Category: Articles
REIMAGINING MISSIONS: EVERYONE TO EVERYWHERE
A group of missions leaders from the Majority World met immediately following Lausanne 4 under the banner of a new movement with the acronym COALA. This essay is MC Executive Director Jay Mātenga’s presentation to that forum, calling for a rethink on the concept of “polycentric missions”.
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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: REVIEWING L4
“Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together” was the theme of the Fourth Lausanne Congress. What seemed to be intended was to fuse declare and display into a universal missiology for us to collaborate together under the control of Lausanne. Rei Lemuel Crizaldo reflects on why this will probably not succeed.
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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: ANTICIPATING L4
The fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (L4) is about to convene. In anticipation of the event, a group of related organisations gathered to discuss the 25 great commission gaps the Lausanne movement have presented. Executive Director Jay Mātenga represented WEAMC. This is his transcript.
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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: DISCIPLESHIP IN ASIA
Christianity in Asia remains disconnected from local cultural expressions so the national evangelical alliances of Asia have identified the need to disciple Christians in ways more suited to the Asian context to ensure the church becomes more locally sustainable and culturally relevant.
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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: HONOURING DATA IN MISSIONS
Missions information and data from quality research is too easily dishonoured in the pushback against the industrialisation of missions and managerial methods. But we do so to the detriment of God’s mission. This essay explains why and encourages us to do better.
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HONOURING DR CHO DONG-JIN
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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MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: RESOURCING IMPLICATIONS
By all accounts we are heading into a global economic meltdown: our century’s Great Depression. Here we explore the downturn and some of the impact on missions, especially as it hinders trans-border missions and hurts indigenous missions. Nevertheless, God’s mission continues.
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MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: EARLY IMPLICATIONS
Now that the world has all but stopped and people have been assigned to their homes as much as possible, the implications of a viral pandemic are starting to become acutely apparent. Part 1 of a series of COVID-19 Implications, this post sets some missions context.
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A COVID CRISIS EASTER
Almost all around the world Easter 2020 is being spent in isolation as COVID-19 forces us to stay home. Leaders tend not to like forced inaction, but doing very little in the midst of a crisis is exactly what Easter Saturday is all about. Jay reflects on some of the diverse reactions that are arising and asks the classic question: what would Jesus do?
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