Called to Unity: For the Sake of Mission

by John Gibaut

Overview

The purpose of this volume on mission and unity is to bring to public attention a broad overview on the history, development and perspectives on the role of mission in the pursuit of unity and the central biblical focus on unity as a prerequisite for an authentic witness in mission. The volume raises concrete questions: If the churches can agree on unity for mission, then does this visible unity go any further than the 'mutuality, partnership, collaboration and networking' of the Edinburgh 2010 Common Call? Does the call to unity or communion imply common touch stones, structures or ministries to serve the communion of churches in mission? Might the Holy Spirit be prompting a fresh mission to the churches to promote unity?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498223027
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	01/30/2015
Series:	Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John Gibaut is Director of the Commission on Faith and Order, World Council of Churches.

Knud Jorgensen is Adjunct Professor in Missiology at the MF Norwegian School of Theology .

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Forward Jacques Matthey xii

Editorial Introduction: Called to Unity ? For the Sake of Mission John Gibaut Knud Jørgensen xvii

Section 1 Historical and Missiological Perspectives

Edinburgh 1910: Evangelization and Unity Brian Stanley 3

From Edinburgh 1910 to New Delhi 1961: Called to Unity ? for the Sake of Mission Mark Laing 14

Biblical and Theological Foundations: The Triune God and the Missional Church Knud Jøgensen 33

From Co-Operation to Common Witness: Mission and Unity, 1910-2010 Dana L. Robert 46

Growing Together in Unity and Mission Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen 59

Section 2 Ways of Doing Mission in Unity in Different Contexts

Global Initiatives

From Unity and Mission to Koinonia and Missio Dei: Convergences in WCC Ecclesiology and Missiology towards Edinburgh 2010 John Gibaut 73

Closer to Christ, Closer to One Another: Evangelicals in Partnership C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell 89

Towards New Forms of Partnership in Mission: The Creation of International and Intercultural Mission Bodies Ganoune Diop 96

Church Initiatives

Co-Operation and the Promotion of Unity an Orthodox Perspective Viorel Ionita 116

Mission as the Nature of the Church in Roman Catholic Contexts Stephen Bevans 128

United and Uniting Churches as Models of Mission and Unity Thomas F. Best 141

Patnership in Mission ? An Anglican Perspective John Kafwanka 154

One in the Spirit? Pentecostals and the Yearning for Christian Unity: A Case Study of the Swiss Pentecostal Mission and its Initiatives towards Unity in the Spirit Jean-Daniel Pluess 173

New Movements

Experimenting with Mission and Unity in Secular Europe: Networking for Mission, Client-Based Mission, and Ecumenical Mission Stefan Paas 186

All God's Children: Journalistic Observations during Encounters with Christian Groups Kåre Melhus 200

Emerging Models of Mission Mark Oxbrow 214

Perspectives

Unity in Mission: Evangelism and Diakonia Towards Fullness of Life Carlos Ham 229

That They All May Believe: What Sort of 'Unity' is Required? An Evangelical Context Grace Mathews 247

Asian Perspectives on Mission and Unity Hong Eyoul Hwang 255

Yoido Full Gospel Church: A Case Study in Expanding Mission and Fellowship Younghoon Lee 270

Concluding Chapter: A Credible Witness Knud Jørgensen 287

Bibliography 297

List of Contributors 317

Index 323