Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ~ Episcopal Church. The Book of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David . New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1979. p 215

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The God of History and the Drama of God

In a world which sees Christian faith as a mere personal and existential choice (not truth based on historical fact), many Christians have abandoned their defense of Christianity as a historical faith. Large sections of the liberal wing of the mainline denominations have all but renounced the essential “historicity” of the Christian claims about Jesus. For instance, the Jesus Seminar (i.e., that highly advertised scholarly research committee assigned the task of discerning which of Jesus’ sayings in our Gospels were actually spoken by him) can find only a handful of scattered sayings they are willing to say for certain are probably historically accurate tellings of Christ. Many seminaries have opted for the “scientific study of religion” which focuses not on what Christians have held and believed throughout the centuries, but rather on what science now allows by virtue of its ability to verify the claims of Christianity. These and other assaults have made it hard for many to embrace Christianity as a historically air-tight argument, and the resurrection as the confession of the truth. Why do you think it is critical for mission to always begin