Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity

Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity

by Miriam Adeney
Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity

Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity

by Miriam Adeney

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Overview

The twenty-first century has opened with a rapidly changing map of Christianity. While its influence is waning in some of its traditional Western strongholds, it is growing at a phenomenal pace in the global South. And yet this story has largely eluded the corporate news brokers of the West. Layered as it is with countless personal and corporate stories of remarkable faith and witness, it nevertheless lies ghostlike behind the newsprint and webpages of our print media, outside the camera's vision on the network evening news. Miriam Adeney has lived, traveled and ministered widely. She has walked with Christians in and from the far reaches of the globe. As she pulls back the veil on real Christians—their faith, their hardships, their triumphs and, yes, their failures—an inspiring and challenging story of a kingdom that knows no borders takes shape. This is a book that coaxes us out of our comfortable lives. It beckons us to expand our vision and experience of the possibilities and promise of a faith that continues to shape lives, communities and nations.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780830838493
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 11/18/2009
Pages: 295
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Miriam Adeney is professor of global and urban ministries at Seattle Pacific University and is a teaching fellow at Regent College. Her books include Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women and God's Foreign Policy: Practical Ways to Help the World's Poor.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What I Learned from Filipinos

1 These Are My People
2 The Elephant in the Room: Jesus' People in China
3 Word
4 Pulsating Passion: Jesus' People in Latin America
5 Spirit
6 Axis of Hope: Jesus' People in the Muslim World
7 Catastrophe
8 Mystic Servants: Jesus' People in the Hindu World
9 Song
10 When You Go Through Fire: Jesus' People in Africa
11 Way of the Cross
12 Way of Life

Endnotes

What People are Saying About This

Dr. Peter Kuzmic

"Miriam Adeney takes us on a richly illustrated journey in order to teach us how to (re)think globally while loving and acting locally. Moving with creative ease between narrative and dialogue, she tells fascinating stories with a sensitive crosscultural touch, crossing all given and imposed borders and barriers with passion that inspires."
Dr. Peter Kuzmic, Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of World Missions and European Studies, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

William D. Taylor

"Kingdom Without Borders invites us into a magnificent tapestry of the glory of God alive in the peoples and nations of our world. Miriam Adeney weaves the dominant designs of God's global mission with and through countless stories of people and friends. We meet sisters and brothers in Christ in contexts of joy and profound sadness; in China, Latin America, the Islamic and the Buddhist worlds; in the arts and persecution, in the Word and the Spirit. I cannot recommend any book higher than Kingdom Without Borders as the introduction to worshiping the God on mission."
William D. Taylor, Global Ambassador, World Evangelical Alliance, and coauthor of Global Mission Handbook

Doug McConnell

"Kingdom Without Borders is a fresh look at the question, What is God doing in the world? In this book, Miriam Adeney again combines the work of a scholar with the skill of a writer. She draws us into the story of the global Christian family, while introducing us to the trends and theological conversations so vital to our understanding. Between Adeney's mastery of storytelling and the profound insights she reports, the reader gains a greater appreciation for God's greatness.This creative combination of voices from many sources is an important contribution to the growing conversation surrounding globalization."
Doug McConnell, dean, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary

Steve Hoke

"A delightful and accessible introduction to global missions--God's foreign policy among the nations. A masterful storyteller, Miriam introduces us to her multicultural family, from Cesar in the Philippines to Ruth in Rwanda, in this flyover perspective on the move of the Spirit through the peoples of our world. Bible teaching, economic theory, comparative religions or insights on intercultural communication provide lively connecting tissue you will not find in dry missions texts. It is a bold call to serve vulnerably, sharing in suffering until Christ's resurrection power is released among all peoples!"
Steve Hoke, vice president of people development, Church Resource Ministries

Dana L. Robert

"Miriam Adeney has once again written a powerful and accessible book on a topic of profound importance. Readers will be humbled and inspired by what they find in these pages--testimonies that show how the gospel is changing lives all over the world."
Dana L. Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, Boston University School of Theology

Scott Moreau

"The fact of the vibrancy and growth of the church around the world is one many of us have come to learn in the past few decades. Like no other account I've read, Miriam Adeney compellingly weaves individual stories from every nook and cranny of the globe into a tapestry that reflects God's burden and passion for every person and community. She takes what others report as data and brings it to us through the lives of the people who have been transformed by encountering the living Christ, and ultimately paints a masterpiece of God at work across our planet. Reading the journeys of brokenness, trauma, pain, hope, sacrifice, joy and redemption will change your perspective on how God is at work--and just maybe your life."
Scott Moreau, professor of intercultural studies, Wheaton College, and editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly

Steve Hoke

"A delightful and accessible introduction to global missions—God's foreign policy among the nations. A masterful storyteller, Miriam introduces us to her multicultural family, from Cesar in the Philippines to Ruth in Rwanda, in this flyover perspective on the move of the Spirit through the peoples of our world. Bible teaching, economic theory, comparative religions or insights on intercultural communication provide lively connecting tissue you will not find in dry missions texts. It is a bold call to serve vulnerably, sharing in suffering until Christ's resurrection power is released among all peoples!"

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