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Kingdom Outposts: A Fresh Theology of Relief and Development
Kingdom Outposts is about relief & development ... and it's about church planting, biblical theology, apostolic leadership, the kingdom of God, and a distinctive kingdom economics. "Relief & development" as usually presented is actually NOT in the Bible.This would seem to be a problem for developing a fresh theology of relief & development! But Kingdom Outposts does frame up the implications of Jesus' gospel of the kingdom for a distinctive economics, and for the way of Christ and his apostles for relief and development. Churches--rightly understood as Kingdom Outposts--are not sources of money and manpower for relief & development done by outside agencies. They ARE relief & development!
292 pages, Paperback
First published April 12, 2014
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February 4, 2020
Pastor Dru Dodson presents something of a "progress report" regarding his journey into relief and development (R&D) in Haiti from 2010 to 2014. He surveys much of the secular and evangelical literature on R&D and settles on a particular position about churches place and role as "kingdom outposts." I liked his emphasis on establishing local church congregations as a "kingdom outposts" of integrative mission that focus both on spiritual renewal and economic fairness in their midst. He is surely right that the quality of people in leadership makes a difference between success and failure, so spent time selecting good people to work with. Such a lesson resonates with my own experience. Dru is humble enough to write that there were many aspects of his initial work in Haiti that were not consistent with the kingdom outposts position he came to adopt. The book ends with Dru looking forward to 2015 and how they might adjust their relief and development efforts in Haiti. I found myself thinking this book needs a 2nd edition updating Dru's experience from 2015 onwards. It would make interesting reading on the further lessons learnt as he engaged in implementing the Kingdom Outposts vision.
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