Different Views of Sociocultural Change: Towards an Awareness of Our Own Socioanthropological Presuppositions in Mission and Church Growth Studies

Abstract

How can the missiologist trained in North America evaluate accurately the ongoing needs of the Christian mission in Latin America? Will not faulty conclusions be reached if presuppositions are not consciously examined and only appropriate models of analysis used? Anthropologist Paredes alerts us to the complexities involved in this task.