Colonialism, missions and the imagination
A critical overview of the legacy of CMS’s mission with a particular focus on Ugandan experience.
Racial tension in mission
Bishop Emmanuel Egbunu provides a clear overview of the shameful humiliation of Bishop Ajayi Crowther by European colleagues and the far reaching impact this has had.
Hope reimagined
Lusa explores how the murder of George Floyd offers a critical vantage point from which to rethink and redefine mission in ways that lead towards transformed structures and restored relationships.
Mission after George Floyd
A crystal-clear view of how white privilege and white supremacy have made mission in their own image
Editorial: Faultlines in mission
Exploring the legacy of empire as we look towards a future in which racial justice and reconciliation are an achievable reality.
Book reviews
Books reviewed this time include Liquid Ecclesiology, The Deconstructed Church and Flexible Church
Contextual inhabitation
Ed Olsworth-Peter points to the importance of the “where” of pioneer ministry and explores how people relate to their context.
Community development as a basis for becoming church
Sue Steer reflects on her experience of being a pioneer community worker as a new town forms around a tiny village and how church has formed and grown.
Knitting as a means of sharing the good news
Christine Dutton offers a reflection on knitting as encouraging the prophetic, porous and relational church that Clare Watkins and Stefan Paas are calling for in their articles.
The childless women of the bible: a hopeful metaphor for the church
Tina Hodgett playfully explores how the accounts of childless women in the Bible open up new metaphors to help us to reflect on church arriving somewhere surprisingly hopeful.
