Paul's Understanding of the Church's Mission

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Paul's Understanding of the Church's Mission is written by Robert Lewis Plummer and published by OCMS. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1842273337 (ISBN 10) and 9781842273333 (ISBN 13).

This book engages in a careful study of Pauls letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in missionary activity. It helpfully summarizes the discussion on this debated issue, judiciously handling contested texts and provides a way forward in addressing this critical question. While admitting that Paul rarely explicitly commands the communities he founded to evangelize, Plummer amasses significant incidental data to provide a convincing case that Paul did indeed expect his churches to engage in mission activity. Throughout the study, Plummer progressively builds a theological basis for the churchs mission that is both distinctively Pauline and compelling.