The Global Gospel: Achieving Missional Impact in Our Multicultural World

by Werner Mischke, Samuel Chiang (Foreword), Steven Hawthorne (Foreword)

The Global Gospel describes how the honor/shame dynamics common to the Bible and many Majority World societies can be used to contextualize the gospel of Christ so it will be more widely received. The Global Gospel impacts many of the basics -- how we read the Bible, how we preach the gospel, how we understand our mission, how we train leaders, how we collaborate in the global church. The Global Gospel will stretch your understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ by uncovering a major blind spot in Western theology, namely, honor and shame. You'll be led on a journey beyond a legal framework of the gospel -- to one that is "legal plus regal." How you communicate the gospel and live out the gospel -- locally and globally -- may well be transformed. The Global Gospel is a call for theological dialog and missional creativity rooted in the ancient paths of Scripture and the relational honor of our King. You and your team will be challenged to reconfigure what you do and expand what you believe is possible in our Lord's Great Commission.

354 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Wes F · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book that highlights a great blind spot in evangelicalism today: the whole area of honor & shame and its integral motif throughout scripture. Western theology mostly misses this aspect and there needs to be more emphasis put on it. Very insightful treatment here overall.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

For any Christian who has significant cross cultural interaction with others from Africa, Asia, or Middle East, this book is a must read. I will be purchasing copies to give away.

[Heather Racey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A highly academic read, this book tackled a very dense and illusive topic: honor/shame culture as Biblical context and imputed context for missions to honor/shame cultures. While difficult to read in some sections, this book is steeped in scripture as the author repeatedly demonstrates instances where honor/shame dynamics are biblically evident. It has drastically changed my own reading of the cultural context of scripture, and I look forward to continuing to learn its implications for missions.

[Ashleigh Martin · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book has some good things to say. There were some I didn't agree with but overall informationally it was alright... Well... I only got through 60 pages so I can't speak for the rest of the book. The author completely failed to catch my attention. The writing felt rigid and it felt like assigned reading for school. Boring and hard to get through. I wanted to like it. I tried. But it wasn't worth the time in my opinion and it felt very repetitive.