Toward a Twenty-First Century Biblical, Apostolic Church: A Critique of the New Apostolic Reformation Church in North America

by SuYeon Yoon; Daniel R. Shaw

Publisher:

Pickwick Publications

, 2019

Overview

This book explores biblical values that critique the ecclesiology of the New Apostolic Reformation Church (NARC) and compares the ecclesiology to other missional movements in the North American context. A biblical exegesis of Ephesians 4:11-13 as well as C. Peter Wagner's conceptualization of an apostle and apostolic ministry allow the author to demonstrate the gap between the biblical perspective and Wagner's concept of an apostle. The biblical role of an apostle is to make the church missional by emphasizing the concept of sending, whereas Wagner sees the apostle as a church leader. Based upon interviews and participant observation in three NARCs, SuYeon Yoon describes the leadership and ecclesiology based on their own self-descriptions. This book then demonstrates the gap between the biblical and conceptual ideals and the reality of ecclesial practice. The author argues that the NARC serves as a charismatic manifestation of a similar cultural response to establish a relational structure for church communities that can appropriately reflect upon and identify with the contemporary context. This implies that each movement needs to be biblically sound, faithful to its conceptualization, and relevant to the context in order to cultivate its own way of being the church.

Product Details

• Title: Toward a Twenty-First Century Biblical, Apostolic Church: A Critique of the New Apostolic Reformation Church in North America
• Authors: SuYeon Yoon, Daniel R. Shaw
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781532651816, 9781532651793, 9781532651809, 1532651813, 1532651791, 1532651805
• Resource ID: LLS:9781532651816
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-02-18T08:16:56Z

About the Authors

SuYeon Yoon has been part of para-church movements, as well as missions, in local churches throughout Costa Rica, Nicaragua, India, and the US. She served as a missionary with Youth With a Mission, and as a minister at several multiethnic churches in the California area. Yoon has focused mainly on leadership development in relation to discipleship training, spiritual formation, and building community.