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Contextualization: a Missiological Imperative for the Church in Africa in the Third Millennium

Contextualization: a Missiological Imperative for the Church in Africa in the Third Millennium 3 CONTEXTUALIZATION: A MISSIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE FOR THE CHURCH IN AFRICA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by Emefie Ikenga-Metuh When St. Paul wrote: "to the Jews I became a Jew, in order to win Jews... I have become all things to all men that I might by all means save some" (I Cor. 9.20 & 22); he. was talking missiology, and at the same time using the language of contextual theology. The interrelation and close link between missiology and contextual theology have not often been highlighted by both contextual theologians and missiologists alike. Yet the justifications given for contextualization are often missiological. In fact, to some extent the objectives and methods of contextualization and evangelization which is the subject matter of missiology overlap - "that they may believe". This can be more clearly seen from the definitions of both Contextualization, Evangelization and Mis- siology. Missiology is simply the study of the missions. Mission could be defined as the call to engage in those activities designed to effect the expansion of the Church among men . beyond its present boundariesl. Evangelization is a human endeavour to spread the evangelical message. "To evan- gelize is to bear witness... to God revealed by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Contextualization: a Missiological Imperative for the Church in Africa in the Third Millennium

Mission Studies , Volume 6 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1989

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Brill
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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0168-9789
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1573-3831
DOI
10.1163/157338389X00184
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3 CONTEXTUALIZATION: A MISSIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE FOR THE CHURCH IN AFRICA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by Emefie Ikenga-Metuh When St. Paul wrote: "to the Jews I became a Jew, in order to win Jews... I have become all things to all men that I might by all means save some" (I Cor. 9.20 & 22); he. was talking missiology, and at the same time using the language of contextual theology. The interrelation and close link between missiology and contextual theology have not often been highlighted by both contextual theologians and missiologists alike. Yet the justifications given for contextualization are often missiological. In fact, to some extent the objectives and methods of contextualization and evangelization which is the subject matter of missiology overlap - "that they may believe". This can be more clearly seen from the definitions of both Contextualization, Evangelization and Mis- siology. Missiology is simply the study of the missions. Mission could be defined as the call to engage in those activities designed to effect the expansion of the Church among men . beyond its present boundariesl. Evangelization is a human endeavour to spread the evangelical message. "To evan- gelize is to bear witness... to God revealed by

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Published: Jan 1, 1989

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