Author
Janel Kragt Bakker
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2013
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Author
Janel Kragt Bakker
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2013
£28.73
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Sister Churches
Today's Price £28.73
The growth of Christianity in the global South and the fall of colonialism in the middle of the twentieth century caused a crisis in Christian missions, as many southern Christians spoke out about indignities they had suffered and many northern Christians retreated from the global South. American Christians soon began looking for a fresh start, a path forward that was neither isolationist nor domineering. Out of this dream the "sister church" model of mission was born. In this model, rather than Western churches sending representatives into the "mission field," they set up congregation-to-congregation partnerships with churches in the global South. In Sister Churches Janel Bakker draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants in these partnerships to explore the sister church movement and in particular its effects on American churches. Because Christianity is numerically and in many ways spiritually stronger in the global South than it is in the global North-while the imbalance in material resources runs in the opposite direction-both northern and southern Christians stand to gain.
Challenging prevailing notions of friction between northern and southern Christians, Bakker argues that sister church relationships are marked by interconnectivity and collaboration.
Author
Janel Kragt Bakker
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2013
Weight
418g
Page Count
320
Dimensions
155 x 232 x 26 mm
ISBN
9780199328215
ISBN-10
0199328218
Eden Code
4240919
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Author/Creator: Janel Kragt Bakker
ISBN: 9780199328215
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: November 2013
Weight: 418g
Dimensions: 155 x 232 x 26 mm
Eden Code: 4240919