Lukan Theology of Missions

Luke is the only New Testament author to offer a continuous narrative of the first decades of the earliest days of the Church. His work is skillfully crafted, profoundly theological, and deeply rooted in the Old Testament Scriptures, and carefully framed as a continuation of the story of the life and work of the ascended Lord Jesus Christ. Luke weaves a rich and complex tapestry that tells his readers the story of how YHWH’s work of redemption is accomplished in Christ and his Church. In a time when mission thinking and practice is commonly confusing and confused, a fresh examination of Luke’s narrative and Scriptural theology of “mission” is urgently needed. This course module develops a Lukan theology of mission through a biblical and theological reading of Luke-Acts that also pays close attention to its linguistic, intertextual, and narratological dimensions. It also interacts critically and constructively with various contemporary missiological concepts, theories, and practices.