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Nelson PICKWICK Publications • Eugene, Oregon [ Title Page ] THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF EVANGELICAL MISSION Academy, Agency, Assembly, and Agora Perspectives from Canada Evangelical Missiological Society Monograph Series 15 Copyright © 2022 Wipf and Stock Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be repro- duced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401. Pickwick Publications An Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3 Eugene, OR 97401 www.wipfandstock.com PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-6667-3096-8 HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-6667-2296-3 EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-6667-2297-0 Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Names: Santos, Narry F., editor. Chan, Xenia Ling-Yee, editor. Nelson, Gary V., foreword. Title: The present and future of evangelical mission : academy, agency, assembly, and agora perspectives from Canada / edited by Narry F. Santos and Xenia Ling-Yee Chan ; foreword by Gary V. Nelson. Description: Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2022 Evangelical Missiological Society Monograph Series 15 Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: isbn 978-1-6667-3096-8 (paperback) isbn 978-1-6667-2296-3 (hardcover) isbn 978-1-6667-2297-0 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Missions, Canadian Classification: BV2121 P378 2022 (print) BV2121 (ebook) 07/08/22 [ Title Page Verso ] Contents List of Figures | x Foreword | xi Gary V. Nelson Preface .... xv Narry F. Santos Introduction: The Prophetic Past and New Imagination for the Present and Future: Clarifying Evangelical Mission in Canada | xix Xenia Ling-Yee Chan Part 1: Mission in Retrospect and Prospect 1. The Past, Present, and Future of Evangelical Missology | 3 Sam George Response to “The Past, Present, and Future of Evangelical Missology” | 15 Shu-Ling Lee 2. Mission Then and Future: Uncreating the Past and Disengaging from Empire | 19 Terry LeBlanc Response to “Mission Then and Future: Uncreating the Past and Disengaging from Empire” | 33 Claudia Rossetto [ Page ] vii Part 2: Past Christian Mission and its Relevance to Present Mission 3. Ancient-Future Mission: Clement of Alexandria and Contextual Mission in Late Antiquity | 41 Matthew Friedman 4. Striking a Hopeful Pose: Extending Ralph Winter's Ten Epochs of Redemptive History | 54 Glenn Martin 5. The Proper Place for a Woman: Submitting to the Original Ideals of the Chinese and Korean Church | 68 Lisa Hamni Pak and Xenia Ling-Yee Chan Part 3: Present Evangelical Mission and its Relevance to Future Mission 6. “Diversity Is a Fact; Inclusion Is a Choice”: Is Multiculturalism “Bad” for the Church in Canada? | 85 Sherman Lau 7. Churches Together: Mission-Engaged Differentiated Unity as a Hermeneutic of the Gospel | 98 Dave Witt 8. Healing of Memories: Reconciling the Church for the Reconciliation of Community | 112 Manuel Bohm 9. Power and Participation in Evangelical Mission | 125 Marilyn Draper [ Page ] viii Part 4: Present and Future of Workplace Mission 10. The Business of Mission: An Imago Dei Model for Workplace as Mission | 139 Laurie George Busuttil and Susan J. Van Weelden 11. Renewing the Role of the Church in Cross-Cultural Marketplace Ministry | 152 Jonathan Fuller Conclusion: Surfacing Significant Changes in our Understanding, Attitudes, and Actions toward Evangelical Mission | 171 Narry F. Santos List of Contributor | 181 [ Page ] ix Preface Narry F. Santos This edited volume, The Past and Future of Evangelical Mission: Academy, Agency, Assembly, and Agora Perspectives from Canada, is a result of the Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS) Canada Regional Meeting in March 2020. The theme of the annual regional meeting in Canada, along with the other seven regional events in the US, is captured in the main title of this volume. The EMS Canada 2020 conference had 24 papers, six tracks, and three plenary presentations with responses from four centers (Tyndale University in Toronto, Ontario; Canada Institute of Linguistics in Langley, British Columbia; Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta; and Steinbach Bible College in Steinbach, Manitoba). The Ontario and British Columbia centers were able to conduct their simultaneous events in person, while the Alberta and Manitoba centers could not because of the COVID-19 lockdown protocols. Instead of their in-person sessions, the latter centers received the video recordings of the three plenary presentations and responses, along with the copies of paper presentations in their province. What is unique in this year’s compendium is the inclusion of insights from the agora Christian sector in society. In the first two EMS Canada vol- umes (Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World and Mission Amid Global Crises), we were able to hear significant voices from the Canadian academy (seminary/university/Bible college), agency (mission group/de- nomination/parachurch), and assembly (local church). In this