The International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT) just concluded its Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination. Here, we share some brief highlights from our reflections and responses to the main topics presented.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 Marcel Măcelaru about Mission and the Christian Imagination, exploring some examples from the Bible and from the Eastern European context.
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 Al Tizon about Mission as Transformation, its core tenets and relevance for today.
As INFEMIT, we grieve for the loss of our dear friend and brother, Ron Sider, as we also celebrate his life and the ways he challenged and inspired so many. Over the weeks since his death, several individuals and organizations have honored Ron by sharing testimonies about the way his writing, activism, lifestyle, and his friendship have impacted them. We invite you to sit with their words or listen to Ron, himself, in a podcast he did with INFEMIT last year. We’ve curated a number of resources here that give a glimpse into the life of our brother who we will deeply miss.
As we start our journey through 2022, we invite you to take a moment to reflect with us on where we have been and where we are going. We thank God for the meaningful encounters, resources, and conversations shared throughout the last year – and for the significant questions that were raised. Some of those questions are precisely what guide us into the year ahead.
We are excited to launch a series of posts that spotlight INFEMIT community members and how they help shape the way we live Mission as Transformation. One of our main goals is to serve our global community by curating resources on holistic, contextual theology from around the world. This series seeks to shine a spotlight on the life and work of those in the INFEMIT community who have significantly contributed to this movement. Before we launch, let’s explore together why it is important to learn from people around the globe and do theology together.