Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking the West

Strike the Match with J. D. Payne

Lesslie Newbigin once stated, “there is no higher priority for the research work of missiologists than to ask the question of what would be involved in a genuinely missionary encounter between the gospel and this modern Western culture.” While Newbigin’s words and work led the Church to claim the “West is a mission field,” they did not produce the paradigm shift for needed apostolic work. Much of Newbigin’s missiology became filtered through a pastoral imagination and implemented through established church structures.

In this episode, I address the need for the apostolic imagination to be applied to the Church in the Western world and how this imagination influences her use of finances.

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