The Practice of Mission in Egypt: A Historical Study of the Integration between the American Mission and the Evangelical Church of Egypt, 1854-1970

by Tharwat Wahba

Overview

Most mission studies have focused on the work of Western missionaries going to Majority World countries, with few examining indigenous churches and their relationship with Western mission agencies in practicing mission. This book is a historical study of the relationship between the Evangelical Church in Egypt and the American Presbyterian Mission. Wahba covers from when the missionary work began in 1854 until after the departure of the Mission from Egypt in 1967, and the transfer of all the work to the Egyptian Evangelical Church. Tracing the mission work of Egyptians within Egypt and neighbouring Sudan, Wahba analyses the impact that the relationship with the American Mission had and how it determined the indigenous Church’s practice and perspective of mission.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783681303
Publisher:	Langham Creative Projects
Publication date:	05/31/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	382
File size:	639 KB

About the Author

Rev. Dr. Tharwat Wahba is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church of Egypt. Tharwat did his PhD study with London School of Theology on the history of Presbyterian mission in Egypt and Sudan. Dr. Wahba is currently teacher of mission and evangelism and the Chair of Mission Department in the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ETSC), Egypt. He worked as campus director with Campus Crusade for Christ in Egypt for 12 years.

Table of Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Arrival of the American Mission in Egypt and the Establishment of the Evangelical Church
Chapter 2: e Relationship between the American Mission and the Evangelical Church in Egypt (1854-1958)
Chapter 3: The Interaction between the American Mission and Evangelical Church in Muslim Evangelism
Chapter 4: The Beginning of the American Mission and Evangelical Church Mission Work in Sudan
Chapter 5: The Development of the Ministry of the Egyptian Evangelical Church to Sudan (1909-1964)
Chapter 6: The First Egyptian Missionary to Southern Sudan and Kenya: Swailem Sidhom Hennein (1953-1970)
Chapter 7: The Development of the Relationship between the American Mission and the Egyptian Evangelical Church 1958-1970
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Contributions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

This is a highly significant and valuable analysis of how the work of the American Presbyterian Mission in Egypt from 1854 developed into a genuinely independent and self-supporting national church. Colin Chapman Former lecturer in Islamic Studies, Near East School of Theology, Beirut Visiting lecturer, Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon This is a significant historical critique of both Western mission efforts to Egypt and pioneering Egyptian indigenous mission efforts in the modern era. Keith Small Honorary Fellow, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, UK . . . an invaluable and illuminating perspective on the modern formation of Arabic- speaking Protestant communities in the Middle East. Stephen J. Davis Professor of Religious Studies Pierson College, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, New Haven, USA

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