MISSIO DEI AND COMPASSIO DEI: MINORITY CHRISTIANS EXPERIENCING GOD'S ACTS IN THE FACE OF HOSTILITY

Authors

  • Christof Sauer Missiology and Practical Theology Stellenbosch University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7833/103-0-588

Keywords:

Suffering for Christ, Theology of Martyrdom, Acts, Missio Dei

Abstract

This article examines what we can learn about being a 'missional church' from reading the book of Acts, with a minority Christian community experiencing God's acts in the face of hostility. Romanian theologian Josef Ton discovers three lessons on suffering and martyrdom in the book of Acts: understanding the sovereignty of God, regarding suffering for Christ as a privilege and honour, and trusting the leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit.

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Published

2013-06-12

How to Cite

Sauer, C. (2013). MISSIO DEI AND COMPASSIO DEI: MINORITY CHRISTIANS EXPERIENCING GOD’S ACTS IN THE FACE OF HOSTILITY. Scriptura: Journal for Biblical, Theological and Contextual Hermeneutics, 103, 60–65. https://doi.org/10.7833/103-0-588

Issue

Vol. 103 (2010)

Section

Conference on 'Missionary Church in Acts' (Stellenbosch, May 2009)

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