[2010] Mission 1910-2010. Edinburgh 1910 challenges today's understanding of mission

The Theological Commission of the Association of Protestant Churches and Missions (EMW) has published a series of articles concerned with mission in the 21st century. Articles are in German and available as free download from the EMW website. For further information click here.

[2010] Edinburgh 1910 and Edinburgh 2010: Different Theological Worldviews

Paper given by Kirsteen Kim, Edinburgh 2010 Study Process Coordinator, at the Henry Martyn Seminar, 27th January 2010 at Westminster College, Cambridge, is now available as PDF download or audio file from the Henry Martin Centre website.

 

[2009] Melbourne Conference

A wide group of Australian church and mission bodies gathered on 2-3 October 2009 in two locations in Melbourne for celebration and reflection on Christian mission and ecumenism over the last 100 years. For more information on the event, 'Towards 2010: Witnessing to Christ Today', click here. An article on the conference, 'Australia looks towards Edinburgh 2010', was written by Peter Ridell. It first appeared in Evangelicals now, a monthly Christian newspaper published in the Uk and distributed worldwide. The article is available as PDF download with kind permission of the publisher.

Papers presented at the conference include 'From Edinburgh 1910 to Melbourne 2010: Witnessing to Christ Today' by Ross Langmead, and 'Christian Mission among other Faiths' by David Claydon.

[2009] On the Way outside the Gate

A theological reflection on mission by Rev. Dr. Lee Hong Jung, published in ccanews of the Christian Conference of Asia in an issue on 'Mission and Missionaries (Sep 2009, p. 4-6). The ccanews can be downloaded here.

 

[2009] Baptists and other Christian Churches in the first half of the 20th Century

Brian Talbot, 2009. The paper was presented at this year's International Conference On Baptist Studies, V in Melbourne, Australia. It is available as PDF download with kind permission of the author. Brian Talbot also contributed a brief overview 'Why Celebrate Edinburgh 1910'.

 

[2009] Unreached peoples

Dr. Malcolm Hunter, founder director of the Nomadic Peoples Network explains frankly why he is surprised that 'the challenge of unreached peoples' does not appear to be high on the agenda of Edinburgh 2010 in a statement which is available here (MS Word doc).

 

[2009] Bangalore Consultation

Edinburgh 2010 Theme 2 'Christian mission among other faiths' was the theme for the conference organised and hosted by the United Theological College, Bangalore on 17-19 July 2009, which was also critical of that theme. The papers presented are now, by kind permission of the authors, available here.

 

[2009] Hamburg meeting of Theme 2 Christian Mission Among Other Faiths

The draft position papers submitted for the meeting of Theme 2 Christian Mission Among Other Faiths on 17-19 August in Hamburg, Germany may be downloaded as MS Word files by kind permission of the authors. Papers are available here.

 

[2009] West Africa consultation on 'African spirituality, Christian mission and discipleship'

West African leaders met at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission and Culture in Ghana on 23-25 March 2009 to discuss 'African spirituality, Christian mission and discipleship'. The consultation, which also feeds into the research for Edinburgh study theme 9, was organised by Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu of Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana. Emeritus Prof. J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Rt Rev. Dr. Cyril Okorocha, Rev. Prof. Isaac Deji Ayagboyin and other distinguished people presented papers and case studies. Many of these are available here.  

 

[2009] Consultation on 'Mission spirituality and authentic discipleship', Seoul

Papers presented at the consultation on 'Mission spirituality and authentic discipleship' organised by Edinburgh 2010 Study Theme 9, led by Dr. Wonsuk Ma and Dr. Cathy Ross, and held at Youngnak Presbyterian Church, Seoul, South Korea on 22-24 March 2009 are now available for download at this link.

 

[2009] Lausanne Theology Working Group: The Whole Church

The Theology Working Group of the Lausanne Movement is busy preparing for Lausanne III in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2010. The group is studying each part of the phrase 'The whole Church taking the whole Gospel to the whole world'.

The papers of the consultation on 'The whole Gospel', Chiangmai, Thailand, February 2008 are now published in the Evangelical Review of Theology 33/1 (Jan 2009).

With the permission of Dr. Chris Wright, who coordinates the Group, their reflections on 'The Whole Church' in their meeting in Panama on 26-30 January 2009 are made available by pdf file here.

[2008] From Edinburgh to Achimota

Dr. Nico Botha, Nico of the University of South Africa, and President of the South African Missiological Society (SAMS) has contributed the following article looking a developments in mission thinking 'From Edinburgh to Achimota'. The paper was first published in the journal Studia Historiae Ecclesiaticae in 2008, and it is made available here by kind permission of the editor, Professor Christina Landman.

Download MSWord file here. 

[2007] Will We Correct the Edinburgh Error?

David Hesselgrave, 2007. The article is attached here and is reprinted with permission from Southwestern Journal of Theology, 49.2 (2007): 121-49 [full version available online at http://www.baptisttheology.org/journal.cfm]. Download as a pdf file here.

[2007] A Case of Thorough Preparation: D.S. Cairns, Commission IV and the Missionaries' Returns

A paper by Timothy Yates © 2007. Download pdf file here.

[2006] International Bulletin of Missionary Research  30:4, Oct 2006

In October 2006 a special issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research  examined the impact of the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910 and the prospects of celebration and study in 2010. It is available here for download by kind permission of the editor. Articles of particular interest:

Jonathon J. Bonk, Edinburgh 1910: Friendship and the Boundaries of Christendom 
Brian Stanley, Defining the Boundaries of Christendom: The Two Worlds of the World Missionary Conference, 1910
Kenneth R. Ross, The Centenary of Edinburgh 1910: Its Possibilities 

Download pdf file here.

[2002-2007] Towards 2010 project

Between 2002 and 2007, 'Towards 2010' hosted a seminar series reflecting on each of the Commissions of Edinburgh 1910 from contemporary perspectives from around the world. 'Towards 2010' was initiated by Dr Ken Ross, supported by the Church of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The record of these events can be found here.