Liminal Times, Critical Ties 
19 Nov 2024

Liminal Times, Critical Ties 

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Shadia Qubti shares her experience and perspective as a Palestinian woman and theologian living abroad during the war:
“Like travelers caught between time zones, I’m simultaneously living in Pacific time and Gaza time, my body and mind never quite synchronized. I wake up to morning here while following night raids there, eat lunch while tracking dawn evacuations, try to sleep while monitoring real-time bombardments. This isn’t just about different time zones – it’s about living in multiple states of being: attempting normalcy in one reality while carrying intergenerational trauma triggered anew in another…”

Sent as Jesus Was: To Seek Justice!
29 Oct 2024

Sent as Jesus Was: To Seek Justice!

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On September 23, Ruth Padilla DeBorst offered a 15 minute plenary speech at the Lausanne 4 Congress in Incheon, South Korea. In spite of the push-back expressed by the conference organizers, we fully endorse Ruth’s talk and we publish it here with hope and prayer that the Church will stand up for justice and peace, both in Palestine-Israel and the world round, even in the face of power, wealth and indifference.

Evangelical Declaration on Palestine
10 Oct 2024

Evangelical Declaration on Palestine

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On the first anniversary of Hamas’ atrocious action against the Jewish civilian population and Israel’s retaliation—which has already resulted in nearly 42,000 reported deaths (about 18,000 of them children) and thousands more under the rubble, along with more than 2,000 dead in Lebanon—we, as followers of Jesus Christ in Latin America, join thousands of voices around the world in solidarity and in search of justice that leads to peace.

Reflexiones de INFEMIT a la luz del Informe de Lausana sobre el Estado de la Gran Comisión (SOGCR)
15 Sep 2024

Reflexiones de INFEMIT a la luz del Informe de Lausana sobre el Estado de la Gran Comisión (SOGCR)

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Varias partes interesadas de la comunidad de INFEMIT hemos revisado el SOGCR y nos ha impresionado su profundidad, amplitud y extensión. El informe a tan gran escala es un tesoro de estadísticas, variedad de temas y voces de todo el mundo. Aplaudimos a todas las personas que han participado en su elaboración.

Reflections from the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT) in Light of Lausanne’s State of the Great Commission Report (SOGCR)
27 Aug 2024

Reflections from the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT) in Light of Lausanne’s State of the Great Commission Report (SOGCR)

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Various stakeholders in the INFEMIT community have reviewed the SOGCR, and we were quite impressed with its depth, width, and breadth. The massive report is a treasure trove of statistics, range of issues, and global voices. We applaud all those involved in putting this report together. However, our review has also caused us to reaffirm certain values–two in particular–that we found wanting in the SOGCR.

Las Newman on Why “Transformation?” Changing our Mission Paradigm
28 Apr 2024

Las Newman on Why “Transformation?” Changing our Mission Paradigm

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Las Newman about the history of evangelical Christian mission in the last half century and the emergence of Mission as Transformation. We explore some of the context in which this mission paradigm emerged and the challenges it faced – and continues to face – as it seeks to further an understanding and practice of mission that is truly holistic and focused on both individuals and the community.

Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations
28 Feb 2024

Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Shadia Qubti about the how to nurture a decolonial imagination and the challenges faced when seeking to move beyond the limits of Western academic methodologies and engage with one another as Majority World scholars around our own ideas and on our own terms.