THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS
A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. JEFF BRAWNER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE ICST 500
LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
BY:
HEATH GRANTHUM
ID# 22759413
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1
MISSION IN OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT .......................................................................... 1 GOD’S NATURE IN RELATION TO MISSION ...................................................................... 2 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 3 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ 4
INTRODUCTION …show more content…
Jesus commanded his disciples with heavenly authority to make disciples of all nations. This statement alone gave birth to missions as we know it today. However, you have to ask yourself these questions: What is missions, and why there has not been any mention of it in the Old Testament? To answer these questions, you have to look at themes and concepts throughout the bible that point to the idea of missions and then one can then determine how the term missions developed from the Great Commission but was inherent in the Bible from the