This article, and by extension the whole of this issue of Vista, seeks to explore the meaning and use of the word polycentric in Christian mission studies today and, more specifically, consider its implications for mission in Europe.
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This article seeks to provide a statistical description of the dimensions of the Ukraine War and migrant crisis, and to briefly discuss its impact on mission in Europe.
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Through Lausanne 2021, we were all drawn into a broad, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-national ‘communion of saints’ blanketing Europe and far beyond. The four days of online conversations, video reports, exchanges through chat boxes, interactive seminars and bible expositions have created a landmark event which will impact the evangelical landscape of Europe for decades to come”
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The language used to describe mission has changed over the last 200 years, but does it accurately reflect the situation in Europe?
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There are fifteen issues and trends which are highlighted in Europe 2021: A Missiological Report but here are a couple to whet your appetite.
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Religious belief and practice are complex phenomenon. Alongside this, the process of secularisation in Europe has been a subject of study and debate among sociologists for many years. our review of the latest European Values survey data suggests that secularisation in Europe is continuing but that each country may well have its own trajectory.
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What signs of tomorrow´s conflicts are there in today´s Europe? What can we learn from previous generations who have shaped peace in our conflicted continent? And how can Christians and churches be “peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9) and “agents of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:18) in today´s Europe?
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“Our vision for Vista has always been to make solid research-based information on mission in Europe available to everyone who needs it.” Jim Memory looks back at 10 years and 35 editions of Vista
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To date there have been two principal attempts to make Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age more accessible to the general reader.
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It is precisely because multiculturalism has been given such a bad name recently that we may have been blinded to perhaps the greatest example of successful multiculturalism in Europe today: Europe’s churches
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Many Christians who said they were going to vote Leave had narratives that dominated their perspective. They didn’t all use the same language but three distinct controlling narratives were repeated over and over again.
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During the 1960s the southern Spanish region of Almería made the very most of its desert climate. It became a popular location for films like Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and it continues to do so today
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Since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, as the hope of future prosperity has dissipated, so has confidence in the European project, and almost inevitably, nationalism has returned to Europe.
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This brief article traces the lives of Lorenzo Lucena and George Borrow who, though little known, made significant contributions to the translation and distribution of the Spanish Bible during the 19th Century,
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What are the facts about human trafficking in Europe? This is a tremendously difficult question to answer for a number of reasons.
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The values and beliefs of European students are often assumed rather than known. As a result the gospel of Jesus Christ is sometimes expressed in terms which make little sense to today’s European students.
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One person’s viewpoint alone however well informed, can never give a true picture of what is happening; particularly in a continent as diverse as Europe. What is needed are thoughtful and perceptive insights into the realities of mission practice across Europe - from those engaged in mission. In other words, Europe needs “reflective practitioners
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Spain has always had a rather love/hate relationship with the rest of Europe. Throughout its history Spain has allied with the Dutch, English and Germans against the French, with the French against the English, and found itself alone facing Germany, France and England.
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Defining “missional” with any precision is no easy task. Perhaps the most helpful simple definition of “missional” church is that of “…a community of God’s people that defines itself and organises its life around its real purpose of being an agent of God’s mission to the world”
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It is a widely accepted fact that Christianity in Britain is in terminal decline. The dominant narrative is that widespread secularization is leading inevitably towards, in the words of social historian Callum Brown, The Death of Christian Britain.
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