A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)

This article describes the discipline of missiology and mission over the last century since Edinburgh 1910 followed by two world wars to Edinburgh 2010, as a long walk to obedience – a walk in discerning God’s will. Even in biblical times, mission as spreading the gospel to those who do not yet beli...

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Main Author: Johannes J. Knoetze
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2017-05-01
Series:In die Skriflig
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Online Access:https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2192
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description This article describes the discipline of missiology and mission over the last century since Edinburgh 1910 followed by two world wars to Edinburgh 2010, as a long walk to obedience – a walk in discerning God’s will. Even in biblical times, mission as spreading the gospel to those who do not yet believe in the Trinitarian God, was under scrutiny from within and outside the church (cf. Ac 10-11, 15 and Galatians). Throughout history until today it was never different. This article looks at the development of mission over the last 100 years from a Western (mainline missionary churches – MMCs) perspective. The development of missiology as a subject and theological discipline will be described along the lines of some of the mission conferences. Attention will be given to the following questions: What does it mean to b eobedient to the mission calling in a broken and traumatised world? Is there a credible way of redeeming mission and missiology from its own past?
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spelling doaj.art-004903f1b4bc40c2b3d8b081209537d72022-12-22T02:30:41ZafrAOSISIn die Skriflig1018-64412305-08532017-05-01512e1e710.4102/ids.v51i2.21922139A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)Johannes J. Knoetze0Department of Theology, Mafikeng Campus, North-West UniversityThis article describes the discipline of missiology and mission over the last century since Edinburgh 1910 followed by two world wars to Edinburgh 2010, as a long walk to obedience – a walk in discerning God’s will. Even in biblical times, mission as spreading the gospel to those who do not yet believe in the Trinitarian God, was under scrutiny from within and outside the church (cf. Ac 10-11, 15 and Galatians). Throughout history until today it was never different. This article looks at the development of mission over the last 100 years from a Western (mainline missionary churches – MMCs) perspective. The development of missiology as a subject and theological discipline will be described along the lines of some of the mission conferences. Attention will be given to the following questions: What does it mean to b eobedient to the mission calling in a broken and traumatised world? Is there a credible way of redeeming mission and missiology from its own past?https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2192Missiologymissionmission conferencesmissio Deimissio ecclessiamissio hominum
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A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)
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Missiology
mission
mission conferences
missio Dei
missio ecclessia
missio hominum
title A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)
title_full A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)
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title_short A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)
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mission
mission conferences
missio Dei
missio ecclessia
missio hominum
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