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Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-First Century is unavailable, but you can change that!

Given the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian mission it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new, albeit very biblical, model for mission. Specifically, it is a model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model “giftive mission,” as it is based on the metaphor of free gift. They suggest that...

SIDEBAR 2.1 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT OTHER RELIGIONS The appendix lists 239 biblical incidents or teachings about what happens or should happen when the people of God (patriarchs, Israelites, New Testament followers of Jesus) come into contact with people of other religious traditions. Based on these 239 examples we have drawn some general conclusions: • Three-fourths of the references are from the Old Testament. • The five most frequently occurring nonbiblical religions are Egyptian religion (5%)
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