A Call to Global Christians to Carry the Burden Together
E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4335-1878-2
Verlag: Crossway
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Kein
According to the diverse group of contributors in this book, you can choose to get involved, sharing not only the kingdom burdens but the kingdom opportunities with other brothers and sisters in Christ so that no Christian, no church, no ministry, no nation has to confront these challenges alone. But how can you join in doing the work you are called to do? The superb analysis, biblical solutions, and reality-tested ideas put forth in this book by some of the leaders of the global Reformed and evangelical church will show you.
Coming from the fields of religion, education, medicine, broadcasting, psychology, urban ministry, and missions, these fellow Christians are encountering the challenges daily. Their suggestions will give you a grasp of not only what is necessary to be a global evangelical Christian today but how to respond to the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of others around the world-and perhaps in your own backyard.
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CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Robert C. (Ric) Cannada Jr. is Chancellor and CEO, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary. He received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his M.Div. and D.Min. from Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). A Presbyterian pastor for twenty years, Ric served First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, South Carolina before starting Covenant Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. From 1986 to 1993 he served as Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Macon, Georgia. In the summer of 1993 he moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to lead in the establishment of the Charlotte campus of RTS. Under his leadership, RTS Charlotte grew substantially. Ric has taught courses in church polity and in sanctification at Charlotte as well as courses at seminaries in the Ukraine and Brazil. Dr. Wilson Chow is President and Professor of Biblical Studies at the China Graduate School of Theology (CGST) in Hong Kong. CGST was founded in 1975 and currently has more than 200 full-time and more than 300 part-time students. It has just launched a Ph.D. program. Dr. Chow received his M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brandeis University. He has served as a visiting professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Westminster Seminary California, and Regent College, and he has also taught in Croatia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Dr. Chow has written numerous articles on theological education in and for China, he has lectured in China, and he is regarded as one of the world’s experts on Christianity in China. Charles Clayton is National Director of World Vision Jerusalem. Prior to his present position, Charles served as the Executive Director of World Vision United Kingdom and then as Group Chief Executive of Shaftesbury Housing and Care. He holds degrees in civil engineering and in theology (the latter from Westminster Theological Seminary). He has coauthored a volume on biblical hermeneutics entitled Let the Reader Understand and numerous papers on leadership. He is a past member of the American Management Association, the Management Centre Europe, and the UK Chartered Management Institute. He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, both in the UK; and he has served on a variety of boards in the commercial, nonprofit, and education sectors. Dr. Victor Cole is Professor of Educational Studies at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) in Kenya. Dr. Cole received his theological training at Dallas Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. From 1999 to 2004, he was Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at NEGST. Among his publications are Perspectives on Leadership Training and Training of the Ministry: A Macro-Curricular Approach. Dr. Cole also serves as a Consulting Editor for the African Journal of Evangelical Theology. Dr. David R. Haburchak is Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Haburchak was a Distinguished Military Graduate of the ROTC Program at the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned his B.A. degree as well as his M.D. He has pursued a twenty-four-year career in the United States Army Medical Corps, holding many leadership positions in academic military medicine, including chairmanship of departments of medicine and program directorships in internal medicine at three Army teaching hospitals. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He has received numerous awards for teaching and leadership in the Army Medical Department and was awarded the Laureate Award of the Army Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Haburchak has had extensive experience with medical faculty of the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Kenya, and Yemen while on short-term medical evangelism mission trips and visiting lectureships. He is a member of the American Osler Society and has attempted to promote the best traditions of personalized patient care in the competency-based and measured practice of the twenty-first century. Archbishop Peter Jensen is Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. Canon Jensen was inaugurated as the eleventh Archbishop of Sydney in June 2001. Archbishop Jensen did his theological training at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia, and at London University in England. He earned a D.Phil. at Oxford for his research on Elizabethan Anglicanism. He was appointed Curate at St. Barnabas’s Broadway in 1969 and worked with unprivileged youth and with students at the University of Sydney. In 1985 Archbishop Jensen was appointed Principal of Moore Theological College, a position that he held until his elevation to Archbishop in 2001. Over the past thirty years, Archbishop Jensen has been heavily involved in the theological debates within the Anglican Communion, serving as a member of the Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission since 1980. In the Anglican Church of Australia, he has been a member of the General Synod Doctrine Commission (now Doctrine Panel) since 1982. He has contributed to a number of publications of that body, including the recently published Faithfulness in Fellowship: Reflections on Homosexuality and the Church. Dr. Peter Jones is Executive Director of CWIPP Ministries (Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet) and Scholar-at-Large of the World Reformed Fellowship. Dr. Jones is a former Professor of New Testament at Westminster Seminary California where he continues to serve in an adjunct capacity. He is an internationally recognized author and speaker. Among his many books are Cracking Da Vinci’s Code; Capturing the Pagan Mind; Gospel Truth, Pagan Lies; and Spirit Wars: Pagan Revival in Christian America. He earned his Th.M. at Harvard Divinity School and his Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary. He taught for eighteen years at the Faculté de Théologie Réformée in Aix-enProvence, France. Dr. In Whan Kim is President of Chongshin University and Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Kim has been on the faculty of Chongshin University since 1982 and has also served as Dean of Academic Affairs and Vice President. He did his undergraduate work at Chongshin University (B.A.), his seminary training at Chongshin Theological Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Th.M.), and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Lempeter, Great Britain. He served as chairman of the committee to found the Society of Reformed Theology and now serves as the chairman of its Department of Old Testament Studies. He has been ordained by the Philadelphia Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in America, and he is now an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong). Dr. Diane M. Langberg is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Langberg is an internationally recognized author and speaker whose books include On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Hope and Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, and Counsel for Pastor’s Wives. She founded “The Place of Refuge,” an inner-city nonprofit trauma and training center in Philadelphia. She is Section Editor for the Journal of Psychology and Christianity and is on the Editorial Board of Marriage and Family Journal. Dr. Langberg is Chair of the Executive Board of the American Association of Christian Counselors and is Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary. She received her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Temple University and is affiliated with the Initiative Against Sex Trafficking. Rev. Jimmy Lin is Minister of Chinese Broadcasting for the Back to God Hour radio program, a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church. Rev. Lin and his staff preach the gospel weekly (in both Mandarin and Cantonese) to listeners throughout the People’s Republic of China (where one fifth of the world’s population lives), Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and North and Central America. Many of his messages are available online, and extensive written materials are published as well. Rev. Lin is a graduate and a former member of the Board of Trustees at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Samuel T. Logan Jr. is President Emeritus and Professor of Church History Emeritus at Westminster Theological Seminary and Executive Secretary of the World Reformed Fellowship. Dr. Logan served on the faculty of Westminster beginning in 1979 and, from 1991 to 2005, served as President of that institution. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and has chaired accreditation teams for both ATS and the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges. He did his undergraduate work at Princeton University and his seminary training at Westminster, and he earned a Ph.D. in Theology and Literature from Emory University. Dr. Logan edited and contributed to The Preacher and Preaching: Reviving the Art in the Twentieth Century and Sermons That Shaped America: Reformed Preaching from 1630 to 2001. He has written numerous articles on British and American Puritanism and on the life and work of Jonathan Edwards. He is an ordained minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Dr. John Nicholls is Chief Executive of the London City Mission (LCM). The LCM was founded in 1835 (when London was the largest city in...
