The Church Called Out of Exile (A Missiological Narrative in Raising the Quality of the Christian Witness in Post-Christendom Society)

The Church and her Gospel ministry need to be introduced in the most unlikely of places. Not as old news, but as relevant and timely. It is not necessary and even unlikely to try and turn the clock back to a Christendom context…to the good old days. The Church with her evangelical ministry can once again be the answer for those searching for direction and stability. It is through the ministries of men and women that we reveal to a Post-Christendom world that God cannot be hidden…that God’s new creation is now, is here and for all those longing for it.

By reading the book, the author affirms that whatever holds the readers back…holds them down…or keep them from ministry in this Post-Christendom age will not withstand the presence and calling of a loving God that calls us out of exile to reclaim our communities, regain our cities and recover our churches.

Devastating conquests of the Biblical kingdom of Israel and Judah by, respectively, the Assyrians and Babylonians, left deep scars on the covenant people of God. Many decades would pass before God's people would return to their beloved city Jerusalem, although not to find it quite the same.

In the time after King Solomon, the Israelite nation divided into two: the northern kingdom, known as Israel or Samaria, and the southern kingdom, known as Judah. The northern kingdom was the first of the two to rebel against Yahweh. Though God sent prophets to warn Israel and to call them back to the covenant they kept on testing him. Finally, in 722 BC the destruction came through a brutal Assyrian Empire. The Assyrian army laid siege to the capital and took the people captive. Judah also descended into sin and when they reached the point of no return their destruction came in 586 BC through the armies of the Babylonian Empire. The city of Jerusalem was destroyed, and its people were taken into Babylonian captivity. Second Kings 24-25 describe the lead up to this devastating history in no uncertain terms.

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