Adventist Mission in the Twenty-first Century

Proclaim the gospel of Jesus to all people in every nation.

It?s a monumental goal this Adventist mission. Undaunted by the sheer enormity of the task Adventists have long embraced Christ?s commission with a pioneering spirit.

Admittedly introducing people to Jesus doesn?t seem complicate at face value. Adventist missionaries evangelists and laypeople have proclaimed the gospel mission since our church?s earliest days.

So what have we accomplished so far? What challenges remain? What are we doing to finish the work? Adventist Mission in the 21^st Century offers answers from those who?ve led the way.

Contents

I. The Background

1. Adventist Mission Today (Jon L. Dybdahl)
2. Historical Reflections on Adventist Mission (Russel L. Staples)

II. Biblical and Theological Issues

1. Missionaries Go Home! Are Cross-cultural Missions Still Valid? (Reinder Bruinsma)
2. Adventism Faces the World Religions (Gottfried Oosterwal)
3. Is There Hope for the Unevangelized? (Jon L. Dybdahl)
4. The Challenge of Secularism (Humberto M. Rasi)
5. Can or Should Seventh-day Adventist Belief Be Adapted to Culture? (Barry D. Oliver)
6. Evangelism and Development?Friends or Foes? (Rudi Maier)
7. Remnant Theology and World Mission (George R. Knight)
8. Seventh-day Adventist Mission Finance: Is Reform Needed? (Borge Schantz)
9. Vocation as Mission (Walter Douglas)

III. Strategies and Methods

1. Wind in the Sails: Prayer in Mission (Tim Crosby)
2. Healings and Miraculous Signs in World Mission (Pardon Mwansa)
3. The Church Growth Movement and the Value of Research (Erich W. Baumgartner)
4. A New Mission Concept With a Long History (Bruce Campbell Moyer)
5. Megachurches and What They Teach Us (Erich W. Baumgartner)
6. Structure and Mission (Bruce L. Bauer)
7. What Can Laypersons Do in Mission? (Werner Vyhmeister)
8. Student Missions?An Army of Youth (Patricia Gustin)
9. Women in Mission (Nancy Vyhmeister)
10. Reaching the Muslim World (Jerold Whitehouse)
11. Crossing Boundaries?ADRA and AWR (David R. Syme)
12. God So Loves the City! (Bruce Campbell Moyer)
13. Involving Young People in Mission (Randal Wisbey)

IV. Case Studies

1. Refugee Sorrow/Christian Joy: Reaching Buddhists With Christ?s Love (Judy Aitken)
2. Buddhism and Adventism: A Myanmar Initiative (Clifton Maberly)
3. China?The Accomplishments and Challenges (Eugene Hsu)
4. Reaching Asia: The 1000 Missionary Movement (G. T. Ng)
5. A Case Study: Adventist Frontier Missions (Cathy E. Morgan)
6. A Case Study: GO Mission Conferences (Bruce L. Bauer)
7. The Tragedy in Rwanda and Beyond (Rowland C. Nwosu)
8. Fernando and Ana Stahl?Mediators of Personal and Social Transformation (Charles Teel Jr.)
9. Global Mission Reaches Out (Mike L. Ryan)
10. The Good Neighbor Story (John McGhee)
11. Adventism in a New Eastern Europe (Borge Schantz)