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Title: The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again
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| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press Celtic Way A Helpful Read for Postmodern Times |
"The Celtic Way of Evangelism"
I just finished The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George Hunter. I'd highly recommend it. Hunter explains how Patrick and friends engaged the "barbarians" of Ireland, moving from what they already knew to what they had no clue about, the God of Scripture. Also significant is how the missionaries used community to evangelize the Irish. The people found belonging before believing. In other words, they were committed to the church and the community they experienced there before they were actually converted to Christ. Interesting about this short book is how much the missionary ways of Patrick, Aidan, and others sound like what is needed in today's postmodern times. Also striking is how the Roman church swooped down and killed the entire thing, because they didn't know how to handle aggressive, indigenous missional movements. If you are on the frontlines of mission, trying to engage postmoderns with the gospel, this historical study will be very helpful to you. |
| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press Breath of Hope... from the 5th Century |
I am deeply relieved, encouraged and challenged that the "kingdom life" of Christ and the sharing of that life has been done so lovingly, incarnationally, and effectively in the communal spirit of Jesus' own ministry... in a time other than the first century AD. I needed to hear that what I and others are prayerfully working toward has been done before.
We are those who love Christ but no longer fit in the institutional church. We have come to accept no vain substitutions for His kingdom. We have come to want no lesser form of outreach than His own demonstrated love, power, and life-changing presence in the midst of His people among the broken. We are struggling against the dominant culture of western, consumeristic, Christian individualism. So was Saint Patrick... and the results of his unbending devotion to Christ and those He longed to redeem were staggering.
For all Christ-followers already on the postmodern journey of awakening, this book is a dynamic help rooted in both history and humility. It's a powerful reminder that we are not a "revolution" but rather the continuation of generations of others who have imitated Christ's own intentional example on earth in spite of the dominant secular culture. |
| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press Great Read! |
| This book has opened up my eyes to knowing the history of evangelism! To long have i've been influenced with evangelizing "The Roman Way" This is my second time around reading this book and has great practices for building relationships. I highly recommend this book. |
| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press My Roots Restored |
This book restored my belief in Celtic Christianity and the practice of evangelism as it should should be according to the Word. It is simply becoming disciples in this world in an effective manner. It is an individual process, not merely an "institutional" tradition of men, programs, and church buildings. It is a daily walk of love with the entire Body of Christ, not just with our own little group. God is in every person and all things. This is not Narcissm, but practical and truly a welcome change from the traditional "works oriented" Christianity of the western church.Doctor Hunter has truly written a marvelous treatise on how we as Christians can change our mindset and heart for all people we wish to reach with the Gospel.
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| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press Disappointing!!! |
I began reading this book with much anticipation, but was greatly disappointed in what I found. The first three chapters offered some good insights into Celtic Christianity, but by chapter four the author pretty much ran out of Celtic material.
From chapter four on he gives an exposition of contemporary theories of mission and church growth, weakly tied into the "Celtic" theme with statements like, "We don't have any direct evidence that the Celtic church did this... but based on their success we may assume that they did!"
When he gets to his applications for the church today, he doesn't do much with the Celtic material either. He points to examples of ministries that have seen above average success (everything from the 18th century Moravian movement to the Brooklyn Tabernacle) but doesn't really "tie it in" very well to any Celtic connection.
Perhaps my greatest disappointment is that the author came to the Celtic material with the anti-supernatural bias of traditional Protestant Christianity. Because of this, he is forced to discount most of what we really know about Celtic evangelistic methods. He assumes that the many accounts of healing, prophecy, supernatural manifestations and "power encounters" are simply myths. Having rejected the supernatural elements of Celtic Christianity, he didn't have much left to work with to explain their phenomenal success.
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| The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by Abingdon Press Download Description |
| Celtic Christianity: the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages has gained a great deal of attention lately. George G. Hunter III points out that, while the attention paid to the Celtic Christians is well deserved, much of it fails to recognize the true genius of this ancient form of Christianity. What many contemporary Christians do not realize is that Celtic Christianity was one of the most successfully evangelistic branches of the church in history. The Celtic church converted Ireland from paganism to Christianity in a remarkably short period, and then proceeded to send missionaries throughout Europe. North America is today in the same situation as the environment in which the early Celtic preachers found their mission fields: unfamiliar with the Christian message, yet spiritually seeking, and open to a vibrant new faith. If we are to spread the gospel in this culture of secular seekers, we would do well to learn from the Celts. Their ability to work with the beliefs of those they evangelized, to adapt worship and church life to the indigenous patterns they encountered, remains unparalleled in Christian history. If we are to succeed in reaching the West . . . again,then we must begin by learning from these powerful witnesses to the saving love of Jesus Christ. |
