{"product_id":"ecclesiology-and-mission-exploring-the-churchs-identity-and-calling-in-a-changing-world-paperback","title":"Ecclesiology and Mission: Exploring the Church's Identity and Calling in a Changing World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Hibbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Nehrbass\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAbeneazer G. Urga\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMission is not an activity of the church. Mission defines it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver time, many churches drift toward institutional stability and away from their mission calling in a rapidly changing world. \u003ci\u003eEcclesiology and Mission \u003c\/i\u003econfronts this tension. Mission defines the church; the church embodies the gospel. Christians need to live out biblical concepts that will create diverse, reproducing church expressions worldwide.\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, scholars and frontline practitioners stress the need to reintegrate mission with church life. Case studies from Azerbaijan, India, Thailand, and Canada show how mission thrives through relationships, family networks, hospitality, and adaptive faith, even under persecution. The authors in this volume highlight a trend toward simpler, networked, relational churches that can flexibly navigate modern complexities. They provide insights into how to think about church and mission, and how churches can do mission today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcclesiology and Mission\u003c\/i\u003e equips readers to reimagine the church as a dynamic, multiplying community--faithful to Scripture and adaptable to diverse cultural contexts--so that mission once again becomes the heartbeat of the church.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Hibbert leads the global region of the Evangelical Missiological Society and is the editorial director of \u003ci\u003eEvangelical Missions Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. She also helps lead the Angelina Noble Centre, an online research community for women in cross-cultural ministry. She has experience in church planting among Turkish-speaking Muslims in Europe and continues to be involved with this maturing movement. With her late husband, Richard, she coauthored four practical books for missionaries: \u003ci\u003e Leading Multicultural Teams, Training Missionaries, Walking Together on the Jesus Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMultiplying Leaders\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Nehrbass (PhD, Biola University) serves as the president of Evangelical Missiological Society. His missionary work took him to Vanuatu, where he translated the New Testament into the Southwest Tanna language. He is the director of assessment and assistant professor of social work at California Baptist University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Missiology \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGod's Image and Global Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eAbeneazer G. Urga (PhD, Columbia International University) serves as the department head for the MA in biblical studies, lectures in biblical studies at the Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia International University and Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology. He is a member of Equip International and SIL Ethiopia\/International, and an associate member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. He is the author of Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews and has coedited several volumes, including \u003ci\u003eReading James Missiologically, Reading Revelation Missiologically\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter from Majority World Perspectives. \u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54094333116723,"sku":"9781645087359","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ox86aNqriy9781645087359.webp?v=1789634795","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ecclesiology-and-mission-exploring-the-churchs-identity-and-calling-in-a-changing-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}