Pastors, Chiefs, and Warlords
The Ministry of Being With
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Written as a series of reflections, this book is a conversation-shifting exploration of how the church understands the role of missionaries and their work. On bicycle and riverboat journeys totaling more than 2000 kilometers, Bob's team visits Pastors, Chiefs, and Warlords in remote towns, including Rev. Jacky Mwayuma (pictured at left with a parishoner), who was appointed to serve a community that had been ravaged by the recent war. As readers are pulled deeper into this voyage, they are invited to wrestle with increasingly challenging questions about the mission of the church, the global economy, neocolonialism, savior complexes, racism, war, and justice. This book follows The Last Missionary, but it also stands on its own as a complete work.
Endorsements (5)
“I urge all members of Christ’s body to engage in dialogue with Bob’s personal accounts to deepen their understanding of God’s mission, especially when called to serve in challenging areas such as the North Katanga area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
“People like Bob Walters are the reason I remain a Christian. His thoughtfulness, his love for the powerless and poor, his enduring wisdom, are still very much present even after his passing. This book, like Bob, is a rich treasure.”
“Bob Walters’s singular understanding of the changing dynamics of Christian missions and the inherent self-sufficiency of local communities should be read and studied by missiologists and Christian leaders the world over.”
“This posthumous publication of Bob Walters gives a disturbing and yet hope-giving picture of village life and the entanglement between mission, war, development, and dependency. It reveals careful observation, deep listening, and an honest (self)-critique of coloniality and white racism. It shows a way beyond stereotypes about Africans, missionaries, and Christianity, stimulating a serious rethinking of mission, development, and church leadership.”
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