1. MISSIONS & EVANGELISM INTENSIVE
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
in partnership with Ogletown Baptist Church

2. What is the Mission of the Church?
The church is sent into the world to bear witness to Jesus as Lord, through gospel proclamation and disciple-making.

3. THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR GLOBAL MISSIONS
God as Author and Goal
Scripture as the Rule
Human Rebellion as the Context
Christ as the Center
Holy Spirit as the Agent
Salvation as the Message
All Peoples as the Scope
Church as the Instrument
Eschatology as the Historical Framework
(Adapted from Pratt, Sills and Walters)

4. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MISSIONS

5. The History of Missions in the Early Church 1-500 AD

6. Ten 400-Year Epochs of Redemptive History
Centuries
Period BC
Patriarchs
0-400 AD
Romans BC
Egyptian Captivity AD
Barbarians BC
Judges AD
Vikings BC
Kings AD
Muslims/ Crusades
400-0 BC
Post Exile
1600-? AD
Ends of the Earth

7. General Factors Affecting the Church’s Expansion
All roads lead to Rome.
Pax Romana
It’s all Greek to me!
Greek philosophy taught widely
Dispersion of Jewish synagogues
Constantine’s conversion
313 Edict of Toleration
Pro’s – By 375 AD it was the State religion
Con’s – The quality of members diminished

8. General Factors Affecting the Church’s Expansion
Paul preached in synagogues first
Teaching centers established
Home to home evangelism
Oral witnessing and literate methodologies
Social ministries
Inclusive outreach
Divine blessing

9. General Factors Affecting the Church’s Expansion
Monasticism
Invasion of tribes into Roman world
By 500, the vast majority of the Roman empire was considered Christian and the Gospel has also been carried into many lands outside the empire.

10. Medieval and Renaissance Missions (500-1792)

11. Celts and Goths (AD )
Barbarians had invaded Roman territories and gained control beginning 400s
Captives became witnesses to captors
Patrick is captured and escapes, lives in a monastery for years studying, receives call and returns to Ireland as missionary
Columba also there was punished for making his own copy of Scriptures. Banished to Iona and begins the first missionary training institute. Functioned for yrs sending to Italy/Hungary
Charlemagne called for missionaries to come to France. Called himself King David.

12. The Vikings AD
Unfortunately, no one dares evangelize Scandinavia – the home of the cruel Vikings.
Sold their own women as slaves in N.Africa
Vikings were won mainly by the Christian girls they captured like Naaman, Syrian General.
Vikings settled in Christian lands like England and Normandy
When the call to go on crusades against the Muslims went out, every Crusade was led by someone with a Viking background.

13. The Muslims AD
The Crusaders sought to kill and plunder rather than evangelize so a negative period.
Francis of Assisi accompanied 5th crusade but thought better to win them so began a form of monasticism which preached and ministered to the common people.
Returning crusaders brought back fascination for art & architecture which led to beginning of Renaissance.
They saw St. Sophia mosque in Constantinople and returned with zeal for same. All major cathedrals of Europe were begun within 50 years.

14. The Great Century (1792-1910) and Beyond“

15. Dark & Desperate Times Rome was littered with poisoned bodies
Popes kept mistresses
Gutenberg Press 1455 allowed for Bibles
John Hus, et al advocated reforms - persecuted
Indulgences and other abuses
Reformation was not evangelistic outreach as some Reformers thought Great Commission was not applicable to us.

16. REFORMATION The Just Live by Faith! Luther, Calvin, Zwingli 95 theses
Some Protestant missions during this time but not the emphasis of the Reformers-why?
Faulty hermeneutics
Struggles against Catholicism
No monastic orders like the Catholics
But Calvinist Huguenots, Eliot, Brainerd, Edwards, etc.

17. Cutting the Catholic Roots
French and American revolutions
Great Awakening in the Colonies
Preaching and ministry of Wesley, Whitefield, and others
Dissolution of the Jesuit order

18. Pietists Vicit agnus noster, eum sequamur
Philip Spener, August Franke, Hans Egede
Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf and Moravian Missions –
Vicit agnus noster, eum sequamur
Zinzendorf was disciple of
Franke and gave fortune for
missions.

