Ep. 18 - What is "the call?"
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Description
What is a missionary call? Is it some mystical experience? What is the Scriptural foundation for calling? Rick Kronk talks about what he’s discovered as he has thought about this topic for years! He shares why he wrote the book Not Called: Recovering the Biblical Framework of Divine Guidance and how contemporary views of "call" and a biblical perspective of "calling" differ. Has the current definition of a "call" hindered or enhanced the Great Commission?
Resources
"Not Called: Recovering the Biblical Framework of Divine Guidance" by Richard Kronk
"A Question of 'How'—Not 'If'"
Guest Bio
Richard Kronk is a professor of intercultural Studies at Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa Falls, Georgia. Before coming to Toccoa Falls College in 2013, Dr. Kronk and his wife spent 17 years in Europe (France and Germany) as Christar church planters among North African immigrants (1996-2013).
Both Dr. Kronk and his wife hold engineering degrees from Michigan State University and Master of Theology degrees in church planting and biblical studies, respectively, from Dallas Theological Seminary (1993). Dr. Kronk completed his Ph.D. in theology and religious studies from the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, Belgium in 2016. His publications include Dreams and Visions: Muslims Miraculous Journey to Jesus (2010), Fruitful Practices in Ministry to the North American Muslim Diaspora: A Mixed-Methods Study (as co-author, 2017), Margins of Islam: Ministry in Diverse Muslim Contexts (as a contributor, 2018) and Not Called: Recovering the Biblical Framework of Divine Guidance (2022).
In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr Kronk is a frequent contributor to Perspectives on the World Christian Movement across the southeast United States and provides ministry training to potential workers among Muslims in various venues across the globe.
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