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Becoming the people of God : creating Christ-centered communities in Buddhist Asia / Paul H. de Neui, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SEANET series ; 11.Publisher: Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780878081202
  • 0878081208
  • 9780878081158
  • 0878081151
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming the People of God : Christ-Centered Communities in Buddhist Contexts.DDC classification:
  • 266.0088/2943 23
LOC classification:
  • BR128.B8
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
PART I. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through worship. -- First impressions of a Buddhist visitor to an Evangelical worship service in Sri Lanka: a liturgical analysis / G. P. V. Somaratna -- Toward a New Breed of Churches in Japan / Mitsuo Fukuda -- Where are your temples? : do Christianity and Buddhism share a temple ethos? / Steve Spaulding -- PART 2. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through witness and deed.-- Context-sensitive Evangelism in Thai setting : building capacity to share good news / Alan R. Johnson -- Apply cultural contexts to generate multiple Christ-centered communities / Alexander G. Smith -- Communication strategies for Christian witness among the Lao / Stephen Bailey -- PART 3. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through welcome. -- Creating Christian funerary culture : an invitation to Japanese churches / Katsuhiko Seino -- Changes in Thai church: moving towards a relational model / Ubolwan Mejudhon -- Appropriate typologies for Thai folk Buddhists / Paul H. de Neui.
Summary: How do Christ followers celebrate unity in the midst of diversity? How do we become the people of God in more than name only? A unifying Christ-centeredness demands living out kingdom values and bearing witness to transformation in and through a multitude of cultural manifestations. We struggle to serve, worship, and witness in the midst of this age-old challenge. This collection of perspectives comes from settings where the good news of Jesus has not been the dominant historical norm. All contributors in this volume are practitioners. They have a deep appreciation for the cultural heritage and important moral values found in Buddhist contexts. We believe these chapters hold valuable lessons that speak to all of the family of faith. Here you will find a wide range of topics and approaches that address what it means to become the global body of believers. These can speak to you wherever you are called to participate with God's work in the world. Christ followers are in the process of becoming what will one day culminate in a huge and startling celebration of people from all of God's beloved creation. If you are interested in hearing from those discovering what that might look like outside traditional packaging, this book is for you.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through worship. -- First impressions of a Buddhist visitor to an Evangelical worship service in Sri Lanka: a liturgical analysis / G. P. V. Somaratna -- Toward a New Breed of Churches in Japan / Mitsuo Fukuda -- Where are your temples? : do Christianity and Buddhism share a temple ethos? / Steve Spaulding -- PART 2. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through witness and deed.-- Context-sensitive Evangelism in Thai setting : building capacity to share good news / Alan R. Johnson -- Apply cultural contexts to generate multiple Christ-centered communities / Alexander G. Smith -- Communication strategies for Christian witness among the Lao / Stephen Bailey -- PART 3. Becoming the people who reflect God's kingdom through welcome. -- Creating Christian funerary culture : an invitation to Japanese churches / Katsuhiko Seino -- Changes in Thai church: moving towards a relational model / Ubolwan Mejudhon -- Appropriate typologies for Thai folk Buddhists / Paul H. de Neui.

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How do Christ followers celebrate unity in the midst of diversity? How do we become the people of God in more than name only? A unifying Christ-centeredness demands living out kingdom values and bearing witness to transformation in and through a multitude of cultural manifestations. We struggle to serve, worship, and witness in the midst of this age-old challenge. This collection of perspectives comes from settings where the good news of Jesus has not been the dominant historical norm. All contributors in this volume are practitioners. They have a deep appreciation for the cultural heritage and important moral values found in Buddhist contexts. We believe these chapters hold valuable lessons that speak to all of the family of faith. Here you will find a wide range of topics and approaches that address what it means to become the global body of believers. These can speak to you wherever you are called to participate with God's work in the world. Christ followers are in the process of becoming what will one day culminate in a huge and startling celebration of people from all of God's beloved creation. If you are interested in hearing from those discovering what that might look like outside traditional packaging, this book is for you.