part II. Praxis and Case Studies of Missionary Methods -- 4. From Roland Allen to Rick Warren: Sources of Inspiration Guiding North American Evangelical Missions Methodology 1912-2012 / Gary R. Corwin -- 5. A Prolegomena to Contextualized Preaching Concerning the Wrath of God and the Judgment of Man: What Did Roland Allen Know that We Sometimes Forget and at Other Times Never Learn? / David J. Hesselgrave -- 6. The Rise of Orality in Modern Missions Practice / Anthony Casey -- 7. Missionaries in Our Own Backyard: The Canadian Context / Joel Thiessen -- 8. Islands of the Gods: Productive and Unproductive Missionary Methods in Animistic Societies-Roland Allen's Examination of Saint Paul's Use of Miracles / Robert H. Bennett -- 9. Leaders Reproducing Churches: Research from Japan / John W. Mehn -- 10. Paul's or Theirs?-A Case Analysis of Missionary Methods among Muslims of the Philippines / Mark S. Williams -- Conclusions: Missionary Methods: The Questions that Still Dog Us / Craig Ott -- General Index -- Scripture Index. Contributor Bio:  Payne, J D J. D. Payne (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is pastor of church multiplication at The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, and has served as missionary.