Edinburgh 2010 Events Archive
This area notes events which have already taken place and, where they are available, links to documents and publications that have arisen from reflection on Edinburgh 1910 and 2010 themes.
"Towards 2010" 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 Dr. 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 2002-07.
Events held in 2007
Under construction
Events held in 2008
Mission in Humility and Hope: Stories of Hope-giving communities in Southern-Africa: 23-25 January 2008
University of the North West (Potchefstroom)
Southern African Missiological Society Annual Congress held in partnership with
Asia Emerging Leaders Summit II: Defining Asia´s New Leadership Paradigm: April 8-11, 2008. Singapore
This event will bring together some 80-100 young leaders (approximately 22 - 42 years of age) 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]
Living as a People of Hope: 23-27th April 2008, Prague
A conference for European Christian Leaders organised by RELaY European Christian Network. Conference Brochure [pdf].
Themes: Making Sense of the times - equiping for harvest - preparing for the return of the Lord.
Speakers: Peter Herback and P. Raniero Cantalamessa
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.
IAMS Human Identity and the Gospel of Reconciliation: 16-23 August 2008, 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
Asian Mission Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2008
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]