%0 Journal Article
%T Pope Francis¡¯s Missiology of Attraction
%A Stephen Bevans
%J International Bulletin of Mission Research
%@ 2396-9407
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2396939318800565
%X In some contrast to the ¡°New Evangelization¡± approach of his predecessors, Pope Francis¡¯s approach to mission might be characterized as a ¡°missiology of attraction.¡± This article explains how a missiology of attraction is rooted in an ¡°attractive message¡± of God¡¯s mercy and tenderness. Such an understanding of God is embodied in an ¡°attractive community¡± of an inclusive church, a church that offers an ¡°attractive teaching¡± that is attentive to culture and context
%K missiology
%K ecclesiology
%K mercy
%K culture
%K context
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2396939318800565