scholarly journals Why Did Paul Skip Alexandria? Paul's Missionary Strategy and the Rise of Christianity in Alexandria

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-283
Author(s):  
Benjamin Schliesser
Keyword(s):  
Christian Mission ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Mission Strategy ◽  
Plausible Answer ◽  
Blank Spot

Why did Paul skip Alexandria? Why is there a blank spot on his missionary map? What prompted him to make plans to travel west rather than south? The lack of scholarly interest in this question is almost as conspicuous as the lack of sources for earliest Christianity in Alexandria. This article surveys and categorises the rather random hypotheses offered in scholarship. They relate to Paul's self-understanding as a missionary, to his theologicalraison d’être, to religious and cultural aspects, and to political circumstances. The most plausible answer concerns early Christian mission strategy: Paul skipped Alexandria because it was a Jewish city and as such part of the Jewish-Christian mission.

scholarly journals Menuju Misi Kristen yang Mengedepankan Dialog Antariman

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohanes Krismantyo Susanta
Keyword(s):  
Colonial Period ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Doctrine Of The Trinity ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
The Trinity

This paper uses library research to several kinds of literature that address issues of Christian mission. This paper shows that the early Christian mission came together and was used as a tool in the colonial era to conquer the Indonesian people. Christian mission in the colonial period was understood narrowly to make someone become a Christian. The mission paradigm affects the encounter between Christianity and other religions in Indonesia, especially Islam. Therefore, it is necessary to reconstruct the understanding of Christian mission amid diversity in the context of Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Christian mission centred on the doctrine of the Trinity is understood as a joint dialogue to solve social, humanitarian problems. The mission is not a barrier to dialogue, but rather an affirmation of the importance of unity in diversity.

scholarly journals The Church mission relative to socio-political issues in Francophone Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalemba Mwambazambi
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Francophone Africa ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Church Mission ◽  
Mission Strategy ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Positive Transformation ◽  
The Church

The Church mission relative to socio-political issues in Francophone Africa requires a paradigm shift in both practice and teaching. To revitalise the Christian mission and pave the way for the positive transformation of Francophone Africa, a method review and mission strategy is relevant. The Church�s mission is to create disciples, to evangelise people, bring them to a deeper faith, promote truth, justice, peace, reconciliation, reconstruction, development and defend the poor and oppressed. Thus, people should always be central to the Church�s commitment regarding evangelism and social advancement. This article has provided a missiological overview of the Christian mission to gain a better understanding of the role of the Church in Francophone Africa today.

Early-Christian Epitaphs from Phrygia

1955 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Calder
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
The West ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Face

The earliest Christians of Phrygia were the nameless converts made by Paul the Apostle when he preached to a congregation of Jews and “Godfearing” gentiles (the latter being Greek or Greco-Phrygian incolae or cives of the colonia and Greek-speaking members of Roman colonial families in the synagogue at Colonia Caesareia Antiocheia in A.D. 49; and before Paul's death the Christian mission to Phrygia had been launched from bases both in the east (Iconium and Antioch) and in the west (Laodicea, Hierapolis and Colossae). Between the middle of the first and the end of the second century, five generations of Phrygian Christians (as Paul expressed it on the same occasion) “fell on sleep and were laid unto their fathers”—in surface family sepulchres along the roads outside the cities and in country graveyards throughout all the hellenised districts of Phrygia. During this period the strong conservatism of Phrygian sepulchral custom, reinforced by the prudence in the face of persecution or proscription held to be enjoined by Scripture (had not Jesus himself withdrawn into Gethsemane?), precluded the open display on tombstones—in all ages the consecrated tokens of sorrow and of hope—of any trace of the Christian profession.

scholarly journals Die etiek van sending as anti-Kyriargale bemagtiging en liefdesdiens: ‘n Fokus op 1 Tessalonisense en mag of bemagtiging

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus Kok
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Negative Term ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Moral High Ground ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Symbolic Universe

The Christian concept ‘mission’ is experienced by some as a negative term in the post- modern age of relativism and sensitivity with regard to the perspective and the rights of others. In this article it is postulated that the term ‘mission’ is only negative when mission is understood as an aggressive propagandistic persuasion of others from a position of power (moral high ground). This definition however, is a result of a male-dominated, Kyriarchal (male dominated) perspective, and by implication is ethnocentric and reductionistic in nature. Feminist and postcolonial perspectives open the way for an alternative definition of ‘mission’, which can open up fresh perspectives about mission and ethics in the early Church and these could be considered and in turn could have far-reaching implications for the manner in which the Christian mission is understood in a post-modern context. In this article it is investigated in which way the early Christian ethics of mission created the space within which traditional imperial dominance, gender, race and ethnicity was transformed with an alternative symbolic universe resulting from a reconceptualisation of power or empowerment and loving service from a Christological perspective.

scholarly journals Reading Stephen’s Speech as a Counter-Cultural Discourse on Migration and Dislocation

Open Theology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-316
Author(s):  
Albert L. A. Hogeterp
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Biblical Story ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Migration Narratives ◽  
Cultural Stereotyping

Abstract The speech of Stephen in Acts 7:2–53 contains a wealth of references to biblical migration narratives, but their significance for understanding the message of Luke–Acts has been understudied. This is partly due to a recurrent focus on either accusations against Stephen (Acts 6:8–15) or the polemical conclusion of the speech (Acts 7:47–50.51–53). It also partly relates to a teleological interest in early Christian mission narrative. This article reads Stephen’s speech as a counter-cultural discourse on migration and dislocation. It provides a close reading of its biblical story-telling in conjunction with its polemical upshot, and further compares Lucan narrative choices with early Jewish and Jewish Hellenistic literary cycles about patriarchal and Mosaic discourse. It applies a critical lens to the use of ancient narratives of migration and dislocation in discussions about identity, ethnicity, and “othering;” this is of further importance for contemporary identity politics around migration. Through comparing the speech with intra-Jewish dimensions and Graeco-Roman contexts, Stephen emerges as a counter-cultural speaker whose discourse appeals to human–divine intersectionality, specifically regarding the cause of justice for the ill-treated stranger; at the same time, it avoids cultural stereotyping through categories of Hebrews vs Hellenists, Jews vs Christians, Graeco-Roman elite standards vs supposedly “non-European” profiles.

scholarly journals MISSION STRATEGY IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Feriando Simanjuntak
Keyword(s):  
Christian Mission ◽  
Mission Strategy ◽  
The Church

Mission is the basis of the existence of Christianity. Without a mission, the church will lose its authenticity. Therefore, it is very necessary for Christians of all ages to always review their views and loyalty to the mission. That is why in this paper an understanding of mission will be presented. In addition, we will briefly discuss the reality of the plural conditions of society where Christian mission must be carried out effectively by taking the background of Indonesia because it is a place where the author lives. Finally, this article will provide suggestions about carrying out effective mission strategies that are carried out by building bridges of communication, namely by dialogue, loving witness and service through words and deeds.

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