Advancing the Vision

“Advancing the Vision is a fine tending to the fertile soil that is the Fourfold Gospel, the deeper life, and the centrality of Jesus for life, ministry, and mission. With rich experience and scholarship, each essay opens surprising pathways for new contexts and cultural challenges. It is a volume that speaks to the vibrancy of the Jesus-filled message that lies at the core of the Christian and Missionary Alliance worldwide.”


—David Fitch, Northern Seminary





“This excellent book edited by Bernie Van De Valle is essential reading for those interested in the development of the Christ-centered movement of Deeper Life and Missions started by A. B. Simpson. Written by different authors to address different topics, the book presents a common motif (the understanding of the true gospel) and a common motivation (its faithful living and proclamation). This book will help you to do both.”


—Jura Yanagihara, president, Alliance World Fellowship





“The Christian and Missionary Alliance, a small and relatively unknown denomination in Canada and the United States of America, is a thriving and vibrant movement in many countries around the world. Its ordinary theology, expressed as ‘the Fourfold Gospel,’ continues to unite Christians as they participate in God’s mission. This book represents a timely and necessary formulation of Alliance thought and practice. A significant contribution to the literature on the worldwide configuration of the Christian faith.”


—Tite Tiénou, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School