With my theological premises somewhat laid on the table, I want to move on to the first topic.I
have found it very useful in the last few years to think through things
in conversation with those from my own and other traditions, and as I
was considering mission in the ways described in my earlier post,
I realised I have not thought at length or at depth about ideas
relating to mission. Neither did I have a suitable missional vocabulary
on which to call on in order to ‘bat the ideas around’ so to speak, and
so I decided to enter into a conversation on the first subject in the series. A
conversation I am planning to hold here on my blog with people I am
connected to personally or through blogs who write well or have significant experience in the area of missional thinking and...
I have been re-thinking my conception of mission and plan to blog a short series on Missions in the 21st Century, to put a backdrop to this series I want to try and lay some of my cards out on the table, as it where, to give some clarity on why I think the way I do regarding missions:- Since being fairly young I have seen the need for the Gospel to be spread to other Nations where there is little Christian Witness or where the society is in need to an injection of Kingdom values and renewal,- I have felt that I am led in that direction of ministry, and so does my fiance Rachel,- There is nothing inherently better about doing missions outside of your own cultural context, in my mind it is a valueless distinction, whilst being an important one, such as having a Christian vocation to be in...
