In our globally interconnected world, mission depends on healthy partnerships across the globe. Many talk about wanting to partner with the Global South, but we're not always sure what that looks like on the ground. Too often North Americans have acted as if we don't need others to do what we think God has called us to do. And our witness overseas has suffered as a result. We need to live out a more humble posture of missional partnership, marked by true mutuality and service. Nikki Toyama-Szeto and Femi Adeleye look at how we can partner well across cultures. People on mission together from diverse perspectives are a picture of how the body of Christ works together in the world. Addressing tricky issues like power, finances, transparency and trust, the authors provide best practices and models for ministry that reflect the servant heart of God. God invites us all to engage in his work, and he gives us partners for the task from around the world. Discover how we can do more together than we could ever do on our own. Includes questions for group discussion.

Partnering with the Global Church (Urbana Onward)

Toyama-Szeto, Nikki A.

Adeleye, Femi B.

Religion & Spirituality

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<li>The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit Winner (Missions/Global Affairs)</li>
<li>2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year ("Also Recommended," Global Outreach)</li>
</ul> The world has changed. A century ago, Christianity was still primarily centered in North America and Europe. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, Christianity had become a truly global faith, with Christians in Asia, Africa and Latin America outpacing those in the rest of the world. There are now more Christians in China than in all of Europe, more Pentecostals in Brazil than in the United States, and more Anglicans in Kenya than in Great Britain, Canada and the United States combined. Countries that were once destinations for western missionaries are now sending their own missionaries to North America. Given these changes, some think the day of the Western missionary is over. Some are wary that American mission efforts may perpetuate an imperialistic colonialism. Some say that global outreach is best left to indigenous leaders. Others simply feel that resources should be focused on the home front. Is there an ongoing role for the North American church in global mission? Missions specialist Paul Borthwick brings an urgent report on how the Western church can best continue in global mission. He provides a current analysis of the state of the world and how Majority World leaders perceive North American Christians' place. Borthwick offers concrete advice for how Western Christians can be involved without being paternalistic or creating dependency. Using their human and material resources with wise and strategic stewardship, North Americans can join forces with the Majority World in new, interdependent ways to answer God?s call to global involvement. In this critical age, the global body of Christ needs one another more than ever. Discover how the Western church can contribute to a new era of mission marked by mutuality, reciprocity and humility.

Western Christians in Global Mission: What's the Role of the North American Church?

Borthwick, Paul

"Name it and claim it!" "Just have faith!" "Give and you will get!" Catchphrases like this have convinced many Christians that trusting in God will bring health and wealth. But the gospel does not promise prosperity without pain or salvation without sanctification. Femi Adeleye draws on his wide-ranging experience as he examines the appeal and peril of this new gospel of prosperity that has made deep inroads in Africa, as well as in the West.

Preachers of a Different Gospel: A Pilgrim's Reflections on Contemporary Trends in Christianity

Hippobooks

“Name it and claim it!” “Just have faith!” “Give and you will get!” Catchphrases like this have convinced many Christians that trusting in God will bring health and wealth. But the gospel does not promise prosperity without pain or salvation without sanctification. Femi Adeleye draws on his wide-ranging experience as he examines the appeal and peril of this new gospel of prosperity that has made deep inroads in Africa, as well as in the West.

The Preachers of a Different Gospel: A Pilgrim's Reflections on Contemporary Trends in Christianity (Hippo)

Zondervan Academic

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Books by Adeleye, Femi B.

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Partnering with the Global Church (Urbana Onward)

Western Christians in Global Mission: What's the Role of the North American Church?

Preachers of a Different Gospel: A Pilgrim's Reflections on Contemporary Trends in Christianity

The Preachers of a Different Gospel: A Pilgrim's Reflections on Contemporary Trends in Christianity (Hippo)