Monthly Archives: October 2012

Orality Journal for August 2012

The International Orality Network announces their August 2012 Orality Journal

For the downloading of the journal, either by article or the entire issue click here.

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Bulletins and Websites from missions movements around the world (updated)

Many resources and updated mission information are available on the websites and in the bulletins of our networks, partners and associates. The list below is a sampler of some of the MC global partners.

MC related Networks:

International Missionary Training Network – IMTN - www.theimtn.org

Global Member Care Network – GMCN – www.globalmembercare.com

Global Community of Mission Information Workers – CMIW – www.globalCMIW.org

Refugee Highway Partnership – RHP - www.refugeehighway.net

Tentmakers International – TI -www.tentmakersinternational.com

International Partnering Associates – www.betterpartnerships.net

Ethne to Ethne – www.ethne.net

International Orality Network – www.oralbible.com

Faith2Share – www.faith2share.net

Regional Mission Movements:

COMIBAM, Latin America – www.comibam.org

EEMA, Europe – www.europeanema.org

MANI, Africa – www.maniafrica.com

CARIBBEAN – www.caribbeanevangelical.org/programmes/cem.htm

 

National Mission Movements

Africa:

Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association – www.nematoday.org

WENSA, South Africa – www.wensa.org.za

Asia:

Philippines Mission Association – www.philippinemissionsassociation.com

Indian Mission Association – www.imaindia.org

Singapore Centre for Global Missions – www.scgm.org.sg

Japan Evangelical Missionary Association – www.jema.org

Japan Overseas Missions Association – joma.hope8.net

National C. E. Alliance, Sri Lanka – www.nceasl.org/NCEASL/missions

Korean World Mission Association – www.kwma.org

Korean Research Institute for Mission – www.krim.org

Malaysian Center for Global Missions – www.mcgm.net.my

 

Europe:

Global Connections, UK – www.globalconnections.co.uk

Swedish Mission Council – www.missioncouncil.se

Norwegian Council for Mission and Evangelism – www.norme.no

Danish Mission Council – www.dmr.org

AEM, Switzerland – www.aem.ch  (German)

EZA, Netherlands – www.eza.nl (Dutch)

AEM, Germany – www.aem.de (German)

Latin America:

Brazilian Association of Cross-Cultural Missions, Brazil – www.amtb.org.br (Portuguese)

COMIMEX, Mexico – www.comimex.org (Spanish)

FEDEMEC, Costa Rica – www.fedemec.org (Spanish)

North America:

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada - www.evangelicalfellowship.ca

Missio Nexus – www.MissioNexus.org

ACMI (Association of Christians Ministering among Internationals) – www.acmi-net.net

 

South Pacific:

Mission Interlink, Australia – www.missionsinterlink.org.au

Mission Interlink, New Zealand – www.missions.org.nz

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by | October 30, 2012 · 7:19 am

New Mission Commission Task Force

The Mission Commission Leadership Team is launching a new task force on “Mission in the Future” with the participation of mission leaders from different regions of the world. The main purpose of the task force is to look at the fast changes in the world realities today and how these will affect the missionary work in the coming years.

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by | October 20, 2012 · 3:55 pm

Leadership Team Meetings

Piggybacking on the ShiftGlobal consultation in Budapest the Mission Commission Leadership Team have been meeting during this weekend. On the agenda are issues such as communication strategy, strengthening of national mission movements in Francophone Africa and Central Europe, strategic plan for the coming four years and MC events in 2013 and 2014. More information will be available soon.

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by | October 20, 2012 · 3:45 pm

GlobalSHIFT and MC Leadership Team

The MC Leadership Team is meeting in Budapest over the weekend.  We are grateful for new team member Adriaan Adams from South Africa.
In the days prior to the Team Meeting, several of us were involved in the GlobalSHIFT conference.  The conference was put together by our own David Ruiz and his team at ReachGlobal.

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Archive of past Agora Newsletters

You can now find the past issues of Agora Newsletters easily, at this link.

–Bertil

Archive of past Agora Newsletters

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New Book: Christian Mission in contexts of Suffering, Persecution and Martyrdom

The Global Missiology Task Force of the Mission Commission has just launched the book Sorrow & Blood – Christian Mission in Context of Suffering, Persecution and Martyrdom, edited by Bill Taylor, Antonia van der Meer and Reg Reimer. Authors from around the globe reflect and describe experiences and situations where Christians face suffering for the sake of Jesus. The book can be order from the

The question in my mind is, what are the specific challenges that you face in your life and ministry and how these mega trends affect your particular situation? Our desire as MC is to continue highlighting relevant issues that may be important for us all. The latest production of the MC, the book Sorrow & Blood – Christian Mission in Context of Suffering, Persecution and Martyrdom, is certainly one good example that we take these trends seriously.

We have created a special website just for the book

Welcome with your thoughts and suggestions!

Bertil Ekström

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