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Mathye, Mokadi Max. "Becoming a missional church : the case of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA)." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24453.

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The topic of my study is: Becoming a missional church- the case of Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (ELCSA). The lack of missional astuteness and intelligence emanating from Christendom mind-sets and agendas is detrimental to the growth of the church and is creating missional chaos and paralysis; this is what I am struggling with in my study. The challenge I am grappling with is that the ELCSA as a church has been exposed to a variety and multiplicity of missional cultures and mission settings through a diversity of missionaries operating from different missional landscape and backgrounds. The various and differing missional histories has created inconsistencies in the theological foundations that underpin and add force to her missional outlook and maturity. As the church considers becoming a missional church, there is an imperative need to radically revisit her traditional ecclesiologies in order to develop a clearer understanding of her missional vocation. The missional direction of the church is in quandary, partly because of the leadership failure to manage the contradictory and inconsistent missional attempts and missional immaturity within the ELCSA. Leadership development and formation within the Lutheran training institutes in Southern Africa, which are crucial in church life seems inadequate from a curriculum perspective. Failure to understand and appreciate the current missional language will inadvertently confuse the church’s understanding of God’s mission in the world (missio Dei). The challenge facing the ELCSA will therefore be an imperative and absolute need to move from a church with mission to a missional church. The study seeks to further explore and investigate insights from the ELCSA’s mission history with a view of determining the missional health and checking whether the church has a comprehension and understanding of the concept and language of a missional church and missional leadership. In this study I will also attempt to answer two possible sub-problems of the study viz. How does the ELCSA create a missional leadership aptitude environment and how does the ELCSA implement the missional conversation(s) to the operating landscape of the church? This study will also contrast the attractional and incarnational mindsets I reflect in the conclusion the significance and importance of a missional church and highlight the characteristics or indicators of such a church by applying it to the ELCSA. Recommendations are indicated for consideration by the ELCSA and are not presented as an answer or solution to the challenge that the church is facing.
Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Science of Religion and Missiology
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Mitchell, Robinson W. "Mission, a mark of the church? toward a missional ecclesiology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2008. http://www.tren.com.

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Simkins, Andrew John. "Developing a mission policy for Northview Christian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Hamer, Donald L. "From hospitality to missional church| Discerning God's mission at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford, Connecticut." Thesis, Hartford Seminary, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10673403.

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This report documents the process undertaken by an urban church in Hartford, CT to develop a trained, theologically grounded and empowered group of lay leaders to discern possible alternative visions for the future of the congregation. One goal of the project was to develop the leadership skills of the participants in order to participate in the long-term process of leading the congregation from its present building- and clergy-centered, institutional paradigm to a more outward-looking, lay-driven and mission-centered church grounded in the principles of our baptismal covenant. The operating belief was that to be sustainable in the 21st century, the church must rely less on professional and salaried staff and more on committed, well-trained and non-stipended lay missioners. From a theological perspective, it is the belief of the author that such a future direction encourages the church to follow Jesus' call for all of the baptized to move from discipleship to apostleship in living the Good News.

A significant element of this project was the intentional acknowledgement of the role that diversity – racial, ethnic, socio-economic, educational level, gender identity, age, etc. – traditionally has played in the identity of the congregation and the pivotal role it might play as the congregations envisions its future. Taking the image of "The Body of Christ" from 1 Corinthians 12, the operative belief is that "The Gospel" is understood and lived out depending upon one's personal experience of the Gospel. By facilitating opportunities for members of the congregation to share and appreciate each member's lived experience of the Gospel, it was anticipated that members would experience the richness of the Gospel as Jesus implies in The Great Commission of Matthew 28:19.

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Arnold, Charles A. "The role of the local church in world missions." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Mutavhatsindi, Muthuphei Albert. "Church planting in the South African urban context with special reference to the role of the Reformed Church Tshiawelo /." Thesis, Pretoria : [S.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04222009-113828/.

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Boyd, Miles F. "Training a local church task force in ecclesiology resulting in missions involvement." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Wilson, Fred A. "A new paradigm for cross-cultural missions." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Hsu, Chang-Jung. "Building a Bible-based, mission-oriented congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Wingate, Karen Anne. "Mission education in the local church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Sevier, Melissa Bane. "Revitalizing smaller congregations through local mission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Kiss, Carolyn. ""Mission-in-reverse" a contemporary approach to mission /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Ruby, Herbert E. "From mission church to mission station keeping the vision alive into the second decade /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Smith, Eurvin Elbert. "Using a foreign missions project to renew the commitment to missions of a local church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Guenther, James M. "Leading Trinity Baptist Church to be a Great Commission church through the personalization of missions." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Zehr, Calvin D. "A missional vision : to hear anew Jesus' call "Follow me my mission workers!"." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Duncan, John D. "Formulating a church identity for church growth." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Gonzales, Gary. "Rebooting the mission back to the future /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p046-0070.

