Towards 2010 Events 2002-2007

The initial driving forces behind the Towards 2010 project were The Church of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh - under the leadership of Rev. Prof. Kenneth Ross. From 2002 a Scottish committee began hosting a series of events in Edinburgh relating to each of the Edinburgh 1910 commissions. The Towards 2010 website gives details of the eight events held 2002-2007.

 

Events held in 2008

[January 23-25, 2008] Mission in Humility and Hope: Stories of Hope-giving communities in Southern-Africa

Southern African Missiological Society Annual Congress held at University of North West (Potchefstroom) in partnership with Towards Edinburgh 2010. For further information see: Conference programme [word].

[April 8-11, 2008] Asia Emerging Leaders Summit II: Defining Asia´s New Leadership Paradigm, SINGAPORE

This event brought together some 80-100 young leaders from all over Asia for 4 days of equipping, strategizing, praying, networking and reflecting on current and future leadership challenges for leadership in Asia. Prospectus [word]

[April 23-27, 2008] Living as a People of Hope, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIK 

 A conference for European Christian Leaders organised by RELaY European Christian Network. Conference Brochure . Themes:  Making Sense of the times - equiping for harvest - preparing for the return of the Lord. Speakers: Peter Herback and P. Raniero Cantalamessa.

[May 31-June 7, 2008] IV Congress of the World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI)

The congress was held in Neapolis, Thessaloniki, and Volos (Greece) from 31 May to 7 June 2008 has resolved to hold a conference as part of the Edinburgh 2010 process, possibly in South Africa in 2010. For more details see WOCATI Press Release.

[August 16-23, 2008] IAMS Human Identity and the Gospel of Reconciliation, HUNGARY

International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS)  XIIth Quadrennial Conference: Human Identity and the Gospel of Reconciliation. Agenda for Mission Studies and Praxis in the 21st Century in Balatonfred, Hungary. For more information see www.missionstudies.org.

[September 29-October 3, 2008] Asian Mission Conference, TAIWAN

This Conference was organized by Formosa Christianity and Culture Research centre, Taiwan, in collaboration with Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea and Christian Conference of Asia. The title was "Beyond Edinburgh 1910- Asian Reflections on Mission". Some of the papers presented in this consultation have been published in the recent issue of "Theologies and Cultures" [Vol.V, No. 2, December 2008, sub-title of the issue: Revisiting Mission from the Colonized Land].