Abstract
The centre of gravity of the church and of mission-sending has shifted from the North and West to the South and East. Currently, as many full-time cross-cultural missionaries are sent and supported by churches in Asia, Africa and Latin America as those sent from Europe and North America. In this new reality, there is an urgent need to discover and create new patterns of missionary partnership among Christians worldwide. It is urgent that church leaders, mission executives, and mission practitioners talk together, analyse, critique, and articulate the possibilities and pitfalls of partnership in mission in the 21st century. This article reflects on three aspects of present-day mission partnership, namely the broad contexts of mission partnerships; issues related to the structures for mission partnerships, particularly the modality-sodality mission relationships, and some pitfalls of paternalism facing all those in mission partnerships.
Highlights
It is an honour to be invited to contribute a chapter in the Festschrift for my friend, Prof
A consummate teacher, mentor, and missiologist, it has been a privilege to know and work with Pieter. These experiences with Dr Verster reminded me of discussions in which I have been involved, over many years, regarding mission partnerships
Remind us of issues related to the structures for mission partnerships, the modality-sodality mission relationships
Summary
It is an honour to be invited to contribute a chapter in the Festschrift for my friend, Prof. A consummate teacher, mentor, and missiologist, it has been a privilege to know and work with Pieter These experiences with Dr Verster reminded me of discussions in which I have been involved, over many years, regarding mission partnerships. Before considering some pitfalls in mission partnerships, it is important to review and remember some of the issues that have faced the Christian church in terms of the diverse missionary structures that have emerged over time. It is beyond the scope of this chapter to trace the history of Christian mission structures. Allow me to mention some of the salient points regarding mission structures that have influenced the assumptions and patterns of missionary partnerships
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