Light to the Nations – The Missional Church and the Biblical Story

Michael W. Goheen (PhD, University of Utrecht) is Director of Theological Education and Scholar-in-Residence at the Missional Training Center--Phoenix. He is also Jake and Betsy Tuls Professor of Missiology at Calvin Theological Seminary, as well as Senior Fellow of Newbigin House of Studies and minister of preaching at New West Christian Reformed Church in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is the author or coauthor of a number of books, including The Drama of Scripture, Living at the Crossroads, and a work on Lesslie Newbigin's missionary ecclesiology.

• Contents1. The Church's Identity and Role: Whose Story? Which Images?2. God Forms Israel as a Missional People3. Israel Embodies Its Missional Role and Identity amid the Nations4. Jesus Gathers an Eschatological People to Take Up Their Missional Calling5. The Death and Resurrection of Jesus and the Church's Missional Identity6. The Missional Church in the New Testament Story7. New Testament Images of the Missional Church8. The Missional Church in the Biblical Story--A Summary9. What Might This Look Like Today?Indexes