Paul’s Theology of Mission and Missionary Methods
Keywords:
Paul, missionary theology and methods, justification, participation, contextualizationAbstract
The aim of this article not simply to relate to Paul’s mission theology and missionary methods as ‘theory and practice’ in the sense that his missionary methods flow from his theology, but rather in the sense that his theology is a missionary theology in nature.[1]Understood in this mutual ways, I will begin where Paul himself begin—with the Damascus event of his conversion and call. I will next study the contents of his missionary theology and the forms of his missionary works among the Gentiles.[1] Arland J. Hulgren, Paul’s Gospel and Mission (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 1983), 145.
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