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Walter, Paul R. "The love of Christ compels us an apology for voluntary missionary sending agencies within the Episcopal Church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Duncan, Graham Alexander. "Partnership in mission a critical historical evaluation of the relationship between "older" and "younger" churches with special reference to the World Mission Council policy of the Church of Scotland /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172007-122745/.

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Cotton, Richard Alan. "A critique of contemporary missionary hermeneutics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Bernard, John G. "Training church planters of Vietnam Christian Mission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Ho, Yun Kim. "Mission in synoptic gospels a fresh look at the implications that the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke had on the mission of the South Korean church in the 21st century /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10292007-152203/.

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Pfaffenzeller, Jose Antonio. "God's people mobilized by grace for mission." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Muragu, John I. "The mission activity of the church a comparative analysis of Evangelii nuntiandi and Redemptoris missio /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Whipple, Don. "Helping Evangelical Baptist Missions serve churches in global ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p006-1555.

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Anarnejc, Humphrey. "Mission of the Laity as Mission of the Church -Emergent Contemporary Theological Discussion." Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, 2007. http://digital.library.duq.edu/u?/bet,3093.

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Whitley, Ryan Frank. "Developing a mission statement and a strategic mission plan for First Baptist Church, Cleveland, Mississippi." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Franklin, Patrick S. "Bonhoeffer for the missional church an exposition and critique of the missional church movement's ecclesiology in light of the ecclesiology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Bernhardt, Robert J. "Mobilizing for mission rejuvenating a traditional congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1996.
Includes vita. "An annotated bibliography on the unchurched": (leaves 116-120). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-256).
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Knutson, Philip James. "Partnership in mission: mismeeting in Jesus' name." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 1998. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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Boyles, Morgan Dane. "Evangelism through mission an outreach model for a target community." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2009. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p075-0081.

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Newell, Phil. "Re-engaging the church in mission through coaching." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p002-0832.

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Lovat, Rene I. "Paul and the universal mission of the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Huang, Chih-Heng. "Strategies in urban mission for Taiwan Holiness Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Lord, Andrew Michael. "Network church : a Pentecostal ecclesiology shaped by mission." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1246/.

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This thesis develops a pentecostal ecclesiology using the structure of networks that leads to a fresh approach to contextualisation. It addresses the neglect in pentecostal scholarship of church structures beyond the congregation and of critical approaches to contextualisation. The pentecostal systematic methodology of Amos Yong is utilized, based on the synthesis of discerned experience (Spirit), biblical studies (Word) and the traditions of systematic and mission theology (Community). A trinitarian understanding of networks is developed and linked with an approach to the catholicity of the church that has a common essence and mission movement. This is shaped by the missionary nature of pentecostalism and rooted in an understanding of a church marked by Spirit baptism. The character of networks is defined in terms of partnership, a term with a rich mission understanding and seen also in the pentecostal tradition. A three-fold approach to contextualisation arises from the overlap between networks within and outside the church which is based on hospitality. Significantly, this thesis is the first in pentecostal ecclesiology to utilise a pentecostal methodology, to focus on structural and contextual issues and to develop a trinitarian network ecclesiology. It provides a fresh approach to catholicity, Spirit baptism, partnership and contextualisation.
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Graham, Laurence A. M. "An historical analysis of early church mission methods." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695344.

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The main focus of this thesis is an historical analysis of the methods of mission used by the Church during approximately the first six centuries of the Common Era. The New Testament describes the effectiveness of sermons preached to large crowds of people as well as providing evidence of evangelists and Church planters who travelled around the Roman Empire calling people to conversion and gathering converts into congregations. However, the extant evidence suggests that such high profile evangelism all but died out during the second and third centuries. It appears that the main means by which the Church grew during these centuries was the attractiveness of the Church community and the lifestyle of ordinary Christians. In the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries the Church moved from being a small, marginalised and sometimes persecuted group of people to becoming one of the central institutions of Roman society. In this context the Church began to grow simply because it became aligned with the mainstream of society, as well as by coercion. During these same centuries there were also Christians who lived outside the Roman Empire where they were a minority who shared their message by showing their neighbours a positive alternative way of living. In a concluding section the variation in methods of mission across the first six centuries CE are summarised before a short discussion raising some possible implications for mission today. It is suggested that the contemporary Church in the Western world has lessons to learn from the Church of the first three centuries regarding the importance of ordinary Christians demonstrating a distinctive Christian lifestyle to their neighbours.
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Lagat, Omwenga Rebecca Jepkemei. "Mission to Muslims in the light of God's mission (missio Dei) : a study of select evangelical churches in Eldoret Kenya / Rebecca Jepkemei Lagat Omwenga." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10006.

