The Two Structures of God's Redemptive Mission
Ralph D. Winter
I In an address given to the All-Asia Mission Consultation in Seoul, Korea, August 1973 (the founding of Asia Missions Association), Ralph Winter describes forms that God’s two “redemptive structures” take every human society, and have taken throughout history. His thesis has major implications: (1) We must accept both structures, represented Christian church today by local mission as legitimate necessary, part “God’s People, Church”; (2) non-Western churches form utilize societies if they are exercise their missionary responsibility.
Missiology