Biblical Perspectives on the Role of Immigrants in God’s Mission

Authors

Charles Van Engen, Fuller Theological SeminaryFollow

First Page

11

Last Page

29

Abstract

"I believe that when we begin to fully understand the Bible’s missiological and instrumental perspectives with regard to the migrant and stranger, we may possibly gain a better grasp of, and live more fully in, the missionary vision expressed in 1 Peter 2. If the church of Jesus Christ truly saw itself as a pilgrim community whose land and nation are not of this earth, then the Christian church would begin to understand that it is itself a community of migrants—ambassadors, yes (2 Cor 5)—but even so, migrants. This perspective is not a purely managerial or activist viewpoint. Rather this presentation points us to the being, the essential nature of the People of God as a migrant community, pilgrims who know that this world is not their own. They are a migrant community of followers of Jesus on their way to a new reality, seeking the Kingdom of God."

Recommended Citation

Van Engen, Charles (2018) "Biblical Perspectives on the Role of Immigrants in God’s Mission," Journal of Adventist Mission Studies: Vol. 14: No. 1, 11-29.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol14/iss1/3/
Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jams/vol14/iss1/3

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol14/iss1/3/