1. Encountering Mission Theology

2. Frame for Discussion Laying the Groundwork
A Theological Approach to Mission
Putting it Together

3. Laying the Groundwork: Key Terms
Missions:the specific task of making disciples of all nations
Mission: everything the Church does which points towards the Kingdom of God
Missio Dei: a comprehensive term encompassing everything God does in relation to the kingdom and everything the church is sent to do on Earth (McIntosh, 2000)
Missiology: the formal, academic study of mission

4. Missions, Mission and Missio Dei
Missio Dei: All that the God does to build the Kingdom
Mission: What church does for God in the world
Missions: Evangelism, discipleship, and church planting

5. Mission Dei and Mission
M i s s i o D e i
God
People of God
Mission

6. Responsibilities of Created Order
Glorify God:
Have Dominion:
Evangelize:
All Believers
All People
All Creation

7. A Theological Approach to Mission: 4 Questions
How does mission theology fit into theology as a whole?
What is the foundation for our theology of mission?
What guiding theme provides the orientation to our mission theology?
What motifs are important to mission theology?

8. 1: How Does Mission Theology Fit into Theology as a Whole?
Theology of
God
Bible
Creation
Church
Salvation
Sustaining Work
Theology of
Created
Theology of
Humanity
Order
Fall/Sin
Creation Mandate

9. The Fit of Mission Theology
Theology of
God
Bible
Creation
Church
Salvation
Sustaining Work
Mission
Theology of
Created
Theology of
Humanity
Order
Fall/Sin
Creation Mandate

10. 2: What is the Foundation for Our Theology of Mission?
The Bible alone contains God’s self-revelation
It alone has the authority to guide us through the complex questions that face each new generation.
It alone provides the general principles on which a theology of mission must be built and the specific instructions given to the Church by God that inform our view of mission today.

11. 3: What Guiding Theme Provides the Orientation to Our Mission Theology?
God’s glory and our reflection of his glory through worship are the guiding themes for our mission theology.
Those themes find their focus in the tasks the church is commissioned by God to perform.
Being sent by God,
we are to call people to be reconciled to and come worship the King of Kings
while at the same time growing in our own ability to worship him by living lives that best reflect his glory.

12. Guiding Theme
Calling those who do not know Christ through the activities of evangelism and church planting; and
Growing in our capacity to live God-glorifying lives through the processes of discipleship, and church growth and
Reflecting God’s glory to a needy world through living lives of salt and light

13. Guiding Theme Illustrated
Salt and Light Living
Discipleship and Church Growth
Evangelism and Church Planting
Reflecting God’s Glory through Worship
Biblical Revelation

14. Question 4: What Motifs Are Important to Mission Theology?
One: The Kingdom of God
Two: Jesus
Three: Holy Spirit
Four: Church
Five: Shalom
Six: The Return of Jesus

15. Motifs in Mission Theology: David Bosch (1991)
Ascension
Resurrection
Pentecost
Cross
Parousia
Incarnation
Theology of Mission

16. Motifs in Mission Theology: Wilbert Shenk (1999)
Church
Holy Spirit
World
Jesus
Eschaton
Reign of God

17. Motifs in Mission Theology
Church
Holy Spirit
Shalom
Jesus
Reflecting God’s Glory through Worship
Kingdom of God
Return of Christ
Biblical Revelation