Gospel.com Topics Feed - Contextualization 2010-08-09T16:46:27-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/contextualization Contextualization without compromise. Tell the gospel so it makes sense http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1770 2010-08-09T16:46:27-05:00 Valuable explanation from Pastor Tullian Tchividjian of the strategic importance of biblical contextualization. The ministry of Jesus clearly demonstrates this sort of contextualization. Today’s popular culture also offers us multiple entry points for effective evangelism. Defining Christian web pages on the X Spectrum Scale - a diagnostic tool for outreach http://internetevangelismday.com/x-spectrum.php 2010-08-08T05:52:16-05:00 In the missions world of church-planting, a helpful C1-C6 spectrum has been devised to define the degree of contextualization that a church is using in relation to the culture surrounding it. The concept has been developed by strategists John Travis, Phil Parshall and others. In conjuction with Create International, we propose a similar categorization of X1-X6 to define the conteXtual positioning of Christian websites (and indeed other media – radio, video, and literature). Lausanne World Pulse - Complications of Communicating the Gospel: http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/684/04-2007?pg=all 2008-05-02T14:30:42-05:00 Why We Should Take the Culture of the People Seriously. Contextualization is imperative to reaching the unreached. Understanding the culture we are in is the beginning of the process. Lausanne World Pulse - Contextualization in the Islamic Context http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/686/04-2007?pg=all 2008-05-02T14:22:57-05:00 Contextualization in ministry to Muslims needs to consider all the barriers to why Muslims have historically been resistant to the gospel. Lausanne World Pulse - Contextualization that Is Comprehensive http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/673/04-2007?pg=all 2008-05-02T14:21:25-05:00 Comprehensive contextualization includes not only theology, but all seven dimensions of the religious life. Lausanne World Pulse - Contextualization and God’s Global Mission http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/682/04-2007?pg=all 2008-05-02T14:17:52-05:00 Missio Dei establishes the priority of God’s activity in terms of mission and characterizes God himself as being a missionary God. Lausanne World Pulse - Contextualizing Western Workers: Gifts from the Muslim World http://lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives.php/737/06-2007?pg=all 2008-05-01T11:11:47-05:00 Muslim interaction can give us at least four contextualized gifts. Lausanne World Pulse - Before Contextualization: Critical Incarnational Living http://lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives.php/707/06-2007?pg=all 2008-05-01T11:06:57-05:00 Critical incarnational living and contextualization of the gospel go hand in hand. Building Ministry in Your Cultural Context http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=2&cat=200&art_id=62 2007-11-24T12:25:34-05:00 Cookie-cutter ministry formulas don't work in every cultural context. Dave Livermore helps us to adapt our ministry strategy to each context, including the Word, Worship, Community and Serving.