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In Christian missiology, an insider movement is a group or network of people from a non-Christian religion who consider themselves followers of Jesus while remaining relationally, culturally and socially a part of the religious community of their birth. Though members of insider movements do not typically join Christian churches in their area or region, they may see themselves as part of the wider Body of Christ. It has been observed that as members of these groups follow Jesus and the Bible, they personally reject, reinterpret, or modify the non-biblical beliefs found in their religious communities. This process makes them different in some ways from their co-religionists, yet when groups can faithfully follow Jesus without formally disassociating themselves from their religious communities, insider movements can occur. Such movements have been observed among a number of religious groups, most notably among Jews, Muslims and Hindus. Over the past 15 years there has been considerable debate among students of missiology as to whether there can truly be faithful followers of Jesus who remain vitally within their former religious culture. Many observers of insider movements have concluded in the affirmative based largely upon their personal relationships with these followers of Jesus. Critics of insider movements are extremely skeptical that persons or groups can effectively reject or modify non-Biblical beliefs and practices within their cultural/religious communities due to the strong social and spiritual pressure of those communities. Therefore, critics believe that any attempt to stay within a non-Christian religious community will lead to a blending of religious beliefs that is syncretistic, untenable, or heretical. (See essentialist view of world religions below).〔Joseph Cumming, "Muslim Followers of Jesus?" ''Christianity Today,'' December 2009 http://www.christianitytoday.com/globalconversation/december2009/ and Timothy Tennent, "Followers of Jesus in Islamic Mosques," ''IJFM'' 23:3 (July-Sept 2006), pp. 101-115 http://www.ijfm.org/PDFs_IJFM/23_3_PDFs/Tennent.pdf, and other articles in ''St. Francis Magazine'', http://www.stfrancismagazine〕 ==Definitions== Lewis (2007) offers the following widely used definition of an insider movement: :An insider movement is any movement to faith in Christ where (a) the gospel flows through pre-existing communities and social networks, and where (b) believing families, as valid expressions of the Body of Christ, remain inside their socio-religious communities, retaining their identity as members of that community while living under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the authority of the Bible.〔Rebecca Lewis, "Promoting Movements to Christ within Natural Communities," ''International Journal of Frontier Missions,'' 24:2 (Summer, 2007), pp. 75-76, http://www.ijfm.org/PDFs_IJFM/24_2_PDFs/24_2_Lewis.pdf〕 Higgins’ (2004) definition is similar to that of Lewis: :A growing number of families, individuals, clans, and/or friendship-webs becoming faithful disciples of Jesus within the culture of their people group, including their religious culture. This faithful discipleship will express itself in culturally appropriate communities of believers who will also continue to live within as much of their culture, including the religious life of the culture, as is biblically faithful. The Holy Spirit, through the Word and through His people will also begin to transform His people and their culture, religious life and worldview.〔“The Key to Insider Movements: The ‘Devoted’s’ of Acts,” ''IJFM'' 21:4 (Winter 2004): pp. 155-165. http://www.ijfm.org/PDFs_IJFM/21_4_PDFs/Key_Insider_Higgins.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Insider movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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