Missional Christianity - History of Christianity in Zambia, Emerging Church, Simple Church, Mission, Missional Community, Alan Hirsch (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: History of Christianity in Zambia, Emerging church, Simple church, Mission, Missional community, Alan Hirsch, House church, Missional living, Maude Cary, Cafe church, Rob Bell, Lesslie Newbigin, Mark Driscoll, Ed Stetzer, David Bosch, Willow Creek Association, Anchor Gaslamp, Missio dei, The Lord's Ranch, Haqeeqat, Frank Viola, God's Squad, Biblical Theological Seminary, Michael Frost, Engel Scale, Homeless ministry, Park Life. Excerpt: Christianity has been very much at the heart of the narrative the Zambian region since the European colonial explorations into the interior of Africa in the mid 19th century. The area features heavily in the accounts of David Livingstone's journeys in Central Africa. Livingstone's exploration of the region coincided with an increased interest in missions in the Evangelical churches in Britain, and, despite his complicated motives, Livingstone became the darling of Evangelical expansion. This interest was partly, "the result of revivalism among Pietists and Methodists and among the Evangelicals of the Anglican church. People wanted to convert others to the same joyous religious experience they had had,." The rise in missionary zeal was heightened with the expansion of European empires, opening up unknown territories and bringing other cultures to the attention of the newly formed mission societies. Yet another element of this increased mission activity was the desire not to see a repeat of the recent Indian Mutiny, that the Evangelicals, like Livingstone, felt was, "as a result of too little mission activity,." It is possible the cause of the mutiny was actually of a religious origin with many of the Indian's serving in the British Indian Army convinced, "that the British did indeed have plans to Christianize India," and thereby threatening their faith that was in their view indivisib...