An Orthodox parish priest from North Carolina, USA, has just published a very interesting book on mission.
Fr. Edward Rommen is the priest of Holy Tranfiguration Orthodox Church (within the Orthodox Church in America) in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina as well as serving as adjunct professor at the Divinity School of Duke University. Having trained in anthropology and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divity School and the Lutheran Faculty of the University of Munich, Germany, Rommen is well qualified to ‘bridge the theological divide’ between Evangelical and Orthodox believers.
With a specialist interest in contextualization, Rommen’s book is titled, “Come and See: An Eastern Orthodox perspective on contextualization”.
Rommen takes a relational approach to mission saying, “The mission of the Church is to introduce the person of Christ to individual human beings who by faith enter into communion with God.” With a focus not on propositional truth but on “truth in person” he speaks of “participation in truth” as the believers’ life is drawn into the life of God.
“Come and See: An Eastern Orthodox perspective on contextualization” by Edward Rommen (2013) is published by William Carey Library. See www.missionbooks.org
