What Fuels the Mission of the Church? E-Book

Daniel Hames

• Herausgeber: Crossway
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Union
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

How the Church's Mission and Knowledge of God Are Intertwined Many Christians know they should be passionate about evangelism, but in reality they often find it daunting. In this concise version of God Shines Forth, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves urge Christians to grow in their knowledge and enjoyment of God—as they know God more, they will be spurred on to authentic service through missions and evangelism. To illustrate how the nature of God influences evangelism and missions, Hames and Reeves address biblical themes such as the glory of God, Christ's sacrifice, the fallenness of man, and the church's future hope. They invite readers to look to Jesus as the glory of God in the world, which is the Christian's ultimate motivation to share the love of God with others.  - Ideal for Laypeople, Pastors, and Students: Specifically for those interested in how theology shapes mission - Full Version Also Available: What Fuels the Mission of the Church? is the concise version of God Shines Forth - Biblically Grounded: Teaches how biblical themes such as the glory of God, Christ's sacrifice, the fallenness of man, and the church's future hope inform evangelism and missions

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“The church in the West is experiencing a lull in evangelism at a time when the need has never been greater—nor the opportunity brighter—for the church to tell the world the good news in Jesus. Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves take us to the heart of the biblical motivation to share Christ: a proper vision of our great and glorious God. The more we are overflowing with the glorious love of God, the more we will overflow with words of the gospel to others. This book will show you how to overflow with gospel love.”

Ed Stetzer, Executive Director, Wheaton College Billy Graham Center

“I could hardly put this book down—it made my heart sing. Hames and Reeves offer immensely joyful and faith-building encouragement to all who love and long to enjoy and participate in God’s mission.”

Gloria Furman, coeditor, Joyfully Spreading the Word; author, Missional Motherhood

“After decades of mission work, I’ve witnessed the various motivations driving missionary efforts, from the worst (a guilty conscience or vain ambition) to the good (a genuine concern for the lost). But Hames and Reeves call us to remember the best: that knowing and loving God deeply, fully, with a reckless abandon is our first and most essential priority for missions. They make it clear that when we truly know the nature of our loving, giving, gracious God, when we delight in him, we have the true fuel from God for missions. Don’t let anyone you know go to the mission field without reading this book.”

J. Mack Stiles, former Pastor, Erbil Baptist Church, Iraq

“The big idea of this book is both simple and life-transforming: ‘It is precisely because God is outgoing and communicative that he is so good and delightful.’ Thus, as this God’s beloved people delight in him, they are propelled to speak about his goodness to others by communicating the good news. Yes, evangelism is a biblically commanded duty for all Christians. Yes, the Great Commission is a scripturally grounded purpose of the church. Yes, missions is a theologically supported enterprise for the benefit of the world. Ultimately, however, this endeavor is an overflow from knowing God. This book gets this truth right!”

Gregg R. Allison, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Secretary, Evangelical Theological Society; author, Historical Theology; Sojourners and Strangers; and Embodied

“Missiology tends to be long on pragmatics and short on theology. What a mistake! This book grounds our missiology in our theology, and provides a vision for how the truths of the Bible shape us and authentically motivate us toward the Great Commission.”

Josh Moody, Senior Pastor, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois; President and Founder, God Centered Life Ministries

What Fuels the Mission of the Church?

Union

A book series edited by Michael Reeves

Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord, Michael Reeves (2021)

What Does It Mean to Fear the Lord?, Michael Reeves (2021, concise version of Rejoice and Tremble)

Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners, Dane C. Ortlund (2021)

How Does God Change Us?, Dane C. Ortlund (2021, concise version of Deeper)

The Loveliest Place: The Beauty and Glory of the Church, Dustin Benge (2022)

Why Should We Love the Local Church?, Dustin Benge (2022, concise version of The Loveliest Place)

God Shines Forth: How the Nature of God Shapes and Drives the Mission of the Church, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves (2022)

What Fuels the Mission of the Church?, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves (2022, concise version of God Shines Forth)

What Fuels the Mission of the Church?

Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves

What Fuels the Mission of the Church?

Copyright © 2022 by Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves

Published by Crossway1300 Crescent StreetWheaton, Illinois 60187

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Cover design: Jordan Singer

Cover image: Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images

First printing 2022

Printed in the United States of America

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the authors.

Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-7518-1 ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-7521-1 PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-7519-8 Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-7520-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hames, Daniel, author. | Reeves, Michael (Michael Richard Ewert), author.

Title: What fuels the mission of the church? / Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves.

Other titles: God shines forth

Description: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, 2022. | Series: Union | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022005084 (print) | LCCN 2022005085 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433575181 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781433575198 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433575204 (mobipocket) | ISBN 9781433575211 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Spirituality—Christianity. | Mission of the church. | Missions—Theory.

Classification: LCC BV4501.3 .H3535 2022b (print) | LCC BV4501.3 (ebook) | DDC 248—dc23/eng/20220528

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022005084

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022005085

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

2022-09-28 03:57:02 PM

For Paul and Janey Hames

Psalm 113

Contents

Series Preface

Introduction: The Great Admission

1  The Glory of God

2  The Lamb on His Throne

3  Fullness

4  Emptiness

5  Born in Zion

6  Arise, Shine!

7  Those Who Look to Him Are Radiant

8  We Will See Him as He Is

Notes

Scripture Index

Series Preface

Our inner convictions and values shape our lives and our ministries. And at Union—the cooperative ministries of Union School of Theology, Union Publishing, Union Research, and Union Mission (visit www.theolo.gy)—we long to grow and support men and women who will delight in God, grow in Christ, serve the church, and bless the world. This Union series of books is an attempt to express and share those values.

They are values that flow from the beauty and grace of God. The living God is so glorious and kind, he cannot be known without being adored. Those who truly know him will love him, and without that heartfelt delight in God, we are nothing but hollow hypocrites. That adoration of God necessarily works itself out in a desire to grow in Christlikeness. It also fuels a love for Christ’s precious bride, the church, and a desire humbly to serve—rather than use—her. And, lastly, loving God brings us to share his concerns, especially to see his life-giving glory fill the earth.