Confession and Global Mission: Contextualizing Wilhelm Loehe‪.‬

Lutheran Theology as Troubling Field of Mission? The Lutheran contribution to mission has been oftentimes unattended. The Reformer's understanding of the missional church is not adequately interpreted and appreciated in todays studies of mission. According to David Bosch, one of the most famous missiologists, the teaching of justification by faith is sometimes paralyzed and continues to exercise a negative input to any missionary effort. (1) In contrast to Bosch, I have a different view on Luther's notion of mission, which is based on proclamation. This is a linguistic-creational approach to mission.