Applying God's demonstrated love for the purpose of communicating the gospel in eastern and southern Africa

Jeffrey K Polglase

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Applying God's demonstrated love for the purpose of communicating the gospel in eastern and southern Africa

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Jeffrey K Polglase. Applying God's Demonstrated Love for the Purpose of Communicating the Gospel In Eastern and Southern Africa. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7fae443d-7307-47a4-8156-903f41c82bfc.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

J. K. Polglase. Applying God's demonstrated love for the purpose of communicating the gospel in eastern and southern Africa. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7fae443d-7307-47a4-8156-903f41c82bfc

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Jeffrey K Polglase. Applying God's Demonstrated Love for the Purpose of Communicating the Gospel In Eastern and Southern Africa. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7fae443d-7307-47a4-8156-903f41c82bfc.

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Jeffrey K Polglase

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Abstract

Communicating the gospel to Africans in Eastern and Southern Africa is a most urgent task. Many barriers, however, hinder both an effective communication and a proper understanding of the gospel. The barriers exist both in the cultural back-ground of Western missionaries and the Africans' worldview. While some missionaries have studied the African worldview, many have not spent enough time learning about their own cultural assumptions. This project deals specifically with the issues related to the sharing of God's love in Africa. It deals with the barriers missionaries bring with them as well as those that await on the field. One basic premise is that the romanticized concept of love missionaries bring is totally different from the utilitarian view of love Africans hold. Westerners value love for love's sake. Africans understand and express appreciation in how something or someone has been useful to them. Misunderstanding on this point causes harm in communication and relationships. The purpose of the project is to train a group of missionaries in the concept of God's love as a demonstrated love and evaluate their use of this terminology in evangelism.

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