Christianity is growing in leaps and bounds in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania. Numbers of Christians are declining in Europe and barely holding steady in North America, thanks to our immigrant populations. Given this new reality, what does it mean to do mission in the church today from the standpoint of a western church? How do we find a way to do mission with our brothers and sisters in the Global South that create relationships rooted in attentive listening, mutual respect, vulnerability, transparency, and love? This session will describe some of the projects that Companions in Mission Network has funded this year as examples of a renewed vision for mission in today’s church. We will offer information on grants available to ECCT churches for mission projects to fund travel, sustainable development projects, and communication and publishing initiatives. Come discover how your church can be more involved in local and global mission!
FACILITATORS: For the past 20 years, Bill Schrull has been involved in mission projects supporting the work of two Anglican Dioceses in Tanzania and Kenya. The projects have ranged from helping implement computer technology at their colleges to building a mission boat to serve the transportation needs of people living on a remote island on Lake Victoria. Bill and his wife Cathy remain active in working with the two dioceses and annually travel to East Africa to continue to build relationships and cultivate mutual support with their mission partners.
Michele Sigg, PhD grew up a missionary kid in France. She has been studying mission history for the last fourteen years and has a doctorate in the History of World Christianity from Boston University. She has been leading and supporting mission initiatives through her church, St. John’s Episcopal Church, New Haven, including the Blessed Peace Foundation Children’s Home and (soon to be built) School in Makindu, Kenya. She is also the Executive Director of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB.org), a project that documents the stories of the Mothers and Fathers of African Christianity to serve the church and theological education in Africa.
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Session Three (2:15–3:45 PM)
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