God's Church for God's World: A Practical Approach to Partnership in Mission

By identifying key theological, cultural, and practical issues for mission partnerships, this book aims to provide best practices for missions to thrive around the world.

In an era where partnership and communion seem to be under threat, this book re-imagines mission partnership in a diverse and pluralist world. Building on the work of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (VTS) and the Mission Department of the Anglican Communion Office, the book identifies and addresses key theological, cultural, and practical issues that need to be addressed for mission partnerships to thrive. Key among these issues is listening: listening to one another is a profound challenge given socio-economic differences, power differentials, and linguistic divides.

Drawing from mission experience, the authors offer best practices for discipleship as listening. Written across cultural differences, the authors hail from Zambia, the United Kingdom, Haiti, India, Latin America, Native American, South Africa, Turkey, the United States, and Lebanon. Each chapter invites readers to explore issues in their context through hearing scripture, hearing each other, and hearing the Spirit.


About the Author
Kabia, Hilda: - Hilda Kabia is the first female principal of Msalato Theological College in Tanzania. She has held positions as chairperson for the House of Clergy; general secretary to the Synod; lecturer; deanery youth secretary; and secretary of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika's Women's Department.Heaney, Robert S.: - Robert S. Heaney is associate professor of Christian mission and director of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies, Virginia Theological Seminary. Heaney is also a member of the planning group for the Lambeth Conference 2020 and author or editor of a number of articles and books including Faithful Neighbors: Christian-Muslim Vision and Practice. He is a contributor to The Oxford History of Anglicanism.Kafwanka K., John: -

John Kafwanka is former Principal of St John's Anglican Seminary, Kitwe, Zambia and now serves as Director for Mission, Anglican Communion Office. He is co-author of David Living-stone and Christian Mission & Ecumenism Today (Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Glasgow, 2014), and contributed to the books Called to Unity: For the Sake of Mission (Regnum, 2014) and Life-Widening Mission: Global Anglican Perspectives (Regnum, 2012).