19. Protestant Precursors
Anglican Societies for Missions
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (John Eliot and David Brainerd)
These societies served as a model for William Carey’s Baptist Society

20. The Great Century
Nineteenth century has been so called by Kenneth Scott Latourette
Counted from the sailing of William Carey to the first World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland
The primary Roman Catholic emphasis was reordering of missions efforts since Jesuit problems
This Great Century is mainly Protestant advance

21. William Carey (1761-1834) Father of Modern Missions
Bivocational Baptist pastor among hyper- Calvinists
Many hobbies – botany, geography, languages
Profoundly influenced by life/writings of Eliot, Brainerd and the apostle Paul
1792 “An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of Heathens”
“Attempt Great Things; Expect Great Things”
Isaiah 54:2,3

22. Carey’s 5-pronged Philosophy of Missions
1) Widespread preaching
2) Distribution of the Bible in the vernacular
3) Church planting
4) Profound study of non-Christian religions
5) Ministerial training in a comprehensive program

23. William Carey’s Legacy
Over forty translations of the Bible
Dozen mission stations all over India
Grammars and dictionaries in many languages
3 sons who became missionaries
Abolition of sati
Translation of the Hindu classics into English
Premier horticultural research and training

24. 1910 First World Missionary Conference – Edinburgh, Scotland
Carey’s dream becomes a reality
1200+ representatives
No Roman Catholics were invited
“The Evangelization of the World in this Generation” J.R. Mott and the Student Volunteer Movement 1880s and 1890s
100,000 volunteered to go overseas, 20,000 went

25. 4 Men, 3 Eras, 2 Transitions 1st Era 1792-1910 2nd Era 1865-1980
Denominational agencies
European dominance
Geographic strategy
2nd Era
“Faith” mission agencies
American dominance
3rd Era 1934-?
“Specialized” mission agencies
Non-Western dominance
Non-geographic strategy based
on People Groups
William Carey
Hudson Taylor
Cam Townsend
Coastlands
Inland Areas
Unreached Peoples
45 Years SVM Years SFMF
Student Volunteer Movement Student Foreign Mission Fellowship

26. Nigeria by Political Boundaries

27. Nigeria by Language Boundaries

28. Beyond Anticolonialism to Globalism
Worldview Shifts: Eras of Change
The Colonial Era: First Encounters with an Other Kind
Traders and Governments
First response: personal and national superiority
“Civilized” vs. “Primitive”
Missions
Equated Christianity with Western culture
Stressed biblically defined needs
Introduced Western medicine, education, worship styles, architecture, and dress
Translated the Bible literally, assuming meaning tied to forms
Generally, saw no need to study local cultures or contextualize their message

29. Beyond Anticolonialism to Globalism
Worldview Shifts: Eras of Change
The Anticolonial Era: Taking the Other Seriously
Missions
The contextualization of theology became a central issue
Growing understanding of cultural impact on communication and translation
Growing emphasis on “felt needs”
Emphasis was on dialogue, not proclamation
Anthropology
Ethnocentrism became taboo and cultural relativism the goal

30. Beyond Anticolonialism to Globalism
Worldview Shifts: Eras of Change
The Global Era: Hard Love
Missions
Requires a reevaluation of mission history
Requires critical contextualization
Requires double translation
Requires incarnational witness
Requires recognition of both felt and real needs

31. Helpful Definitions in Global Missions
People Group- “An ethnolinguistic group with a common self-identity that is shared by the various members.” This involves a common language as well as history, customs, family and clan identities
Unreached People Group- “A people group whose population is less than 2% evangelical Christian.”
Evangelical Christian- “A person who believes that Jesus Christ is the sole source of salvation through faith in Him, has personal faith and conversion with regeneration by the Holy Spirit, recognizes the inspired Word of God as the only basis for faith and Christian living, and is committed to Biblical preaching and evangelism that brings others to faith.

32. Helpful Definitions in Global Missions
Evangelical Church: A church characterized by the beliefs of Evangelical Christians
Engagement: A people group is engaged when an evangelical church-planting strategy is underway. While Christians are involved in many significant ministries, we believe that the gathering of believers and establishing of churches is the key to establishing an effective, on-going, evangelizing, discipling, nurturing and ministering presence among any given people group.
Last Frontier People Groups: People groups that are less than 2% Evangelical and have not had any active church planting within the past 2 years.