On February 27 2021, the WEA celebrated the leadership of Bishop Ef Tendero and welcomed Bishop Dr Thomas Schirrmacher into the role of Secretary General. In this update we profile Bishop Dr Thomas’ missions background and briefly introduce his two new Deputy Secretary Generals.
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Anti-corruption specialist, Robert Laver has gifted us an article concerning corruption increasing in a COVID context. We feature his article here followed by a response from the Mission Commission to help us combat corruption within churches, ministries and missions and then in society.
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On May 22 2020, a group of missions leaders met on Zoom to explore the current impact of COVID-19 on the future of missions. Responses to four questions were collated and this post records the outcome of the break-out group conversations.
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In memory of Dr David Dong-Jin Cho, Korean missiologist, missions mobiliser and statesman who pioneered major missions movements from South Korea, and encouraged cooperative missions thinking within Asia, Africa and Latin America. At 95 years of age, Dr Cho passed away at home on June 19, 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating affect on the livelihoods and wellbeing of millions of people, especially people living in poverty. Churches and missions now have a window of opportunity to bring actionable good news to the poor—if there is a will to cooperate.
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