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The Missional Trinity
Author(s) -
Hoffmeyer John F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/0012-2033.00063
Subject(s) - citation , theology , library science , sociology , computer science , philosophy
In the course of the twentieth century, missiology increasingly made missio Dei its foundational term. According to this development, “mission” is not just something the church does; mission is God’s own activity. The mission of the church is properly understood as participation in God’s mission. Quoting the 1958 International Missionary Council in Achimota, Ghana, Lesslie Newbigin writes: “The mission is not ours, but God’s.” Newbigin then comments: “We are invited to participate in an activity of God which is the central meaning of creation itself.”