Summary Of Bevans And Schroder's Prophetic Dialogue

How does one fulfill the Missio Dei, without any knowledge of those one is being sent to? This question has been tossed around, discussed, evaluated, and analyzed to great degree in hope to perfect or better understand a person’s role in responding to God’s mission. In the book “Prophetic Dialogue” authors Bevans and Schroder discuss an approach to help those discern their role in cross-cultural experiences in hopes to better display the love of Jesus Christ. The approach that Bevans, and Schroder introduce is one that focuses on the two words “Prophecy” and “Dialogue”, which also happen to be the title of their book. How do they interpret prophecy as it applies to missions, and how does dialogue engage with one’s understanding of others. It is through these lenses that missionaries can explore a new perspective to shape their approach at fulfilling God’s mission.
The authors write, “Mission precedes the church. Mission is first of all God’s: God inside out in the world through the Spirit, God in Jesus teaching, healing, including, and suffering” (Bevans 15). Bevans and Schroder present the Missio Dei to give insight to those in the church, to help the church recognize its role in fulfilling God’s mission, and not hijacking it. From this idea the authors begin to establish a foundation to build up the ideas of prophecy and dialogue in