Week 7 - Bevans 7

Finally a contextual model of theology that I can really like. The synthetic model, with its incorporation of all the models that came before, has a way of utilizing what is best about all the others. This is also called the "interculturation model" or the "conversation model." This cross pollination allows for a high flexibility in the way one does ministry in variable cultures. Furthermore, the synthetic model seems to encourage alot of input from various sources and viewpoints within a culture that would allow the gospel to really find a home there. Certainly the idea of not making the gospel message applicable in one way but multiple ways, seems more Christ like and early Church like to me. I think this also allows for a robust sytematic theology to develop and take root within a myraid of cultures.