Communicating the Gospel

Paper Summary:

This paper relates that the importance of communicating the Gospel in missionary work cannot be overstated. The paper also points out that, without an effective way of communicating the Gospel, the targeted audience will never be converted. The paper then discusses the ways in which the Gospel can be communicated and the importance of selecting a method that suits the community that the missionary is in. The paper further describes the ways that media selection play a key role in the presentation of the Gospel and discusses the impact that globalization has had on missionary work.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Philosophy of Communication
Initial Considerations
Message Contextualization
Method Determination
Media Selection
Measurement Implementation
Globalization
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Globalization is a current trend throughout the world that is having a large impact on missions. Where a missionary used to struggle to find things to relate to, a missionary can now enter remote areas of China and chat with teenage boys about the latest episode of The Simpsons thanks to the television. While globalization has many more negative impacts than positive ones, it seems, there are a few bright spots that can aide a missionary in his attempt to contextualize the Gospel or the media that he'll use to present it. In China, little kids swap Christmas cards without even realizing the meaning behind them; this presents an open door for a missionary to relate the Gospel to the child. Muslims, who are from a very exclusionary culture, are provided with access to pluralistic ideas through the television and the internet that might challenge their thinking enough to open them up to the Gospel ."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dray, Peter. "Is globalization an obstacle or an opportunity for Christian mission?" Global Connections Occasional Paper 15 (Autumn 2003): i-iv.
• Garrison, David. Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian, VA: WIGTake Resources, 2004.
• Kaleli, Jones. "Step Three: Communication of the Gospel." Classnotes. October 2005.
• Hesslegrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: North America and Beyond. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000.
• Loewen, Jacob A. "The Gospel- Its Content and Communication: An Anthropological Perspective." In Gospel & Culture, ed. John Stott and Robert T. Coote, 155-183. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1979.

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