Description: Kang discusses Paul's understanding of the relationship between his mission and the church's. While this study endorses some previous scholars who argue for Paul's silence about the church's proactive evangelism in his letters, it argues that the explanations for such a silence cannot be adequately made by conclusions on just certain texts.
Brief description: BO YOUNG KANG holds a PhD in New Testament Studies from Trinity College, Bristol, UK and is an assistant professor at Juan International University, South Korea, teaching courses on New Testament and Mission Studies. He is involved in church ministry as a cooperative pastor at a local Presbyterian church in Seoul. Bo Young is married to Kyoungmi who was formerly an art teacher, and they have two teenage children, Sungeun and Dongwoo.
Review Quotes:
"Christians have been commissioned by Jesus to "proclaim the good news" and to "make disciples of all nations." But does that mean that every individual Christian is called to be an evangelist? That is very often the impression given in the church, and we are pointed to various verses in the Bible that are supposed to show that. Alternatively, do some Christians have that particular gift and calling, with others of us being called more simply to be salt and light in the world, witnessing to the Lord in that way? In this careful and scholarly study the Korean scholar Dr Bo Young Kang engages carefully with relevant texts in Paul's letters, relating Paul's teaching to that of Jesus, bringing out major themes, and helping us think constructively about what is still the great commission of the Lord to his church." David Wenham, PhD Associate Tutor in New Testament, Trinity College, Bristol, UK