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In Church as It Is in Heaven
eBook - Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9781514005392
Umbreit-Nr.: 1400573
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 224 S., 6.86 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 13.06.2023
Auflage: 1/2023
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- Christianity Today Award of MeritHeaven is multiethnic. Are you ready for that?The Bible tells us that the congregation gathered around God's heavenly throne will be "a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language," all singing the praises of the Lamb. God's intention has always been to delight for all eternity in a redeemed community of ethnic diversity.But this diverse community shouldn't have to wait until eternity to begin! It can be a reality in our own local churches here and now. Patterned after a worship service, In Church as It Is in Heaven gives biblical warrant for such a community and shows how multiethnic churches provide a unique apologetic for the gospel. Along the way, the authors tell the story of their own churcha majority-white congregation which is being transformed into a family that reflects the diversity of heaven.The multiethnic kingdom is not just a nice idea, or an abstract theory. It's a realityone we can enter into today.
- Kurztext
- During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941 45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of Manchukuo (200,000 men), Nanking China (250,000), Thailand, and recruits from the 'puppet' Burmese Independence Army (30,000) and Indian National Army (40,000), to constabularies and spear-wielding militias in the Philippines (15,000), Borneo, Indonesia and New Guinea.Many of the recruits from former European colonies hoped for independence as part of the 'Greater East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere' proclaimed by Japanese propaganda, but Japan's intentions were entirely cynical. They formed alliances to deny the Allied powers access to territory that they could not actually occupy, and raised these large numbers of auxiliary troops to relieve the manpower burden of occupation, or simply as 'cannon-fodder'.This extensively researched study examines each of these armies and militias in detail, exploring their history and deployment during World War II, and revealing the intricacies of their arms and equipment with stunning full-colour artwork and previously unpublished contemporary photographs.
- Autorenportrait
- Timothy Paul Jones teaches apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a preaching pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown. He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books.Jamaal E. Williams serves as lead pastor of Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky, and as president of the Harbor Network. He regularly consults churches on leadership and issues related to the multi-ethnic church.