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Missions and World Christianity

Andrews University

Professional Dissertations DMin

Theses/Dissertations

1998

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A Seventh-Day Adventist Understanding Of The Church And Its Mission, Viesturs Rekis Jan 1998

A Seventh-Day Adventist Understanding Of The Church And Its Mission, Viesturs Rekis

Professional Dissertations DMin

The purpose of this study is to investigate the biblical background of the Christian church and its mission, in order to better understand the implications for Adventist mission in the Baltic countries. This study is intended to equip ministerial students with basic knowledge and to stimulate further studies of the church and its mission. Implications are drawn from the findings of the investigation to stimulate the mission of the church in the Baltic Union Conference.

The first part of the dissertation deals with the origins, nature, and functions of the Christian church within a biblical and theological perspective. Consideration of …