International Review of Mission

Mission is everywhere at the Harare assembly! Mission is missing at the assembly! I heard both of the above statements at the assembly. They are probably both true. But we have to qualify our terminology. Of course the missionary activity...

The story of Pentecost is a helpful guidepost for discussing the era of mission represented by the WCC's 'jubilee' assembly. The relevance of Pentecost for the Harare assembly goes beyond the obvious fact that people of many languages and customs were...

From March 21st to 25th, 1999, about ninety leading evangelical mission representatives coming from more than thirty countries and five continents met in Norway to discuss possible means of coordinating the involvement of their organisations in world...

What can be envisaged? Introduction Time is passing quickly and, for those who had the privilege of attending the WCC assembly at Harare in Zimbabwe, the vivid memory of the experience is fading and will soon become part of history. Yet it seems...

1. Harare Fears and Hopes The first statement I would like to make is that the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe, Harare, helped us to put an end to many of our fears. What were the concerns that made us await the assembly...

Introduction The Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches provided a unique occasion for the global ecumenical community to reflect and deliberate on the context, content, process and direction of the church's mission for the new millennium....

Mission created the framework, identified the raison d'etre and generated the energy and enthusiasm for what will be called later the ecumenical movement. The pioneers of this movement were all missionary-minded people and were concerned with the Christian...

After more than twenty-five years of existence, the Evangelical Community for Apostolic Action (Communaute Evangelique d'Action Apostolique, CEVAA) has had an important debate in recent years about its aims and means, leading to a process of restructuring...

Mission Thinking in Harare Harare was the venue of a most extraordinary, culturally and racially diverse grouping of Christians, who gathered together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), founded in Amsterdam...

We have all become neighbours in a 'global village; black and white, rich and poor, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, followers of other faiths or atheists. Torn by our differences and tensions we still do not know how to live together in a world where...