Abstract

In this article, I will first show the historical development of this theological approach within the Brazilian and Latin American evangelical spheres through the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity � a movement founded in 1970 that maintained historic evangelical values (i.e. a high view of Scripture, the necessity of conversion) whilst also taking Latin America�s great social needs into account. Nurtured by thinkers such as Ren� Padilla (Ecuador), Orlando Costas (Puerto Rico), Samuel Escobar (Peru), and later Valdir Steuernagel (Brazil), the movement has not only responded to the concerns raised by Liberation theologians, but it has also influenced the direction of the Lausanne Movement � an expression of global evangelicalism. Secondly, I will discuss how miss�o integral has found its way into the missional �bloodstream� and become a central value for some Brazilian and Latin American missions organisations, including Miss�o Antioquia (1975) and PM International (1984). Finally, based on 55 interviews conducted in 2009�2010 with Brazilian workers and mission leaders focusing on the Arab world, I will show how Brazilian workers are demonstrating miss�o integral through their ministries and also why this approach is relevant in the Arab-Muslim world.

Highlights

  • In a village inhabited by refugees and displaced peoples, a soccer school is established for the community’s children

  • By proclaiming the traditional Gospel message of salvation and compassionately caring for the physical needs in their context, these Brazilian transcultural workers are applying a vital aspect of Brazilian and Latin American missiology known as missão integral [holistic mission or the ‘whole Gospel’]

  • Nurtured by thinkers such as René Padilla (Ecuador), Orlando Costas (Puerto Rico), Samuel Escobar (Peru), and later Valdir Steuernagel (Brazil), the movement has responded to the concerns raised by Liberation theologians, but it has influenced the direction of the Lausanne Movement – an expression of global evangelicalism

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LBTS Faculty Publications and Presentations

Missão Integral [holistic mission or the ‘whole Gospel’] Applied: Brazilian Evangelical Models of Holistic Mission in the ArabMuslim World. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lts_fac_pubs Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, Ethics in Religion Commons, History of Religions of Eastern Origins Commons, History of Religions of Western Origin Commons, Other Religion Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons. Recommended Citation Smither, Edward L., "Missão Integral [holistic mission or the ‘whole Gospel’] Applied: Brazilian Evangelical Models of Holistic Mission in the Arab-Muslim World" (2011). LBTS Faculty Publications and Presentations. 378. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lts_fac_pubs/378

Original Research
Introduction
Brazilian missions organisations
Humanitarian work
Medical work
Sports ministry
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