Witness
Converting Worlds
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
This first book of the Spirituality for the World series recasts what Christians call the missiological question first and foremost to those who would be true believers, including all who might wish to bear appropriate witness to their faith in a pluralistic world. The first question to be asked is less, who to evangelize and seek to convert, and more, what does it mean for me as a true believer to be evangelized and converted today? Witness: Converting Worlds invites us to imagine afresh what it means to be ready to share our faith and that this requires ongoing conversion religiously and spiritually, not just in our heads and minds but in our hearts, in our actions, and in our communities and societies. In dialogue with one of the earliest Christian evangelists, St. Luke, Witness urges that the most compelling expressions of faithful religious witness in our age is manifest in lives that find themselves continually converted as the earliest Christian evangelists and missionaries found themselves repeatedly transformed to their core along the Jesus way.
Endorsements (3)
“Yong’s prophetic book invites readers on an intricate, courageous journey—guided by a deep dive into Luke’s writings—to reimagine Christian mission as ‘witness with’ and evangelism as prompting a full-orbed conversion in hearers and message-bearers alike. His discussion of missiological and evangelistic considerations—as inevitably enmeshed in sociopolitical contexts—challenges Christians to be careful and humble as they bear witness to the gospel message.”
“Amos Yong has cooked up another stimulating book challenging the existing modern mission paradigm to shift away from mission to others to one that is witness with others. This new mission model of bearing witness with others by one’s own conversion is more participatory and is therefore mutually transformative for our world today. Yong’s new way of evangelization is well grounded in the sacred Scripture, particularly in Luke-Acts. Yong’s interpretation—starting with Acts and then reading back to the Gospel of Luke—is refreshingly creative and accessible, yet theologically and methodologically sound. It’s a great read for missiologists teaching in the classrooms and practitioners out in the mission field. And for those looking for a spark of spiritual inspiration, this book could change your life around!”
“Amos Yong questions the church’s tendency to see evangelism and discipleship as a neat, complete information package. Instead, he thoughtfully invites followers of Jesus Christ, in cooperation with the Spirit, to humbly reflect on our own need for continuing conversion and transformation in all areas of our personal and social lives so we might join in God’s life-giving mission to bring forth God’s kingdom in a fractured and hurting world.”
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