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Religions and mission in the Arab world
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Dear friends
As Christians, we believe in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When talking about the Trinity with other Christians, I have regularly detected a certain fatigue about the issue - as if it is problematic!
Well, maybe it is problematic, but could that be our own fault? The idea that we might have to think and study in order to comprehend even a fraction of who God is, seems hard to many Christians. In our cultures, we want everything easy, an.jpg) d we want it preferably now. Why would we expect truth about the very being of God to be easy to know and comprehend?
The articles in this issue 6:3 (June 2010) of St Francis Magazine have renewed my enthusiasm for our great God! Most of the articles are related to Trinitarian matters. You will enjoy reading them, I believe. And they might help you communicate this great Gospel to your Muslim friends.
I have often heard and read that we should avoid talking about the Trinity with Muslims as long as possible – as if we have to avoid the most beautiful part of our Christian faith! And as if Muslims do not know we believe in a Trinity.
The next issue, the one of August 2010, will focus on concepts related to community and mission in the Arab World. If you like to submit your article on issues like koinonia and ummah and how they relate to our mission work, please contact me as soon as possible! May our one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be with us all.
John Stringer
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Let me know about new issues
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JUNE 2007: Our worries about 'Insider Movements' |
We are glad you are back - to find some great new articles. We hope that you can use them for your work. It would actually help us if we could get some feedback from you, in order to better fine-tune our articles with your felt needs. You can write to editor at stfrancismagazine.info. Be assured of our discretion :-)
We continue to be concerned about some forms of contextualization that are presenty popularized in certain missiological magazines. We are especially talking of how some missiologists want to make John Travis' C5 approach the center of how mission in the Arab World should be approached. We are therefore glad that we are finding that these worries are shared by many. In this edition you find some articles related to this issue. If you want to contribute to this debate via our website, we invite you to submit your ideas for articles.
The Lord of the harvest be with you!
John Stringer |
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