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.
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.
We humbly receive and affirm your call for Western Christian leaders and theologians to repent of our biased disregard towards Palestinians and your unjust and devastating suffering as well as of all theological articulations that promote or justify it.
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.
We humbly receive and affirm your call for Western Christian leaders and theologians to repent of our biased disregard towards Palestinians and your unjust and devastating suffering as well as of all theological articulations that promote or justify it.
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.
As we look back on 2023, there is much to celebrate! Join us in reviewing the initiatives of INFEMIT for the past year (Stott-Bediako Forum, strengthening a global movement, Faith and Life, and our academic projects) and praying for the work that lies ahead in 2024.
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 Ruth Padilla DeBorst about the kinds of imaginations and communities we can nurture together as an alternative to the consumptive culture and society around us.
In the face of unfolding violence in Palestine-Israel we, the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation – INFEMIT, deeply lament and reject violence on all sides of the conflict; we are burdened by the loss of life; and we call followers of Jesus around the world to pursue peace and listen humbly to the voices of the suffering and the oppressed in the land.
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 Nina Balmaceda about Shalom, exploring specific examples of transformation that are evidenced in the peace building and advocacy work of Paz y Esperanza in South America.