Anvil vol 34 issue 1

Mission is…

Mission is a way of framing: a lens to think about and practise what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world.

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Mission is a way of framing: a lens to think about and practise what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world.

The significance of place and geography in mission in a world where many feel displaced, dislocated and precarious.

Kenyan perspectives on identity, church planting, social transformation, and bold mission initiatives

Exploring how lament can address injustice and offer new hope

We discuss some of the findings of CMS’s 2017 Mission Is survey

Mapping the spectrum of pioneer ministry

How a local community have been participating in transformation with God and with their locale

Ann Morisy, writer and community theologian, discusses Jesus the man and the role of the connector in a community

Kyama Mugambi discusses his definition of mission and the differences between African and British Christianity.

Mike Pears, director of Urban Life, on mission as creativity and “mission and place”.

Reviewed this time, new books on mission, theology, biblical studies and art