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A Catholic Missiological and Ecumenical Appreciation of T ogether towards L ife
Author(s) -
Nnyombi Richard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/irom.12019
Subject(s) - humanity , temptation , statement (logic) , mission statement , face (sociological concept) , sociology , dream , law , environmental ethics , theology , philosophy , political science , social science , psychology , neuroscience
The new mission statement T ogether towards L ife does not so much propose new teachings about mission as point out pertinent reminders and reconfirmations of some of our beliefs and convictions about God's mission (missio D ei) in and for the world. The author suggests that among the many challenges expressed in the statement, three merit special attention: (1) the proposal to shift the mission concept from “mission to the margins” to “mission from the margins”; (2) the necessity to underline the intrinsic link between humanity and creation; and (3) the temptation to consider “mission” as at the service of the interests and aggrandizement of individual churches instead of the contrary. He concludes that this statement is an invitation to walk “together towards life” for the benefit of both humanity and the whole of G od's creation, and that the urgent challenge is to forge concrete means to make this dream a reality, even in the face of paying the “cost of discipleship.”