Proclaiming Christ in the Power of the Holy Spirit

<p>How may the church claim that Christ is the only Savior in a world in which tolerance</p><p>and relativism are prized and societies are increasingly religiously plural? How does</p><p>the Spirit empower believers and communities in their daily life and work as they face</p><p>formidable cultural and ideological challenges?</p><p><br></p><p>Such questions these essays answer. Half originated at Proclaiming Christ in the Face</p><p>of Challenges the 2018 Scholars? Consultation of Empowered21 a global network of</p><p>Spirit-empowered churches and communities. This Consultation?s location in Johannesburg</p><p>accounts for eight essays? focusing on distinctively African concerns; another four center</p><p>on Asia and the Global South and three on Europe. Others address Western concerns of</p><p>modernism postmodernism secularism and pluralism while several probe biblical and</p><p>historical-theological foundations of Christian faith and its Spirit-empowered proclamation.</p><p><br></p><p>Readers will benefit from exploring the universality of the Christian gospel from its fi rst</p><p>proclamation and its proven adaptability to the cultural pluralism that is today?s global</p><p>reality a flexibility that is faithful to God?s revelation and effective in imparting divine life</p><p>where proclaimed and believed.</p>