The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 2019
This article describes and proposes a methodology for suburban South African Baptist Churches to ... more This article describes and proposes a methodology for suburban South African Baptist Churches to engage in missional projects in the poor and needy neighbouring townships. It goes on to give a theological justification for such a course of action. The authors propose that a viable method for suburban Baptist Churches to reach out to poor and needy neighboring township communities is to humbly enter these communities with a view to build relationships through acts of loving kindness. This type of engagement will lead to opportunities for evangelistic proclamation over time once trust has been established and love experienced. It will enable to gospel to be heard as the good news that it is.
This article gives a theological justification for this missional methodology and provides a workable case study for scalability. The article endeavors to understand the historic tension evangelicals have had over the relationship between evangelism and social concern. It presents a critique of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel Movement which was largely responsible for the tension and explains the work of the Lausanne Movement which has been crucial in overcoming the historic tensions and so return evangelical mission to its biblical and historic roots.
The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 2019
This article describes and proposes a methodology for suburban South African Baptist Churches to ... more This article describes and proposes a methodology for suburban South African Baptist Churches to engage in missional projects in the poor and needy neighbouring townships. It goes on to give a theological justification for such a course of action. The authors propose that a viable method for suburban Baptist Churches to reach out to poor and needy neighboring township communities is to humbly enter these communities with a view to build relationships through acts of loving kindness. This type of engagement will lead to opportunities for evangelistic proclamation over time once trust has been established and love experienced. It will enable to gospel to be heard as the good news that it is.
This article gives a theological justification for this missional methodology and provides a workable case study for scalability. The article endeavors to understand the historic tension evangelicals have had over the relationship between evangelism and social concern. It presents a critique of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel Movement which was largely responsible for the tension and explains the work of the Lausanne Movement which has been crucial in overcoming the historic tensions and so return evangelical mission to its biblical and historic roots.
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This article gives a theological justification for this missional methodology and provides a workable case study for scalability. The article endeavors to understand the historic tension evangelicals have had over the relationship between evangelism and social concern. It presents a critique of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel Movement which was largely responsible for the tension and explains the work of the Lausanne Movement which has been crucial in overcoming the historic tensions and so return evangelical mission to its biblical and historic roots.
This article gives a theological justification for this missional methodology and provides a workable case study for scalability. The article endeavors to understand the historic tension evangelicals have had over the relationship between evangelism and social concern. It presents a critique of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel Movement which was largely responsible for the tension and explains the work of the Lausanne Movement which has been crucial in overcoming the historic tensions and so return evangelical mission to its biblical and historic roots.