Samuel Escobar is one of the most thoughtful, stimulating, and influential missiologists in the contemporary world. He has made outstanding contributions within the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), the Lausanne Movement, and in theological institutions in three continents. His voice is rooted in Scripture, shaped in Latin America, and stimulated and sharpened by engagement in the student world. This anthology introduces us to some of his most significant contributio...

Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019 — International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR)Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey andstudy of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, In Search of Christin Latin Ameri...

El último libro escrito por el pastor Samuel Escobar narra sobre la presencia de los bautistas en el Perú desde la década de 1930 y su impacto en el crecimiento del pueblo evangélico en el Perú. El autor nos ofrece, en primer lugar, un relato de su propio peregrinaje como bautista, esforzándose por recuperar la memoria histórica de su denominación. En segundo lugar, presenta un bosquejo de la práctica misionera y de la teología de los Bautistas. Completa su obra con una serie de semblanzas...

Más de cuatro décadas después de la publicación original de La chispa y la llama, aparece esta nueva entrega del mismo título con más relatos, historias, notas explicativas y datos para comprender la trayectoria del ministerio de la Comunidad Internacional de Estudiantes Evangélicos en América Latina desde sus inicios hasta la época contemporánea. Más que una segunda edición, este libro es un segundo volumen, que, de alguna manera, continúa ahí donde quedó la primera edición, y cubre el de...

Christian mission is no longer a matter of missionaries from the West going to the rest of the world. Rather, the growth of Christianity in Latin America, Africa and parts of Asia is eclipsing that of the Western church. In the third millennium ofthe Christian era, Christian mission is truly global, with missionaries from all places going to all peoples. Veteran missiologist Samuel Escobar presents this introduction to Christian mission today. He explores the new realities of our globalize...

Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. In Search of Christ in Latin America examines the figure of Jesus Christ in the context of Latin American culture, starting with the first Spanish influence in the sixteenth century and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, culminating in an important description of the work of the Frater...

El nombre y la figura de Cristo marcan a Iberoamérica. Los primeros españoles y portugueses que llegaron al Nuevo Mundo trajeron esta presencia de lo cristiano, en el siglo dieciséis. El Cristo de la península ibérica llegó tanto mediante la presencia y forma de vida de los conquistadores, como por la prédica de los misioneros que los acompañaron. Este libro fue escrito con la convicción de que hay una realidad histórica y social bien establecida que se puede describir como protestantismo ...

Christian mission in the twenty-first century has become the responsibility of a global church. The heart of 'mission' is the drive to cross geographical, cultural and social barriers in order to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples. Drawing on his involvement in missionary work over many years, Samuel Escobar explores how the church spreads the Christian faith. God's Word forms the foundation for his reflections, while he uses insights from theological and historical studi...

In this small but significant volume, Samuel Escobar reflects on his pilgrimage in mission from a Peruvian Baptist perspective and presents pen-portraits of personalities who embody the life and inheritance of Baptist mission in different parts of the world. Reflecting on his experience as a young person in a new denomination, begun in the early twentieth century by foreign missionaries, and then as an international mission worker himself, he draws lessons for mission practice and theology...

Originally published in 2002, Changing Tides introduced a new era in Latin America's major contribution to global mission by one of its leading spokesmen, Samuel Escobar. Much of the change Escobar identified is still unfolding. With the first edition out of print, Regnum Books is delighted to publish this updated and expanded volume to the English-speaking world.

Building on the work and legacy of Darrell L. Guder, Converting Witness: The Future of Christian Mission in the New Millennium, explores key questions and new possibilities in missiology in light of the world Christian context. The conversation around missional theology and the missional church has examined the gap between theology and mission with the intent of fostering renewal within North American Christianity. But this can only fully occur in relation to the reality of world Christian...

En su esencia, la iglesia de Jesucristo es y busca ser misionera, participe de la mision de Dios. En esta obra editada y ampliada el autor, Carlos Van Engen, desafia a los lectores con una perspectiva misionera de la iglesia que responde a los retos del siglo 21. A partir de una eclesiologia biblica, historica y teologicamente amplia que trasciende las barreras culturales y etnicas del cristianismo, el autor nos ofrece una vision que transforma nuestras maneras de ser la iglesia en mision....