Category: Future of Missions
LEADER’S MISSIONS FORECAST 2021
Posted by Jay Matenga | Dec 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Executive Director Blog, Featured, Future of Missions, News | 0
MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: TRENDING IMPLICATIONS
Posted by Paul Bendor-Samuel | May 30, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions | 0
MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: ASIA IMPLICATIONS
Posted by Claire Chong | Mar 31, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS
Posted by Mary Lederleitner | Mar 12, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
MISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: BUILDING COMMUNITY
Posted by Evi Rodemann | Feb 11, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
LEADER’S MISSIONS FORECAST 2023
by Jay Matenga | Dec 20, 2023 | Executive Director Blog, Featured, Future of Missions, News, Reimagining Missions | 0
LEADER’S MISSIONS FORECAST 2023 [60 Minute Read] Dear fellow participants in God’s mission,...
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by Jay Matenga | Dec 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Executive Director Blog, Featured, Future of Missions, News | 0
Executive Director, Jay Mātenga proposes a missions forecast update using Mary’s “Magnificat” as a framework to reflect missiologically on the year gone and its potential effects on global missions going forward. The global pandemic continues to frustrate and humble the global missions community.
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by Paul Bendor-Samuel | May 30, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions | 0
COVID-19 is accelerating sweeping changes around the world and world Christianity and evangelical missions is not immune. This post explores how global missions is in a process of realignment with exciting potential for redefining missions as faithful witness.
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by Claire Chong | Mar 31, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
In Asia, COVID-19 exposed afresh areas of concern, including issues around resourcing, relevance and theology. We need to see an increased sensitivity toward others that results in more culturally-appropriate biblical theologies and practices, that will bless the nations.
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by Mary Lederleitner | Mar 12, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
The global pandemic has re-set our ‘normals’ and there is much to be learned about the new environment that is emerging. Deep investigations into issues can yield surprising insights not easily discernible otherwise. We need to see an increase in quality research.
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by Evi Rodemann | Feb 11, 2021 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
This essay introduces some core elements necessary for building an effective community. The future of the global Church and missions is rooted in the building of Christ-centred communities as a witness to the power of the gospel and an attraction for others to join us in-Christ.
Read MoreMISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE
by Reuben Ezemadu | Dec 31, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
This essay reflects on the experience of COVID-19 from a Nigerian perspective, with reference to other parts of Africa, where they confound world health authorities for the way they have coped with the pandemic thus far. Believers know why, and for that they give praise to God.
Read MoreMISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: ISM IMPLICATIONS
by Phil Jones | Nov 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, New, News | 0
The complexity of ministry to international students has increased dramatically in the wake of COVID-19. Phil Jones (Worldwide ISM Network) presents outcomes from a Sept. 2020 online global consultation, with thoughts that will benefit all in cross-cultural ministries.
Read MoreMISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: TCK IMPLICATIONS
by John Barclay | Nov 18, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, Recent | 0
A certain level of disruption is normal for “Third Culture Kids” but, like the rest of us, TCKs have been caught off guard and thrust into uncomfortable limbo. Everyone’s story is unique. We are privileged in this essay to view the COVID-19 disruption through the perspectives of some TCKs affected.
Read MoreMISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: MOVEMENT IMPLICATIONS
by Dave Coles | Sep 29, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Featured, Future of Missions, Recent | 0
In this post, Dave Coles (24:14 Network) shares some grassroots accounts of how the gospel is being shared in a ‘whole of life’ way by members of Disciple Making Movements. In the midst of the most trying circumstances, God is being glorified through the generous obedience of His people.
Read MoreMISSIONS IN A COVID CRISIS: CORRUPTION IMPLICATIONS
by WEA Mission Commission | Sep 3, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Future of Missions, Recent | 0
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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by Jay Matenga | Aug 21, 2020 | COVID-19 Implications, Executive Director Blog, Featured, Future of Missions, News | 0
Executive Director, Jay Matenga reflects on five months of reading and listening in conversations with missions leaders from diverse backgrounds. Here Jay introduces major issues facing us all and concludes with observations regarding our motivations as we face up to shifting missions thinking and practice.
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