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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Doctrine and Evangelism

This is excellent.  I read this in Dr. Schirrmacher's paper entitled An Appeal for Alternative Education Models for Church and Missions

In the paper he quotes his own work in the Book of Romans [1] 

1. Anyone who pursues missions pragmatically but ignores doctrine is ministering in his own commission; he is disregarding what God has said about evangelism.

2. Anyone who teaches "doctrine" not centered in missions and not aimed PRO MUNDIS is teaching his own doctrine and is disregarding God’s reasons for doctrine.

3. Biblical missions always begin with sound doctrine. Sound doctrine always leads to missions.


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1.  Der Römerbrief. 2 vol. Hänssler: Neuhausen, 19941; RVB: Hamburg, 20012; see also „Romans as a Charter of World Mission: A Lesson in the Relation of Systematic Theology and Missiology“. Reflection: An International Reformed Review of Missiology 4 (1993/94) 1/2 (Sept–Nov): 34–39 = International Journal of Frontier Missions 10 (1993) 4 (Oct): 159– 162 = Chalcedon Report No. 342 (Jan 1994): 43–47; reprinted in Thomas Schirrmacher. World Mission – Heart of Christianity. RVB: Hamburg, 2000.

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