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Dr. Alexandru Vlasin is currently serving as missionary with Barnabas International as member care specialist whilst offering missionary training to Baptist Theological Seminary in Bucharest. He is also associate lecturer at University of Bucharest - Baptist theology Faculty - teaching several social work subjects.

L'Europa è un contesto incredibilmente complesso, vario e dinamico per la missione cristiana. Le tendenze e le influenze sono così numerose che riuscire a considerarle tutte può sembrare un compito impossibile. Europa 2021 - Un rapporto missiologico, del missiologo (e coeditore di Vista) Jim Memory, assieme alla guida alla discussione, cerca di fare proprio questo

Just as we were about to publish this edition of Vista, the WEA published their own Situation Report from Ukraine which is linked here

This 5-day intensive online course hosted by allnations is aimed at anyone involved in the practice of Christian mission in Britain and Europe. The course seeks to help participants to reflect more deeply on their existing mission practice and to expose them to something of the variety of approaches to the challenge of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in Britain and Europe today.

For many years, mission has benefitted from a “borderless Europe”, a Common Travel Area that has permitted frictionless movement between many countries. Yet the 2015 refugee crisis, Brexit, Covid19, and now the Ukraine War, show that borders are back. This issue of Vista reflects on that reality.

Der Bericht zeigt die entscheidenden Themen und Trends auf, die den Kontext für die christliche Mission im heutigen Europa prägen.

Le rapport identifie les questions et tendances cruciales qui façonnent le contexte de la mission chrétienne en Europe aujourd'hui.

Europa es la nueva frontera para las misiones. Es, a la vez, el continente más secularizado y donde encontramos los albores de la re-evangelización a manos de iglesias de países del mundo mayoritario, de plataformas de plantación de iglesias, y de la nueva generación.

The latest edition of Vista focuses on how World Christianity is impacting the church in Europe, and the opportunities this presents.

A new discussion guide to accompany Europe 2021: A Missiological Report by missiologist and Vista co-editor Jim Memory is now available for download

A new report by Jim Memory and available for download here, highlights the key key political, economic, social, environmental, and technological trends as well as the most important spiritual challenges and shifts in mission thinking that are impacting the practice of Christian mission in Europe today.

The third edition of ‘Mapping Migration, Mapping Churches’ Response in Europe’, co-authored by Vista editor Darrell Jackson focuses on how new and existing churches in Europe are adapting to the realities of migration across the continent. 

This issue of Vista explores the uncomfortable subject of death, and the contemporary Christian response to it.

With the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day and the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, this seemed the perfect moment for an issue of Vista dedicated to Reconciliation in Europe.