ACTS 11 Project
Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration
We are living in a time of a unique opportunity. Human migration is on a sharp rise around the world. We are in the age of migration.
The connection between mission and migration is not new. Indeed, Christian migrants have been the most common and effective bearers of the witness. The current context of global migrations of Christians continues that long journey.
As followers of Christ migrate, they ought to bear witness for Christ. In addition, it is also true that migrants of other faiths tend to be open to hearing the good news of Christ. Either way, migration is good for mission.
Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration
This first-of-a-kind centre exists to facilitate a sustained conversation on the critical subject of human migration and its implications for the Christian faith and mission. More about the centre >
THE EVENT: Convergence, 26 and 27 September 2024
At this event, we will gather to think Christianly together about current trends in migration, to reflect critically on the factors behind the trends, and to attend to stories of migrant Christians — all this to help us discern what God may be up to in this new age of migration and how we can play our roles in it.
Keynote speaker: Prof Jehu J Hanciles
Professor of World Christianity at Emory University. He is the author of two key books on the intersectional discourse between migration, church history, and migration: Beyond Christendom and Migration and the Making of Global Christianity. He is a leading expert in the study of mission and migration and will help us think about what contemporary migration patterns mean for the Christian community in the world.
Day One – 26 September
The first day of the conference, 26 September, is a general conference. Anyone interested in the subject of mission and migration is encouraged to attend.
The conversation on this day will be of great help to scholars of migration and religion (including Christianity), leaders of mission organisations, teachers of mission and theology, pastors and members of migrant churches, and anybody else who wants to learn more about how migration is shaping the current religious landscape of the world.
Day Two – 27 September
On the second day of the conference, we will focus on migration’s implications for the study and practice of mission.
If migration affects mission in one way or another, both the way we study and teach mission, and how we go about serving in mission around the world must reflect an awareness of this reality. As such, leaders of mission organisations and mission educators are especially invited to attend.
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More about the Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration
The centre will serve Christian communities, mission agencies, and academic institutions exploring faithful missional witness in the context of unprecedented human migration in the world.
It is an international, multicultural and multidisciplinary learning community, and our primary focus is the interplay between the Christian witness of the gospel and migration.
The centre has five key objectives
- To help Christian communities imagine hospitable ministry to strangers in a world where migration is on the rise.
- To equip and empower Christian migrants for effective witness wherever they migrate.
- To help create and curate resources for Christian communities, mission agencies, and academic institutions interested in reaching migrants around the world.
- To research opportunities and challenges that emerge for followers of Christ in the current context of global migration.
- To help create “Acts 11 Communities” of Christian leaders in gateway cities and migration hubs committed to the release of God’s migrant people in mission.
The Acts 11 Project is a collaboration between Church Mission Society and Missio Africanus.
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