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

  • Christof Sauer Missiology and Practical Theology Stellenbosch University
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.
Published
2013-06-12
Section
Conference on 'Missionary Church in Acts' (Stellenbosch, May 2009)