current vol- ume, we can finally hear major voices from the agora (marketplace/business/ tentmaking)—voices that are usually missing in missiological conversations. Along with the academy, agency, and assembly, the agora voices need to be heard fully, especially as we consider the future of evangelical mission in [ Page ] xv Canada. In the last chapter of this volume, Fuller issues the following clarion call on the crucial role of church in marketplace mission: Theological and cross-cultural knowledge and experience is avail- able through the agency and the academy, but traditional delivery methods do not work well for marketplace workers. Churches need to coordinate better with agency and academy leaders to provide accessible training opportunities, including in-service and on-line models that fit well with marketplace realities. The book is divided into four major parts. The first part ("Mission in Retrospect and Prospect”) comprises two plenary presentations that pres- ent thought-provoking perspectives on mission—a sobering look at the past and an optimistic outlook about the future of North American evangelical missiology from an immigrant mindset, and a prophetic challenge in view- ing Western mission through indigenous eyes. Since this edition seeks to showcase various voices, the plenary presentation from the agency (chapter 1) is followed by a response from the assembly, while the plenary presenta- tion from the academy (chapter 2) is followed by a response from the agency. The second major part (“Past Christian Mission and its Relevance to Present Mission”) highlights three papers that handle how Christian writings in late antiquity relate to contemporary contextual mission, how reflections in the past several decades on epochs in redemptive mission bring hope for future mission, and how a historical-theological exposition of the proper place of women in ministry from immigrant cultural contexts can invite current churches to welcome emerging young women leaders. The third major part (“Present Evangelical Mission and its Relevance to Future Mission”) contain four papers that reflect on relevant Canadian realities—discussing how to view multiculturalism differently can posi- tively influence mission and church, how city engagement by a network of churches can yield differentiated unity, and social and spiritual transfor- mation, how churches in conflict can take part in reconciliation of com- munity for the healing of memories, and how a fresh look at power and participation can revitalize evangelical mission. The fourth and final part (“Present and Future of Workplace Mission”) presents two papers on the value of God’s mission in the workplace—one paper offering a theology of workplace mission through the imago Dei (or image of God), and the other paper emphasizing the integral role of the church in cross-cultural marketplace ministry. [ Page ] xvi In addition to the plurality of Canadian voices coming from the academy, agency, assembly, and agora, this volume offers more diverse perspectives and backgrounds (from women and men; from indigenous, immigrant, and Euro-Canadians; from coast to coast to coast; from first- generation and second-generation leaders)—all reflecting on the lessons and relevance of evangelical missions past and future. As coeditors, Xenia Chan and I come from different backgrounds and contexts but have the shared desire to gather diverse Canadian voices that reflect on evangelical mission through EMS Canada. Xenia and I would like to thank all the paper, plenary, and response presenters at the EMS Canada 2020 regional meeting, the chapter con- tributors who revised their papers, the center coordinators (Ike Agawin, Sherman Lau, Carl Loewen, Charlie Cook, Lauren Goldbeck, and Timothy Tang), and Gary Nelson (former president of Tyndale University) for writ- ing the foreword. We also extend our gratitude to Anthony Casey (EMS VP of Publications) for accepting this volume under the Evangelical Mis- siological Society Monograph Series, and to Chris Spinks (Pickwick editor) in working with us in the process of publication. Moreover, we express our grateful acknowledgement for the granting of permission to include in this edited volume a revised and condensed version of “The Proper Place for a Woman” by Xenia L. Chan and Lisa H. Pak in Advancing Models of Mission: Evaluating the Past and Looking to the Future, Kenneth Nehrbass, Aminta Arrington, and Narry Santos, eds., (Littleton, CO: William Carey, 2021), chapter 5, 65-78. Used with permission. Finally, the COVID and post-COVID realities, along with the relevant social justice, gender, and anti-racism issues of our day surely impact the present and future evangelical mission in Canada. May this volume help trigger fresh insights and help catalyze decisive action that can prompt the academy, agency, assembly, and agora to join hands more often in seeking to help fulfill God's mission for us in Canada and beyond. [ Page ] xvii ***** This is the end of the e-text. This e-text was brought to you by Tyndale University, J. William Horsey Library - Tyndale Digital Collections *****