Wessels, JohannesJohannesWesselsKügler, Joachim2019-09-192015-10-082015978-3-86309-340-2978-3-86309-341-9https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/21635Zugl.: Potchefstroom, Südafrika, North-West University, Diss., 2010This volume deals with the financing of missions and missionaries which has been a headache for the church for ages. Many approaches to funding the proclamation of the gospel have often been very pragmatic, without a solid biblical foundation. In this book Paul’s claim to offer the gospel adapanon, or free of charge, is thoroughly discussed, and posed as a biblical approach to presenting the good news to the nations. This work does not only provide an in-depth look into the Scriptural basis for tentmaking, but also studies the social and historical background to the practise in the First Century Mediterranean, and in Twenty-First Century Botswana. Information on the author: Dr Johannes Wessels is a Post-Doctoral fellow at the North-West University, Mahikeng Campus (South Africa), and has been involved in missions since his years as a student at the same institution. Johannes has been a pastor in various contexts in South-Africa and Botswana for more than two decades, and is also involved in the management of Natanjá Christian School in Ottosdal, South Africa.engNew Testament StudiesContextual Biblical StudiesMissiologyPaul (Apostle)Southern Africa (South Africa and Botswana)220bookurn:nbn:de:bvb:473-opus4-264687