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No one was more radically critical of the ministry and the
inherited Church policy that surrounds it than Roland Allen
(1868-1949), whose prophetic writings constantly challenge the
whole mission of the Christian Church, and many of his most
important essays are collected here along with contributions about
him. After studying at Oxford, his clerical training was in Leeds.
He went as a missionary to China for the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), where he stayed for twenty years.
His experience convinced him that missionary methods needed
changing, and that St Paul had more to offer than contemporary
practice, and in particular that ministry should be centred in the
laity. These ideas, unpopular at the time, have grown in
importance, and Roland Allen's influence is now greater than at any
time. In this volume, Paton, with the co-operation of Grubb and
King, has written on the central concerns of Allen's life and how
his witness gave rise to many fruitful enterprises in different
parts of the world. Many new writings of Allen's are included in
the volume, and Grubb tells the story of the Survey Application
Trust which, for over half a century played a formative and
pioneering part in the mission of the church. This title adds a lot
of new information and throws fresh light on the modern history of
many Christian enterprises, and extends current debate over the
role of the laity.
No one was more radically critical of the ministry and the
inherited Church policy that surrounds it than Roland Allen
(1868-1949), whose prophetic writings constantly challenge the
whole mission of the Christian Church, and many of his most
important essays are collected here along with contributions about
him. After studying at Oxford, his clerical training was in Leeds.
He went as a missionary to China for the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), where he stayed for twenty years.
His experience convinced him that missionary methods needed
changing, and that St Paul had more to offer than contemporary
practice, and in particular that ministry should be centred in the
laity. These ideas, unpopular at the time, have grown in
importance, and Roland Allen's influence is now greater than at any
time. In this volume, Paton, with the co-operation of Grubb and
King, has written on the central concerns of Allen's life and how
his witness gave rise to many fruitful enterprises in different
parts of the world. Many new writings of Allen's are included in
the volume, and Grubb tells the story of the Survey Application
Trust which, for over half a century played a formative and
pioneering part in the mission of the church. This title adds a lot
of new information and throws fresh light on the modern history of
many Christian enterprises, and extends current debate over the
role of the laity.
Roland Allen is internationally renowned for his controversial
solutions to dilemmas within churches and missions. His works were
first written in the first decade of the twentieth century, yet
their ideas are so radical that they are still relevant today.
Indeed, Allen predicted that his principles would not be broadly
accepted until around fifty years after their creation. This
selection of works by this mission pioneer and creative thinker
takes extracts from Allen's other writings, which although having
potential to be just as influential as those better known, have
long been out of print. It is now the present-day reader's chance
to investigate the theories within texts such as: Pentecost and the
World, Non-Professional Missionaries, Mission Activities Considered
in Relation to the Manifestation of the Spirit, St. Paul and the
Judaizers: A Dialogue, An Illustration from V.S. Azariah, The Case
for Voluntary Clergy and To the Parishioners of Chalfont St. Peter.
Throughout all of these writings is Allen's central belief that the
Holy Spirit is in the Church everywhere. This selection of texts
makes an ideal accompaniment to Allen's significant works on
missionary methods and principles, including: Missionary Methods:
St Paul's or Ours?; Missionary Principles; The Spontaneous
Expansion of the Church all of which have been reprinted by The
Lutterworth Press
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