Planning Strategies for World Evangelization

by Edward R. Dayton, David Fraser

Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Over three billion people in the world have never heard the name of Jesus Christ.

The task of evangelizing these people seems monumental. In this major study of world evangelization, however, Edward Dayton and Donald Fraser view the world not as billions of individuals but as thousands of "people groups."

The Dayton-Fraser strategy includes ten basic steps that analyze and define the goals in reaching these people groups and the obstacles standing in the way. Unlike other mission strategies, this approach incorporates the social sciences and basic management principles into the context of God's sovereignty and of the church's responsibility to evangelize the world.

The book includes a comprehensive bibliography reflecting the authors' extensive research in theology, sociology, anthropology, and management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802804228
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/24/1990
Edition description:	ABR
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

David A. Fraser is associate professor of sociology at Eastern College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He has edited New Frontiers in Missions and contributed to The Primary Group.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	1
1.	Beginnings	3
	What Do We Mean by a People or People Group?	6
	A Comprehensive Approach Is Needed	7
2.	Perspective	9
	The Future Lies in the Future	10
	A Theology of the Future	11
	The Importance of the Future	12
3.	Strategy	13
	Why Have a Strategy?	14
	Types of Strategies	14
	Is Our Strategy "Western"?	16
	What Happens When We Have No Strategy?	17
4.	Management	18
	What Do We Mean by Management?	19
	Nehemiah Was a Manager	20
	The Role of the Holy Spirit	21
	Recapturing the Biblical Balance	24
5.	Management for Mission	25
	An Overview of the Task	25
	The Basic Approach	31
	A Circular Model	31
Step 1	Defining the Mission	39
	Considerations	41
6.	Mission and Evangelization	42
	Mission and the Church	43
	Evangelization	46
	The Meaning of Evangelism	49
	Defining Evangelism When Developing a Strategy	52
	Evangelization as a Process	55
7.	Defining Your Mission	57
	Assumptions for Mission Definition	58
	The Need for Mission Definition	60
	Field Selection Practices	61
	Theology and Field Selection	64
	Field Selection Criteria	69
	Unreached People Defined	72
	Perspective	74
	Questions	75
Step 2	The People to be Reached	77
	Considerations	79
8.	A People-Centered Approach	81
	The Importance of a People-Centered Approach	82
	Peoples and People Groups in the Bible	85
	Evangelism and Peoples of the New Testament World	89
	Paul's People-Centered Approach	93
9.	Defining and Describing Peoples and People Groups	97
	The Debate about Mono-Ethnic Churches	97
	The Homogeneous Unit and People Group Evangelization	99
	Membership in Groups	101
	What Are Peoples and People Groups?	102
10.	Understanding Peoples and People Groups	105
	Three-Dimensional Understanding	105
	The Meaning System of Peoples and People Groups	107
	Understanding the Needs of Peoples and People Groups	116
	Understanding the Behavior of Peoples and People Groups	123
	Receptivity and Resistance	129
	Questions	131
Step 3	The Force for Evangelization	133
	Considerations	135
11.	The People Available	136
	What Is This People Group Like?	137
	Looking for the Best Fit	141
	The Going Community	143
	Recruiting	145
	Thousands of Young People Are Willing to Be Trained	148
	The Challenge of Training	155
	The Local Church Can Change the World	155
12.	The Organizations Available	158
	Organizational Structures	160
	Priorities for the Christian Organization	163
	An Organizational Checklist	164
	Missions in Partnership	166
	Questions	169
Step 4	Means and Methods	171
	Considerations	173
13.	Selecting Means and Methods	174
	Methods and the Holy Spirit	175
	What Difference Do Methods Make?	176
	What Are Means and Methods?	181
	Classifying Methods	185
	Selecting Methods for Evangelization	190
	Perspective on the Selection Process	193
14.	Developing Means and Methods	194
	New Testament Examples	195
	The Experiences of Other Christians	197
	The Experience of Pseudo-Christian and Other Religious Movements	199
	The Means and Methods of the People Group Being Evangelized	201
	Development as Evangelism	203
	Final Considerations	204
	Questions	206
Step 5	Defining an Approach	207
	Considerations	209
15.	Planning the Strategy	210
	Levels of Strategy	211
	The Example of the Turkana	214
	The Diffusion of Innovation	216
	Stating Our Approach	218
16.	Assumptions	220
	Assumptions about Yourself	222
	Assumptions about the Organization	223
	Assumptions about Other Churches and Missions	224
	Assumptions about the Country in Which You Work	224
	Assumptions about the World	225
	What Now?	225
	Questions	227
Step 6	Anticipated Outcomes	229
	Considerations	231
17.	Movement Toward Christ	232
	The Meaning of Conversion	233
	The Starting Point	235
	The Ultimate Objective	238
18.	The Resulting Church	241
	The Church in the Freedom of the Spirit	242
	Models for the Resulting Church	243
	Criteria for the Resulting Church	250
19.	Ready for Results	252
	Four Types of Possible Outcomes	254
	Ways We Hide from Results	257
	Changes and the Strategy Cycle	258
	Failing on Paper	259
	Questions	260
Step 7	Your Role	261
	Considerations	263
20.	Who Are You?	264
	Roles and Social Structures	265
	Personal Role Definition	270
	Our Primary Role Identification	272
21.	Where Do You Fit?	274
	Questions to Ask	275
	Bringing About Change	278
	Questions	282
Step 8	Planning	283
	Considerations	285
22.	Goals for Evangelization	286
	The Difference between Purposes and Goals	286
	The Relationship of Goals to One Another	288
	The Power and Advantages of Goals	289
	Writing Clear Goals and Purposes	290
	Goals for People	291
23.	Plans for Evangelization	293
	What Do We Mean by Planning?	293
	Thinking Christianly about Planning	294
	Basic Planning Concepts	295
	The Dynamics of Planning	299
	Short-and Long-Range Planning	302
	Methods for Planning	303
	Questions	304
Step 9	Act	305
	Considerations	307
24.	Taking Action	308
	Resources, Means, Goals	309
	Course Correction--Replanning	314
	Questions	315
Step 10	Evaluation	317
	Considerations	319
25.	Evaluation	320
	Set up an Evaluation Procedure	321
	Goals Evaluation	321
	Evaluating Means and Methods	322
	Evaluating Resources	323
	Evaluation as a Process	324
	Personal Performance Evaluation	325
	Closing the Circle	326
	Questions	327
	Bibliography	328
	Index	347

Editorial Reviews

C. Peter Wagner
—Fuller Theological Seminary
"Dayton and Fraser have produced a missiological tour de force. . . . Missionaries and mission agencies that follow its recommendations can multiply their effectiveness in fulfilling the Great Commission manifold."

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