{"product_id":"longing-for-community","title":"Longing for Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[DESCRIPTION] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUnderstanding the strength and unity of the ummah— the worldwide Muslim community—and its role in an individual’s identity is essential in comprehending the struggles that Muslims undergo as they turn to faith in Jesus Christ. It has been a place of security, acceptance, protection, and identity; turning away from it entails great sacrifice. Where, then, will Muslims who choose to follow Jesus find their longing for community fulfilled: ummah, church, or somewhere in between?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonging for Community\u003c\/em\u003e compiles the research and reflection of twenty missiologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and linguists- among them Muslims who have become believers in Jesus Christ - presented at the second Coming to Faith Consultation in February 2010. The contributors explore multiple levels and hybrid nature of social identity, pointing to the need to free our discussions from single-dimensional scales, which are far from adequate to describe the complex nature of conversion and lived-out faith. Beyond the issue of identity, the contributors offer important lessons from mission history, explore liturgy as an appropriate vehicle for teaching, discuss appropriate means of communication, and point to both the need and contextually appropriate possibilities of greater involvement of women in training and ministry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [\/DESCRIPTION] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[SUBTITLE]Church, \u003cem\u003eUmmah\u003c\/em\u003e, or Somewhere in Between?[\/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] by David Greenlee (Editor) [\/CREDIT] [PAGES]296[\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[PUBLISHYEAR] 2013 [\/PUBLISHYEAR]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e[ENDORSEMENT1]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAn excellent presentation of how to achieve a proper balance between sociological and spiritual realities within the challenge of outreach to Muslims.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe concept of “Ummah” (community) is explored and suggestions made on how to integrate believers into a new grouping that preserves biblical integrity while not denounc-ing Muslim culture and life. A valuable resource for practitioners on the front lines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003ePhil Parshall\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIM, Missionary at Large\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT1] [ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the present day, sharing the Gospel to Muslims (or to anyone else) is different than the “mission compound” methodologies. I highly recommend this book to be read by readers who are striving to share Christ to anyone, especially to Muslims. It is also a thoughtful reading for general Christ followers (Christians) who are interested in understanding the issues in a mission field context. This book will encourage all of us to pray for those who are involved every day in helping people to understand the Injil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eK. Rajendran\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorld Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission; Global Roundtable\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe chapters of this book introduce us to a new way of “bridging” the gap that many make us believe exists between civilizations. We will discover through these pages some explanations to the difficulties a Muslim faces in accepting a “new identity” and how sometimes in spite of our human efforts in “discipling” the new converts, God surprises us in dealing with the Muslim person through keeping their cultural Muslim identity while at the same time being faithful to Jesus in the inner “ego.” I found the book very thought provoking in the very issues that many missionaries are facing in the field. Our cultural ways as Latinos or Westerners are sometimes obtrusive of how God sometimes deals in His way with them. We need to be open to the manifold wisdom of God manifested in the East. To miracles, dreams, visions, and allowing the Holy Spirit to apply the revelation of the Scriptures in different homiletical categories that we have learned in Systematic Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003ePablo Carrillo\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounder, PM Internacional\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Transformed in Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Greenlee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Understanding the Complexity of Conversion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1- Fuzzy Thinking and the Conversion Process\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Radford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2- Relationships, Emotion, Doctrine, Intellect – and All That Follows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKathryn Kraft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3- Refusing to Choose: Multiple Belonging among Arab Followers of Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJens Barnett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4- Living a Pun: Cultural Hybridity among Arab Followers of Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJens Barnett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5- Conversion in the Light of Identity Theories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTim Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6- Identity Choices at the Border Zone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTim Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: Culture, Community, and Coming to Faith in Christ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7- The Ummah and the Christian Community\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSufyan Baig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8- Patronage, Salvation, and Being Joined with Jesus: Socio-anthropological Insights from South Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eColin Edwards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9- “Us” or “Me”? Modernization and Social Networks among China’s Urban Hui\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnoch J. Kim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10- Knowing but Not Confessing: Attitudes of Youth in Baku Who Have Heard the Good News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussell Eleazar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11- Sharing the Truth with Courtesy and Respect for All Cultures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRick Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12- Getting to the Source of Guilt, Fear, and Shame: Innocence, Security, and Honor in the Muslim Context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eL.R. Burke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13- Areas of Change in the Conversion Processes of East African Muslims\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReinhold Straehler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3: Lessons to Foster Fruit and Growth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14- Fruitfulness for the Perspective of the Fruit and the Farmer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. Dudley Woodberry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15- Mission: Imitation in Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJean-Marie Gaudeul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 16- Nestorians, Conversion, and Mission on the Early Silk Road\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJihan Paik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 17- The Anotoc Story, Continued: Group Dynamics within an Insider Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Kim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 18- The “Disconnect” in the Discipleship of South Asian Women: Socio-cultural and Religious Barriers among Muslim Background Believers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaren Scott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 19- Women’s Gatherings and Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary Davidson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 20- Liturgy to Focus Mind and Heart: Fostering Spiritual Growth among Muslim Seekers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuth Nicholls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 21- Against Winds and Waves: The Countercultural Movement of a Turk and the Turkish Protestant Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames Bultema\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 22- Concluding Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44713262874666,"sku":"oep1787299692604","price":15.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (ePub)","offer_id":44713262907434,"sku":"nxt1787299692605","price":9.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/4380\/4714\/files\/longing-for-community_1.jpg?v=1787299698","url":"https:\/\/streetstylestore.shop\/products\/longing-for-community","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}