CONTENTS

Foreword
Dana Robert

INTRODUCTION

Editorial Introduction: The Bible in Mission

The Bible in Mission – and the Surprising Ways of God
Ole Christian Kvarme

The Bible as Text for Mission
Tim Carriker

SECTION 1: THE BIBLE IN MISSION IN THE WORLD AND IN THE CHURCH

The World

The Bible in Mission: The Modern/Postmodern Western Context
Richard Bauckham

The Bible in Mission in the Islamic Context
Kenneth Thomas

The Bible in Christian Mission among the Hindus
Lalsangkima Pachuau

Children, Mission and the Bible: A Global Perspective
Wendy Strachan

The Church

The Bible in Mission: Evangelical/Pentecostal View
Antonia Leonora van der Meer

Bible Hermeneutics in Mission – A Western Protestant Perspective
Michael Kisskalt

Orthodox Perspectives on Bible and Mission
Simon Crisp

‘Ignorantia Scripturae ignorantia Christi est’
Thomas P. Osborne

SECTION 2: CASE STUDIES

Africa

Baka Bible Translation and Oral Biblical Narrative Performance
Dan Fitzgerald

The UBS HIV Good Samaritan Program
David Hammond and Immanuel Kofi Agamah
Gerald West

The Bible and Care of Creation
Allison Howell

Asia – Pacific

‘Text of Life’ and ‘Text for Life’: The Bible as the Living and Life-Giving Word of God
for the Dalits
Peniel J. Rufus Rajkumar

Bible Missions in China
Pamela Wan-Yen Choo

The Impact and Role of the Bible in Big Flowery Miao Community
Suee Yan Yu

Bible Engagement among Australian Young People
Philip Hughes

Latin America

The Bible and Children in Mission
Edesio Sánchez Cetina

Bible Translation, the Quechua People and Protestant Church Growth in the Andes
Bill Mitchell

The Bible in Mission: Women Facing the Word
Elsa Támez

West

Biblical Advocacy – Advocating for the Bible in an Alien Culture
David Spriggs and Sue Coyne
Scripture Engagement and Living Life as a Message
Steve Bird

Reading the Bible with Today’s Jephthahs: Scripture and Mission at Tierra Nueva
Bob Ekblad

Lessons Learned from the REVEAL Spiritual Life Survey
Nancy Scammacca Lewis

Glazed Eyes and Disbelief
Adrian Blenkinsop and Naomi Swindon

Information Management and Delivery of the Bible
Paul Soukup

CONCLUSION

The Bible as the Core of Mission: ‘…for the Bible tells me so’
Knud Jørgensen
Appendix: The Edinburgh 2010 Common Call

Bibliography

Index

List of Contributors

"The Bible is alive--it has hands and grabs hold of me, it has feet and runs after me." Thus spoke Martin Luther, as cited by Knud Jørgensen in a quotation that summarizes the deeper meaning of this book. To the authors of Bible in Mission, the Bible is the book of life, and mission is life in the Word. This core reality cuts across the diversity of contexts and hermeneutical strategies represented in these essays. The authors are committed to the boundary-crossings that characterize contemporary mission - and each sees the Bible as foundational to the Missio Dei, to God's work in the world.