Repentance and the Mission of the Church: Making and Moving the People of God into the Mission of God
Ebook
What does it mean when we call men and women to repent? What if repentance is more than just turning from individual sin? What if repentance is more than merely a step in the process of conversion? What if repentance is actually part of God's mission in the world? In this book, W. Ryan Vanderland argues for this very understanding of repentance. Building on the work of other scholars of repentance and engaging with Old Testament and New Testament texts, this book shows how repentance is indeed part of God's mission in the world, part of the mission of the church in the world, and therefore part of the mission of God's people. Finally, this work takes this missional understanding of repentance and applies it to issues facing the contemporary church.
“W. Ryan Vanderland asks an important question: Do we understand repentance correctly? From someone who loves the church and its mission in the world comes a deep dive into what a proper understanding of repentance means. Vanderland challenges his readers to seek more than personal salvation. He calls them to turn to God and God’s work in the world.”
—Eric Black, executive director, Baptist Standard
“When the church has spoken of repentance at all, we have often done so as a stark exhortation to self-shaming. Jesus, however, understood repentance to be central to his gospel, and to the ongoing mission of the church. That is the surprising thesis ably and passionately supported by W. Ryan Vanderland in this remarkable volume, which will help us reimagine the church’s work in the world in our own generation.”
—Tony Blair, president, Evangelical Theological Seminary
“In an age of increasing polarization, Repentance and the Mission of the Church offers a biblically grounded, theologically astute, and culturally savvy call to rediscover the central role of repentance in the life of the church and the mission of God.”
—Randal Rauser, professor of historical theology, Taylor Seminary
- Title: Repentance and the Mission of the Church: Making and Moving the People of God into the Mission of God
- Author: W. Ryan Vanderland
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666762853, 9781666762839, 1666762830, 9781666762846, 1666762849, 1666762857
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666762853
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-21T10:06:40Z
W. Ryan Vanderland has a ThD from Evangelical Theological Seminary and is a Baptist pastor. He resides in Texas.