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Missions or Mission? The IRM after 75 Years
Author(s) -
Walls Andrew F.
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1758-6631.2011.00067.x
Subject(s) - diaspora , political science , work (physics) , history , library science , operations research , engineering , law , computer science , mechanical engineering
In 1987, the 75th anniversary issue of IRM reviewed a large number of articles that had been published in the journal over the years. The overall development was a shift from “missions,” as the work of missionaries from the West to the rest of the world, to a focus on “mission,” as that to which all C hristians throughout the world are called. The author here raises up emphases from other articles that also could have been included in the 1987 review, because of their implications for future developments. He also points to important trends that have become far more evident since then, such as the growth of churches in the global South and diaspora C hristians from these countries who now reside in the North. These may frame the ecumenical challenge for this century.