Missional Life in Practice and Theory: Essays in Honor of Gailyn Van Rheenen
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Few missiologists have impacted mission theory and practice among Churches of Christ as significantly as has Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen, yet his global missiological influence has extended far beyond the boundaries of his denominational heritage. This Festschrift, in honor of Gailyn Van Rheenen, contains original missiological contributions from colleagues and former students. Most chapters were presentations at the inaugural Gailyn Van Rheenen Sessions in Mission and World Christianity at the 2021 Christian Scholars' Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The volume is organized to parallel the phases of Van Rheenen's career--Africa, academic missiology, and Mission Alive, a North American church-planting organization. His legacy is one that wonderfully embodies critical theory and robust practice.
“Christopher Flanders and Greg McKinzie demonstrate their ability to lead a group of scholars toward an important goal: honoring a worthy colleague. Gailyn Van Rheenen’s service as a highly respected missionary, missiologist, educator, author, and mentor deserves such honor. The book fulfills the promise in the title, giving us an important look into missional life in practice and theory while honoring one who was able to do both.”
—Douglas McConnell, provost emeritus and senior professor of leadership and intercultural studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
“I am delighted to endorse this volume honoring a longtime friend and collaborator, Gailyn Van Rheenen. The essays in this volume show that each writer has personally experienced missional growth under the tutelage of Van Rheenen and have taken and enlarged on his teaching in actual practice in Africa, Europe, and Latin America. I have been personally challenged and edified by this excellent work.”
—Michael Pocock, senior professor emeritus of world missions and intercultural studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
“What a fitting honor to the life, thought, and influence of missionary theologian Gailyn Van Rheenen, who has influenced multiple generations of missiologists and missionaries! In these chapters we see the continued application of Van Rheenen’s ‘missional helix’ moving through culture, history, and strategy, but always returning to theological reflection, in practical missiological contexts around the world.”
—Kip Lines, executive director, CMF International
“Grateful. That’s how I felt after reading each chapter of this book. Grateful for the contributions of Gailyn Van Rheenen to the mission of the people of God. Grateful for the spirit of discovery and learning from pioneers and scholars that make this volume a mile marker on our path to discipling the nations. Grateful for the broad range of missiological issues this collection will introduce to the reader as well as the evidence it gives of maturation in our participation in the missio Dei.”
—Evertt W. Huffard, professor emeritus of missions and leadership, Harding School of Theology
- Title: Missional Life in Practice and Theory: Essays in Honor of Gailyn Van Rheenen
- Authors: Christopher L. Flanders, Greg McKinzie, Monte Cox
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666792850, 9781666792843, 1666792845, 9781666735604, 1666735604, 1666792853
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666792850
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-26T01:14:14Z
Christopher L. Flanders is professor of missions in the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas. He is the author of About Face: Rethinking Face for 21st Century Mission (2011) and a member of the executive leadership team of the Honor-Shame Network.
Greg McKinzie is executive editor of Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis and affiliate professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.