The The Light has Come by Lesslie Newbigin
Thousands of books have been written on the Fourth Gospel, but few have had the lasting impact of this modern classic by respected missiologist Lesslie Newbigin. Developed over a period of thirty years during which Newbigin led Bible studies as a bishop in the Church of South India, this excellent commentary on John is unique both in its power to prepare pastors and teacher to effectively declare the Word of God to others and in its ability to clearly communicate John's message to contemporary Western readers.Lesslie Newbigin was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in 1909 and died in 1998. He went to Cambridge for his undergraduate studies and subsequently worked as the Staff Secretary of the Student Christian Association in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1936, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, Church of Scotland, after studying theology at Westminster College in Cambridge. In the same year, Newbigin married Helen Henderson and the two of them set out for India, where he would serve as a Church of Scotland missionary. In 1947, Reverend Newbigin was consecrated Bishop in the Church of South India, which was founded by the combination of Anglican, Methodist, and Reformed congregations. He also served on the World Council of Churches' Central Committee and as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Second Assembly's major issue.
Famous theologians such as Barth, Brunner, and Niebuhr were also on the committee. In 1959, Newbigin was appointed General Secretary of the International Missionary Council, which has headquarters in London and New York. He was in charge of seeing the merger with the World Council of Churches through to completion. In 1962, he was named the first director of the World Mission and Evangelism Division and Associate General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, based in Geneva. In 1965, he was recalled by the Church of South India as Bishop in Madras, where he stayed until his retirement in 1974. Until his death in 1998, he resided in London, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802818959 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802818951 |
| Title | The The Light has Come |
| Author | Lesslie Newbigin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | William B Eerdmans Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1982-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 281 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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