Foreword by Christopher J.H. Wright
Introduction: Choices
Part I: Biblical Foundations
1. How Shall We Then Live?
2. Commission and Context: Living Out Jesus' Final Imperatives
3. Five Great Commissions, One By One
4. The Great Commission: Three Takeaways
5. The Great Compassion: Caring for the Disadvantaged
6. The Great Compassion: Eight Takeaways
Part II: Lifestyle Imperatives
7. Choose: Committing to Kingdom Mission in Our Personal
Choices
8. Learn: Developing an Ongoing Posture of Learning and
Discovery
9. Look: Opening Our Eyes and Responding to Needs and
Opportunities
10. Pray: Remembering That We Have Access to the Throne Room of God
Almighty
11. Welcome and Celebrate: Looking for Ways to Welcome the
Stranger
12. Simplify and Give: Making a Generous Lifestyle a Priority
13. Stand Together: Finding Like-Minded People and Advocating for
Others
14. Go: Serving Crossculturally and Leaving Our Comfort Zone
Epilogue: Witnessing to All the Senses
Acknowledgments
Recommended Resources
Appendix: One Hundred Ideas for Great Commission, Great Compassion
Outreach
Notes
About the Author
Christopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books including commentaries on Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel, The Mission of God, Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, and Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament. An ordained priest in the Church of England, Chris spent five years teaching the Old Testament at Union Biblical Seminary in India, and thirteen years as academic dean and then principal of All Nations Christian College, an international training center for cross-cultural mission in England. He was chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group from 2005-2011 and the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment from the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010.
Paul Borthwick is senior consultant for Development Associates International and teaches at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. His books include Western Christians in Global Mission, How to Be a World-Class Christian, Six Dangerous Questions to Transform Your View of the World and A Mind for Missions.
"For those looking to expand their horizons in relation to
missions, this book in an effective primer."
*Daniel Camp, Baptist Standard, July 6, 2016*
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