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Editorial

Editorial By the time you receive this issue of Mission Studies , the 14th Assembly of the International Association for Mission Studies ( iams ) will have already taken place in Seoul, South Korea. The theme of the 2016 assembly was “Conversions and Transformations: Missiological Approaches to Religious Change”. It started from the observation that, “No matter what the goal of mission activity is considered to be, mission aims at transformation of some sort”. However, the nature of the transformation brought about by Christian mission is contested: the conference call acknowledged that it is rarely “purely spiritual” but also has social, cultural, political and other dimensions. The outcomes of the transformations brought about by Christian mission are controversial. Some are more politically acceptable than others. Community development, embrace of human rights, overcoming conflict, and care for the environment are all examples of change that is welcomed by the international community. However, some other missional goals – such as church planting, public evangelizing, calling for moral reforms, and prophetic challenge to injustice – may be thought undesirable and resisted in different environments. Resistance may also be due to the controversial methods some Christian communities employ, their misguided aims, or perceptions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Editorial

Kim, Kirsteen
Mission Studies , Volume 33 (3): 245 – Nov 8, 2016
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0168-9789
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10.1163/15733831-12341461
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By the time you receive this issue of Mission Studies , the 14th Assembly of the International Association for Mission Studies ( iams ) will have already taken place in Seoul, South Korea. The theme of the 2016 assembly was “Conversions and Transformations: Missiological Approaches to Religious Change”. It started from the observation that, “No matter what the goal of mission activity is considered to be, mission aims at transformation of some sort”. However, the nature of the transformation brought about by Christian mission is contested: the conference call acknowledged that it is rarely “purely spiritual” but also has social, cultural, political and other dimensions. The outcomes of the transformations brought about by Christian mission are controversial. Some are more politically acceptable than others. Community development, embrace of human rights, overcoming conflict, and care for the environment are all examples of change that is welcomed by the international community. However, some other missional goals – such as church planting, public evangelizing, calling for moral reforms, and prophetic challenge to injustice – may be thought undesirable and resisted in different environments. Resistance may also be due to the controversial methods some Christian communities employ, their misguided aims, or perceptions

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Published: Nov 8, 2016

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