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Christianity and Islam are both missionary in nature, but they are founded on different beliefs, values and practices, especially with regard to mission. The former believe in Jesus Christ and recognise His divine role as the saviour of the world, while the latter regard Him as a prophet who, after all, was rejected by His people, the Jews, as a result of which God sent Mohammed as His last messenger to the world. These varying and often conflicting beliefs have made it increasingly difficult for the Christian evangelical churches, including those at Eldoret, Kenya, to advance mission to the people of other faiths, the Muslims in particular. The differing views can offend the very essence of mission, namely God‘s mandate that is founded on the entire Bible. A proper understanding of mission as a concept is essential for effective mission to people of other faiths. Theologians refer to the Christian understanding of mission as the missio Dei. There is hardly any dispute among missiologists that God in His triune nature is the initiator, implementer and sustainer of mission, but the concept of the missio Dei is yet to attain an acceptable definition. Its nature and content remain problematic to theologians, missiologists, churches and other stakeholders in mission. This study critically examines mission to Muslims by five selected evangelical churches in Eldoret, Kenya, in light of the missio Dei. These are the Reformed Church of East Africa, the African Inland Fellowship Church, the Faith Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and the Anglican Church of Kenya. The research investigates how and the extent to which these churches have sought to implement the mandate. Mainly using data collected from oral interviews, the study finds that mission engagement to Muslims is slow and disjointed. The churches face challenges that include the lack of a concrete understanding of God‘s mandate i.e. mission, internal wrangling, financial constraints and neglect of the women and the youth. The study concludes that there is a need for the selected churches to reassess and reconsider their missionary approaches with a view to enhancing their ways of engaging with Muslims. In the final instance the study formulates a viable model for that purpose.
PhD (Missiology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Salter, Martin C. "An exegetical definition of missional ethics." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2017. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=233895.

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Missional ethics is a relatively new and unexplored theme emerging within missiology. Thus far the meaning of the term, 'missional ethics,' has been assumed rather than explicitly defined. This thesis provides an exegetical definition of missional ethics arrived at by exploring key biblical texts relevant to the theme—Deuteronomy, the Major Prophets and Luke-Acts. A canonical, narratival, missional, and performative hermeneutic was employed in the exploration of the nature, content, purpose, and development of missional ethics within the biblical texts. The exegesis demonstrated that missional ethics is an inherently community based project with emphases in justice, charity, and worship. Within the wider missiological discussion, this definition provides challenges and proposals to contemporary theory and praxis. The most significant contribution of this thesis is the proposal of a definition of missional ethics as follows: Missional ethics refers to the ways in which the believing community's behaviour—in particular their love for God, and love for neighbour, expressed in the exercise of justice, charity, and worship—bears witness, in the imitatio Dei, to the nature and character of God before a watching world.
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Moser, Terry. "Who is my neighbor? How a rural congregation became a missional church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1999. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p075-0013.

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Whitaker, David. "The development of a disciplemaking church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Amankwatia, John. "The nature and role of church schools in the mission of the church." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2007. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/59/.

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This study addresses the question of church schools’ compatibility with the tradition of liberal education and the extent to which these schools contribute to intolerance in society. Critics of church schools argue that the religious foundation of church schools contributes little to their academic success and that any school with a similar pupil intake will be academically successful. Critics therefore advocate removal of church schools from the English education system. However, using the evidence in the relevant literature, research studies, and eighty Church of England and Roman Catholic schools’ prospectuses, this study argues that church schools understand and express their nature as: (i) denominational; (ii) voluntary-aided; and (iii) comprehensive. This understanding is crucial to the schools’ approach to their role of providing pupils with skills necessary to live in all forms of society. The skills provided in church schools stem from the Christian understanding of Man as made in the image of God to share in, and provide stewardship for, the created order. In conclusion, this study rejects the argument that church schools: (i) contribute to intolerance in society; (ii) indoctrinate pupils; and (iii) undermine pupils’ autonomy for the following reasons: 1. The schools provide Christian education which accepts differences in human nature and prepares individuals to live in diverse communities. 2. Christian education is incompatible with coercion and manipulation. 3. Christian education provides opportunity for pupils either to accept or to reject the Christian faith or teaching.
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Daman, Glenn C. "Developing the small church ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Cobrda, Juan. "Searching for mission identity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Roosma, Gary Dean. "Guiding toward independence the Borneo Evangelical Mission and the planting of the Borneo Evangelical Church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p048-0315.

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Brown, Dwayne L. "Equipping and empowering congregational leaders to embrace a missional church vision." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Mwombeki, Fidon Rwezahula. "The mission of Paul's churches evangelistic outreach at Corinth /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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White, Bruce R. "Mission work in the Hispanic context." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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McCallum, Edward D. "Planning the implementation of a small church leaders network to promote missional leadership in small churches of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church." Deerfield, IL : Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.006-1592.

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Russom, James Rayford. "Mission - vision - strategy planning for growth in the established church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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