Sharing our Faith: What is mission?. What is Mission? The misconception of evangelism as words and mission as action.

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Sharing our Faith: What is mission?

What is Mission? The misconception of evangelism as words and mission as action

What is Mission? Evangelism as initiation into the kingdom Abrahams, Scott Jones, Bosch, 2000

What is Mission? Initiation: Making converts and launching them into discipleship. Abrahams, Scott Jones, Bosch, 2000

What is Mission? Initiation: Making converts and launching them into discipleship. Abrahams, Scott Jones, Bosch, 2000

Mission as God demonstrating his love for the world… What is mission?

…And the part that we play as his ‘missionaries’ What is mission?

Key Questions… What is mission?

Are we realistic about how other people perceive us? What is Mission?

Are we discerning where God is at work in our world – and serving Him? What is Mission?

How do we witness outside the walls of our Church? What is Mission?

Do we feel equipped to survive in a multi- faith nation? What is Mission?

Are you on continually on the move? What is Mission?

Are we speaking out against injustice – on a local level? What is Mission?

Key questions: Do we think that our Churches have a divine right to exist?

Negative stereotypes of mission What is Mission?

The abuses of the Church: absolute power corrupts What is Mission?

Peter Mullan 2003 Story of three women who arrive at a Dublin Convent in ‘One of the great injustices of the second half of the 20 th Century’

30,000 Women, Oppressed cf cared for.

Church mission compromised by politics and state… What is Mission?

Jesuit missionaries in South America caught between Church and State Warner, 1996, Starring Irons/Nero Dir. Joffe

Negative Stereotypes Of Mission Roman Catholic Overseas Arrogant Non-indigenous Paternalistic State-sponsored Colonialising

In response: Home & Overseas. Protestant and RC. Protestant Church and ‘trade’ in partnership. Church challenges Colonialisation and latterly slavery Non-indigenous - yes Paternalistic – yes Arrogant – at times Abusive – partly

Now Independent of State. Increasingly Multi-denominational. Mission undertaken overseas & at home. Less Paternalism, More Partnership Increasingly indigenous. Now challenging & globalisation Shameful of its failings in the past. What is the true picture of mission?

How is the Churches mission perceived today? What is Mission?

The Church in decline: peripheral, one organisation among many others. What is Mission?

How has the Church responded and its missiologists responded? What is Mission?

The Missio Dei, 1952 What is Mission?

Mission belongs to God, not us! Karl Barth 1952 Willingham Conference of the IMC. Everything starts with God. What is Mission?

Mission bears the hallmarks of the triune God/ cruciform shaped. WCC Mexico City, 1963 What is Mission?

Revolutionising our thinking….. What is Mission?

Mission is God’s & ‘global’, cf something done by us, in hostile foreign lands. Challenges Christian imperialism & Paternalism, Encourages indigenous Christianity, Witness where we find ourselves. What is Mission?

The new frontier: Human belief & social conscience cf geographical presence What is Mission?

Challenging our approach: Where is God already at work & how can we serve Him? What is Mission?

God is at work beyond the limits of the Church or its evangelists What is Mission?

God is at work in people who aren’t Christians…. What is Mission?

God is at work in people of other faiths What is Mission?

The Missio Dei What is Mission?

Weaknesses of the Missio Dei… Introducing Thangaraj Thangaraj M.T, The Common Task: A Theology of Christian Mission (Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999) What is Mission?

Thomas Thangaraj: How do we work together with people of other faiths? Thangaraj M.T, The Common Task: A Theology of Christian Mission (Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999) What is Mission?

Thomas Thangaraj: Religious partnership does not begin with talk about ‘God’ What is Mission?

Thomas Thangaraj: Talk of ‘the Church’ as God’s agency for mission is limiting. What is Mission?

Thomas Thangaraj: Starting point for dialogue is human relationships…. What is Mission?

Thomas Thangaraj: ….and the human concerns that we share. What is Mission?

What is God’s mission to the world? What is Mission?

Restoration of a fallen world and a fallen people What is Mission?

Israel as a vehicle of mission in God’s world What is mission?

Facets of mission: God is the one true God Verkuyl, Contemporary Missiology, 1987 What is Mission?

Facets of mission: Rescue and Liberation What is Mission?

Facets of mission: International witness What is Mission?

Facets of mission: God wrestles and defeats evil. What is Mission?

How does Israel ‘mission’ in God’s world What is mission?

What is Mission? Key questions: Does Israel search for converts?

What is Mission? Key questions: Does Israel wait for the world to arrive on its doorstep?

What is Mission? Key questions: Cetrifugal or Centripetal witness?

What is Mission? Key questions: Do we have a divine right to be here?

David Bosch ‘Shapes’ of Mission: an ecumenical age. What is Mission?

A Challenge to Churches…. What is Mission?

Are we realistic about how other people perceive us? What is Mission?

Are we discerning where God is at work in our world – and serving Him? What is Mission?

How do we witness outside the walls of our Church? What is Mission?

Do we feel equipped to survive in a multi- faith nation? What is Mission?

Are you on continually on the move? What is Mission?

Are we speaking out against injustice – on a local level? What is Mission?

Key questions: Do we think that our Churches have a divine right to exist?